Sometimes reflecting on the world's sorrows breaks my heart. Political and societal strife sets my teeth on edge. Economic distress, environmental disasters, wars and rumors of war--there appears no shortage of woes. Finding serenity seems difficult, if not impossible. Perhaps you share my quest for peace of mind. Here's what I've discovered on my journey … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Literary Wayfarer Travel Journals
Literary Wayfarer Travel Journals provide glimpses into an author’s bohemian lifestyle, literary quotes, and thoughts on the journey.
In Search of the Wild Wind
I breathed a sigh and cradled my forehead in my hand. Attached to the email I’d just whisked into cyberspace were many late nights, bouts of insomnia, and months of stress. It was near dawn, and I’d yet to seek my pillow. I’d met my publisher’s deadline for The Promise Tree, the first installment in … Continue Reading ››
Passing Through the Darkness
“This is the summer of no fun,” I told my husband. My family, along with most of the world, are in voluntary lockdown due to Covid-19. All members of my household fall into categories with a higher percentage of death from the coronavirus. My husband and I both work from home these days, and we … Continue Reading ››
When You Can’t Travel…
Due to the pandemic, I called off a trip to see my mother. Being in a high-risk category, she is, as she puts it, under “house arrest.” The cabin fever that immediately set in surprised me. When I am not traveling, I work from home. Life seems diametrically opposed to my spending time writing.
Escape into Armchair Travel
Emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail understood they were living in an important part of history. That’s one reason many of them kept diaries. We study what they wrote to understand life as they knew it. Likewise, one day people will want to know what it was like going through the coronavirus pandemic. They will … Continue Reading ››
Coping During the Coronavirus Pandemic
As I write this, the world is locking down to prevent the spread of Covid19. The number of deaths each day from Covid19 is shocking. Panic buying has wrecked the delicate balance of the grocery supply system and created shortages. Daily life changed in no time at all. Some businesses are forced to close their … Continue Reading ››
Having Trouble Reading?
The last thing a literary person wants to experience is trouble reading. That has been my unhappy situation far too often of late. Do you share this malady? Believe me, I understand the frustration. In this post, I explain what I discovered that helped me regain the ability to read.
Contributing Factors
Part of the problem was … Continue Reading ››
Freedom to Travel
There is freedom to travel that wasn’t in my schedule or budget before. It wouldn’t be there without my taking simple measures available to anyone.
Artist Meets Artisan
When on deadline, I try to keep up with the minutia of life. I’m successful for a time, but then ‘deadline brain’ sets in. I am told that this is the creative cousin, if you will, of ‘stress brain.’ It’s when a writer’s ability to focus on anything but writing and editing the current book … Continue Reading ››