NaNoWriMo 2010 – it starts. again.

Two years ago, I participated in NaNoWriMo, which is an acronym for National Novel Writing Month. Basically, from midnight November 1 to midnight November 30, one writes with the simple goal of a 50,000-word novel. That’s roughly 1,667 words a day.

haiku is easy

I saw this on a t-shirt today and it made me chuckle.”

Haiku is easy
Although some don’t make much sense,
Refrigerator.”

we we we

Once
Upon a time
There was only you
And it was all about only you.
For who could skew that illusion

sighting – Edgewood Barnes & Noble

Pious is “selling like hotcakes everywhere!” I love that phrase but I’ve always wondered if there is really such a demand for hotcakes that people are stampeding to their local breakfast locales for golden stacks of buttery, syrup-soaked goodness. Hmmm. Maybe they are but I digress. PIOUS is not a short stack of hotcakes but it is deliciously gaining more national notoriety as well as appearing in more Barnes & Noble locations in the metro Atlanta area.

fast train – a tribute to solomon burke

Solomon Burke was an American Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter who claimed to be the man for whom the term “soul music” was coined. He died three days ago at Schiphol Airport, outside Amsterdam, on his way to a concert performance.

marks you leave behind

My sons and I have this game that we play at home where someone will start a drawing on the hallway dry erase board. Then it is up to the two that remain to change the meaning (and innocence) of the initial scribble.