Imagine my chagrin. I am leafing through a collection of my essays, which I plan to publish, looking casually for typos and points of style and grammar. Suddenly, an error leaps off the page and grabs me by the brain stem. I have written “it’s” where I should have written “its”! This egregious bit of […]
Author: Evelyn J. Willburn
Found: Guest blog by Laura J. Graham
Found By Laura J. Graham Much has been written about lost hikers. Most of them find their way out on their own; many are found safely by search parties. The most likely cause for getting lost, is that the hiker decides to take a short cut from one part of a marked trail […]
In which I wrangle a giant spider and win
Blogger’s note: Hello, dear friends. I find myself at a lull in the book project, so here is a new post. Happy reading! In our younger days, my husband and I would set up our front porch in an elaborate tableau, complete with a good jump scare, every Halloween. For many years this included suddenly […]
Journey, Part Four
Good morning, friends. My book is proceeding apace. I have the basic formatting done, have printed it out several times because I find proofreading easier on paper, and each time I find a few things to fix. Some are mistakes that must have been in my original blog posts, and I never noticed until now! […]
Journey, part three
I got the first draft completed!!
A journey to self-publication, part the second
Well, I’m just buzzing along. I got all the stories copied into my template, am working my way through the drawings and photographs. Here’s a question: I have a few photos that I found online that I want to use. None have any copyright information or paywall stuff. I have credited the sources. Am I […]
A journey to self-publication, part the first
Hello, friends! I have been working a little bit each day on my book. I have a book template that I downloaded from amazon.com. So far I know this much: my book will measure 9″ by 6″ and it will have five sections. The sections are as follows: Part One: My Journey (21 stories) Part […]
My future plans for writing!
Dear friend, readers, and cheerleaders: I have decided to place this blog on hiatus, and focus my writing energy on producing articles for the Prince of Wales Island Post for the time being. Meanwhile, I also plan to publish a book of my best essays from the blog. You can help me choose! Please take […]
A break in the weather
“Sucker hole” is the inelegant term that Southeast Alaska fisherman use to describe a temporary lull in a life- or investment-threatening storm. In this case, the “sucker” would see the blue sky, load up his creaky old troller to the limit with bait and gear, head out to the fishing grounds and fill his holds […]
Seventies music and a patchwork quilt
Blogger’s note: this is a post from an earlier time! I took it down on accident, so here it is back again! “Hey, that’s my dress from fifth grade!” Scene: my sisters and I are looking over one of the many crazy quilts that our mother made during her life. Her method was simple. First, […]