by Laura J. Graham A beautiful black and white tomcat came to live on our farm in the 1970s. At that time, frequent veterinary emergencies among dogs was the hbc, or hit by car, and among cats, it was being injured by jumping through a moving fan belt, after spending a cold night on a […]
Keep your corners clean and sharp!
Author’s note: I wrote this in November of 2022, when I was heading to a long-term substitute teaching job in Tanana, Alaska. There comes a time in most travel episodes when all the careful planning and organization go out the window, and the traveler is reduced to shoving items in wherever they will fit and […]
Update on my book
Hello, friends and family! My book is now in the hands of a trusted friend-and-man-of-letters, who has promised me some feedback soon. After that, I will have to figure out the cover as well as the final steps in the amazon self-publishing process. I will provide the link as soon as it is available. Also, […]
The proof is in the reading
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 […]
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 […]