Category: trees

• Summer Sucks

  Summer sucks my energy away. The heat, humidity, and glaring sun don’t agree with me. Southern summer thunderstorms are fabulous but I have to bear with the other things to enjoy them. Opposition in all things. To combat summer blues we gear up homeschool in July. My previous post highlighted our literary tree. Here’s what…

  Carrie Dalby

  August 5, 2013

  BELIEFS, blog, CORRODED, family, FORTITUDE, homeschooling, literature, READING, research, school, summer, trees, WIP, WRITING

• Literary Tree

  Our homeschooling plans have taken a literary turn this month. In a fit of Pinterest inspiration, I purchased a tree kit from the local teacher supply store. Isn’t it cute? Now, for every book the kids read independently (or with little help) they get to write the title on a leaf and add it to…

  Carrie Dalby

  July 21, 2013

  books, childhood, children, class, DECORATING, family, homeschooling, inspiration, kids, literature, motherhood, novels, parenting, summer, trees

• The Calm

  Last week’s tidal extremes have leveled out—and that’s a good thing. Each day’s not as emotionally draining, so there’s more energy for the rest of life. First, I’ll share what literary news I do have. I passed thirty thousand words with FORTITUDE last night. I’m still trying to finish this draft by the end of…

  Carrie Dalby

  May 9, 2013

  birthday, blogging, books, CORRODED, ferns, FORTITUDE, homeschooling, inspiration, kids, LIFE, literature, parenting, READING, time, trees, WIP

• Nourish Your Goals

  Did you catch my post earlier this month about ferns? I didn’t have to wait for the summer heat to test me or the fern. This past Sunday I had a minor freak-out about my writing goal—finishing the first draft of FORTITUDE—while I’m in my seventh month of waiting to hear back from publishers about…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 24, 2013

  Anxiety, balance, blog, CORRODED, ferns, FORTITUDE, friends, goals, inspiration, kindred spirits, LIFE, Meleesa Swann, meltdown, NATURE, Networking, pictures, trees, WIP

• Fern and the Art of Living

  The South has awesome oak trees. Amid the branches you can often see moss, ferns, and other creeping plants growing. Government Street in Mobile, AL is lined with fabulous live oaks—their trunks and main branches support leafy green ferns and mosses. (Mental note: take picture next time I’m downtown.) The past two years, one of…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 10, 2013

  creativity, ferns, goals, Gulf Coast, inspiration, LIFE, Lower Alabama, Mobile, NATURE, pictures, spring, trees