Keri English
Scent of a Scroll: Smells like Home
Writing letters with a friend, I maintain that there is a handwritten treat leaving my fingers around once a month. Not only that, but arriving in my mailbox in return is an envelope containing something just as carefully crafted and made with thoughtfulness and love. Read On
Procrastination Cured My Writer’s Block
I teach other people study skills, and one of them is how to avoid procrastination. I tell them, “Remember in sixth grade when your teacher told you to write non-stop and if you get stuck, just write ‘I’m stuck I’m stuck’ until you become unstuck?” Sometimes my students laugh but they have all done it before. They always do it again. It usually helps. So I decided to try it. Read On
Close Encounters of the Publishing Kind
When you can live the life you want, everything else is just background noise. Read On
Sleepless: Insomnia and Inspiration
Despite a clear recollection that it’s inadvisable to fall asleep to television, I tried anyway, but failed immediately as infomercials kept me awake; go figure. Read On
Playoffs and Pages
While enjoying my e-romance, I’m made aware (via texts and Facebook updates announced gaily by my chirping Droid) that there are football playoffs occurring. And lo and behold, it’s the New York Giants. Read On
Book Therapy Part Two: Retail Recovery
Pondering which line to join as frustrated shoppers lumped piles of unwanted holiday booty upon countertops became quite a novel game. I thought about each person in front of me as a character in the big book of returns. It was as if we were all awaiting judgment by a shiny, floating, register in some bizarre retail sky. Read On
One more story…Please?
Footie pajamas snugly tucked into tiny little sleeping bags, the two cuties nestle with their favorite stuffed animals and droopy eyes attentive for the fairy tales on the way. Freshly bathed and ears perked up, they drift on the pages of Green Eggs and Ham, followed by Goodnight Moon. Read On
Too Many Chefs…Or Hilarious Holiday Stew?
Ask me to taste test anything and I’m game. Well, not brussel sprouts or cauliflower, but anything else. Read On
Book Therapy: Doctor’s Orders
As my doc wrote my scripts for nasal spray and such, he exclaimed that it was really good to see me smiling and relaxed. Of course that part is due to me being on break from work, practicing more yoga and meditation, and having time to read. Read On
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