Category Archives: Survival

Managing Life vs. Writing vs. Health

Posted on September 15, 2023 by daisypeasblossom

The last week of August I got a firm reminder that writers are human. I developed some kind of infection, probably sinus or ear. I ran a fever, I was getting up, feeding my animals, and falling face first (because … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Block

Posted on May 15, 2013 by daisypeasblossom

Spring is here, and with it comes my usual restless desire for “new”, “different”, and “change”. Once that meant running away from the house and my grandmother to play in the woods, where I built tree houses, swung on grapevines and … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on October 13, 2011 by daisypeasblossom

August 18, 2011, my home was shattered — quite literally — by a giant sycamore limb falling on the roof of my house. The limb, 36 inches diameter at the base, crushed the northern gable end of the roof, rolled … Continue reading →

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