The Last Day
What do you do when you know for sure it’s the last day? Some of it, for sure, is what you’ve been doing for months. At five in the morning, you hope the dog you’ve nursed those months hasn’t soiled the bed and that you can get him out in time. This morning happened...
A Little About A Lot
Hello friends--I'm wondering if you've had times when you've felt overwhelmed by commitments to which you've blithely said, "Sure, I'll do that," and then, seeing a list of what you're taken on--and wouldn't dream of backing out of--you're suddenly face-slapping...
The Language of Kin: A Preview
When I was a new teenager with caring but clueless parents, I used to ride my bike to crazy places on Connecticut’s hilly back roads. Older boys reckless with their shiny drivers licenses, considered those narrow roads their personal racetracks, small wildlife be...
A Strange Lead Into A New Subject
It all started Thanksgiving week. My husband, Alan, was still in California where he'd gone to be with members of his immediate family during a death and stayed afterward to help out. Here at home things were within shouting distance of normal. One afternoon I was...
It’s Right There…Somewhere
Finally. A purely ridiculous event to share with you. If you happen to follow my posts on Instagram, you know that I was away for a month in my beloved Provincetown--the very outermost tip of Cape Cod, home to artists, writers, fishing fleets, and lovers of wild...
Carrying Out Trash and Good Stuff. Plus A Giveaway
Well, you sure can’t say I haven’t kept my word about not clogging your inbox, can you? Unless you’ve seen my occasional posts on Instagram and/or Facebook, or maybe better, followed me on Book Bub for the book reviews I post, in the unlikely chance it even crossed...
A Covid Book Launch
It’s that time. This Tuesday, August 25, is publication day for The Book of CarolSue and I will enter the horrifying world of covid-era book launch, which means that all “events” are online. Like on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and whatever else I’ve forgotten I’m...
Giveaway Winners
Thank you so much, everyone who read and responded so openly to the last post. I wish I could send a book to every single person. I hope people will take the time to go back to it and read the comments. Maybe they will remind you, as they did me, that often we have no...
Another Opening–and A Giveaway
Do you remember that song, "Another Opening, Another Show"? One stanzas goes, "You cross your fingers and hold your heart. It's curtain time and away we go..." I can't cross my fingers (makes typing impossible), but I do hold my heart and my breath as I write to you:...