I went to the store a couple days after Christmas and noticed that the store had pulled down all the Christmas items they had for sale, replacing them with Valentine’s Day gifts and cards. Seeing this was a revelation for me, as it made me realize that all people live according to a certain cycle and that our American consumer culture …
Monthly Archives: December 2013
I did an interview a while back for Christine Henderson for her writer’s blog (TheWriteChris) to discuss how I write and manage time. The links are below. If you’re a budding writer, I encourage you to check out the rest of her blog. Interview Main blog site [Pen image by Guillaume Carels (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliceinw/227116873/), via Wikimedia Commons]
Leading up to Christmas, we all tend to write lists of what we want for Christmas. We put things on our lists like toys, games, electronics, and other things we want. But, we don’t often put down things we need, like clothing or food. No kid I know of puts down things like soap and toothpaste and clothing on their …