Since today is mother’s day, I thought I’d bring you a little something from the parenting side of advice books. The following is from one called The Mother’s Book. My own mom has raised me with a cheerful outlook on life, I think, so this one seemed fitting as a way to honor her and […]
Canoeing at Prettyboy Reservoir
IMG_0995.JPG Originally uploaded by Miss Abigail. Went canoeing this weekend – I liked this picture of my feet enjoying the sun. It was a bit cold and windy but a nice taste of more canoeing to come this summer. Time to start dipping into the recreational activity advice books to learn how to properly handle […]
1964: Boys Are Different!
A special thank you to Sherri Baer, who just sent me two fabulous little pink books by Ruth Vaughn: It’s Fun to Be a Girl (“in which she tells how ‘sugar and spice and everything nice’ can be made a dream come true,” so says the cover) and the follow-up Dreams Can Come True (“because […]
Taste of Paris
Tonight, the last night in Paris, and after a long day of work meetings, my “traveling companion” and I saw a jazz trio (guitar, bass, and drums) with a tap dancer, and surprise visit by an accordianist. Tres cool. It was like we were crashing a private French party – the space was really small, […]
Hello from Paris
I arrived safely in Paris. Sitting in the hotel lobby waiting to check in. Fun fun fun! Had a great weekend in North Carolina at the Greensboro College Alumni weekend booksigning. I will post more later about that…
Greensboro College Book Signing April 14
This weekend I’ll be returning to Greensboro College for an alumni weekend, where I’ll be signing books and greeting folks on the campus where this whole Miss Abigail thing started. I attended GC from 1985 to 1987, before transferring to an art school in Massachusetts to eventually finish up my college years. The first book […]
Single State Site
I just noticed that Diane Mapes has a new site for the Single State of the Union book that has an essay of mine titled “Single Blessedness.” I can’t make the book launch in Seattle in a few days, but hopefully it will be a big success for Diane and other contributors who are able […]
1961: Eyeglasses
I did a stupid thing this weekend–I lost my glasses! I had my sunglasses on at the time, and my regular frames somehow fell out of my pocket while I was out walking the dogs. I retraced my steps and looked high and low for them but they are gone gone gone. So since Saturday […]
1967: Personal Products
Apologies for not posting lately, been a bit busy at work and with the social life. One of my recent activities has been planning my trip to Paris — I’m going for work but hopefully will have a little time to see the city. Already stressing about what to pack (I tend to overpack normally, […]
oops – archive problem
A friend tipped me to a problem with my recent blog archives. I think I figured out the problem and it seems fixed. Sorry about that!