Caring Lessons Now #6 In Chicago today, it's important to be Irish. We'll leave soon to watch the greening of the Chicago River. The streets below my study window are filling with dots of green T-shirted people. At the same time, people close to me are dealing with severe illnesses. Recently, a recipient of supposedly …
Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #4
First of all, welcome to my new followers! I'll be checking into your blogs real soon. Also to new readers--from around the world. It's exciting to see your visits to this Chicago-based blog on the Cluster Map on the side bar. Today's author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Molly Edwards at Reviews …
Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #3
Today's author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Jerri Ann Reason, a dynamic mom who brings all sorts of pertinent information to her readers on her "mom-e-centric" blog. She asked that I write a guest post about when I was a mom of young kids.The title is "Keeping Your ME While Being a …
Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #2 / Tribute to Pepper Furey
Today, Caring Lessons is reviewed by Mason Canyon on her blog, Thoughts in Progress. Read her review here. My guest post for this blogger is about the importance of belonging to a writing group. It is most fitting for me to share with you now that one member of our group, Pepper Furey, passed away …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #1
I'm thrilled to tell you that Jodi Webb at WOW-Women on Writing has launched my blog tour for Caring Lessons. Read about it here. WOW! Nice work, Jodi! Thank you! Plan ahead. National Nurses Week is just around the corner, May 6-12. It's gift time! Buy a copy of Caring Lessons and help promote and …
Announcing: Caring Lessons Blog Tour Starts 3/12
Remember not so long ago when you'd go to a bookstore and hear readings by authors? Now another form of getting to know the author is available: the book blog tour. Caring Lessons was out awhile before I stumbled on information about WOW-Women on Writing on the SheWrites site for women writers. WOW was highly …
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Growing Older in “Style”
One thing I know as a nurse is that wearing white can become boring. I worked for years to graduate from the stripes of student to the white of graduate, but after another forty years of white uniforms or lab coats, it really is time to move on. That brings me to my topic today. …
AWP – A Writer’s Dream Vacation
I'm attending the AWP Conference & Bookfair for three days this week. Long days! AWP stands for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Sessions are 75 minutes long, back-to-back all day. They're held at the Chicago Hilton and the Palmer House Hilton. Shuttles run between these two ornately beautiful hotels As a nurse, I've …
An APA Memory – Teachers, Remember That Your Students Remember!
Three weeks ago, I posted "Dissertation Revisited", ending with a plea for help with APA format. A former student responded via email. Her memory serves to remind us "former teachers" that our students actually do remember some things they're taught! I had to laugh when you asked for help with APA format. When I put …
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The best gift you can give your child is…
your time. I'm playing Grandma again, many miles from home. Leaving the fitness center with my grandchildren this morning, I noticed a sign by the nursery door reminding moms (and grandmoms) that our best gift to our children is our time. I like that. Last week I spoke to a MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) group. A question was raised about how …
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