I finally have mastered the art of falling—

—boomf. I tossed the current pair of jeans-that-fit into the wash, and substituted the light rayon baggy track pants that look like hell. Worse, I tried to skate in them. Funny thing. You wear tight jeans on the ice, you get a sense of support for your muscles....

At 20 pages, the outline is nearly complete: next phase…

Is to go through and slice out bits and put them where they need to be. This is the 52-card-pickup phase. Young writers are frequently stunned to know that WHEN things happen is not really the plot. The plot is why things happen. And you can actually move events...

Fashion in footwear…and broken ankles. Or necks.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/09/fashion.shoes.heels/index.html?hpt=C2 Yep, hotel stairs, uneven tiles, you name it. Teens, perpetually curious and anxious to be ‘in’, will try it…some of them novices to high heels. Sigh. I routinely balance on...

Ventilating the kitchen…

We have a low attic. Neither of us is up to shinnying up through the access in the top of a closet and ploughing through the insulation and dust to cut a hole in the kitchen ceiling. We have a fan up there, which doesn’t do much of a job. And broiling requires...

Received information on memorial gifts for Azureblu

Her favorite charity was anything to do with kids’ cancer charities—google that phrase will get you a selection if you would like to make a donation in her name, for which I think Azureblu is sufficient, respecting how she chose to be known here. The...