“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.” — Lyn Yutang This is one of my favorite quotes. Today I need to get it out and dust it off and remember perfectly useless afternoons are an important part of summer too. Our summer is buzzing. Between the five of us, someone is always doing something: golfing, swimming, softball, biking, dancing, video gaming, writing, reading, swinging, photographing, building train systems, cooking, giggling, performing plays, going here, coming from there. It… Read more summer days (soLs) →
Nearly one year ago I began writing a YA fiction story. Something I’ve learned about writing fiction is to avoid back story as much as possible. Right now, though, I’m going to record some of the back story to my writing adventure. After Stacey and I submitted our completed manuscript of Day by Day I felt this need to write. It was like I couldn’t just stop. Stacey wasn’t ready to jump into a new project and my editor kind of chuckled and said, “Let’s finish Day by Day first.”… Read more i will push SEND (soLs) →
Tonight Sam grabbed the camera and spent some time “documenting my night without the girls.” He said that. I’m not joking. The girls are at camp this week, so the… Read more Through Sam’s Eyes (sols) →
On July 3, Andy & I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. Several years ago I thought it would be fun to document how we celebrated each anniversary. I’ve fallen embarrassingly behind. So… Read more 12 wedding anniversaries (soLs) →
My favorite birthday dessert. Today I am smiling laughing snuggling playing walking stretching hugging loving. Today I am eating watermelon, English muffins, and fair trade chocolate, Today I am thankful… Read more 34 words for 34 years (soLs) →
My One Little Word (OLW) for 2011 is connect. It is everything my OLW needed to be. It would challenge me and encourage me. It touches on all parts of my life and is so simple, yet rich and vibrant too. It’s been six months since I started living with this word. Here is what I’m learning: I have to slow down in order to connect. It is not enough to have good intentions — to think about sending a card; to remember a birthday ahead of time, but not on the… Read more connect (soLs) →
Summer is writing in the morning.Summer is walks after lunch.Summer is giggles over bugs and bubbles.Summer is mid-day bike rides.Summer is hose water prickling our warm legs.Summer is remembering to… Read more Summer is…(SOLS) →
Ruth Ayres Writes 