Choosing a Title with the People Inside

Choosing a Title with the People Inside

The life of a writer is filled with many challenges. Every so often I am invited to give a presentation about writing. I joyfully tackle preparing for this type of event- -developing and rehearsing a script, designing handouts, etc.- -except for one requirement that...
Branding and the People Inside

Branding and the People Inside

Today I feel like a Holstein heifer. Why? Because this week I’m investigating the concept of branding. Social media branding, that is. What do you mean by branding? An excellent question, Lily (my inner 14-year-old is always on top of things), and one I’ve been asking...
Catherine McNabb and the People Inside

Catherine McNabb and the People Inside

As my dear friend the great and recently late Kathy Beck once told me, there’s an age at which your social life is comprised of driving friends to medical appointments and attending their funerals. Last week another dear friend passed beyond the veil, the highly...
Gnomes and Gnocchi with the People Inside

Gnomes and Gnocchi with the People Inside

How often do two nouns that start with the letters “gn” crop up in one’s life in the same week? I have had such a week, the first in nearly sixty-two years. I have come to possess both a garden gnome and a package of gnocchi.   We have gnats, too. But no gnus. So...
Irises, Garden Gnomes and the People Inside

Irises, Garden Gnomes and the People Inside

Last weekend I did the craziest imaginable thing. I undertook the devilish hard task of digging up and dividing a bearded iris bed woven as tight as jacquard tweed.   What appeared to be a few bearded irises resided against the south wall of our yard when we took...
Adam West Day and the People Inside

Adam West Day and the People Inside

If you live in Walla Walla, or even if you don’t and are incredibly “in the know,” you know that on the third weekend of September we celebrate a favorite native son, Adam West.   I know! I was there with you in 2019! It was such fun!!   It must have been if...

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