Category: BELIEFS
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Weathered
Years can be kind, weeks can be rough. Days may vary from hour to hour, minute to minute. The one constant is that time marches on. Sometimes it feels like we’re under its boots and other moments like we’re riding a wave. Yesterday I was sorting through coins and noticed two 2015 pennies that looked…
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Next Month
2015 has been an exciting year for me and it’s becoming more so by the week. First, after waiting over two decades, I experienced my favorite band in concert (front row, center!) in the spring. Then I visited the largest home in America late summer. https://carriedalby.com/2015/09/01/adventure-ahead/ But the year isn’t done with me yet. 2015…
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Repeats
2015 has been a year of edits. Multiple rounds of edits on my first novel, Fortitude, carried me through winter and spring. In between those, I reworked my second novel, Corroded, to be submission ready for my publisher. (I signed the contract for it in April.) Over the summer, I worked on my messy work-in-progress,…
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Knowledge is Kindness
Over the past few months, I’ve come to an understanding. It’s nothing earth shattering, and I’m sure these things have been said before, but I needed the time to mull things over for myself. Now I can share: I’m less likely to take offense to things people say if I know the individual. Why is…
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Inspired by Setting
While visiting with family a few weeks ago, I was blessed to experience several days of spring in the Midwest. I’ve been to central Illinois in the summer and winter, but this was our first trip this time of year. Many of the trees that were in full-bloom in the deep-south over a month ago…
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