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NaNoWriMO Virgin: Debriefing My Experience
I not only “won” the competition by writing over 50,000 words, I advanced as a writer and creator. Background Over the years, I heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), butnever took the plunge. When I stumbled across an article promoting it lastOctober, I signed up immediately and made a $30 donation to their 501(C)(3).My … Continue reading NaNoWriMO Virgin: Debriefing My Experience
NaNoWriMo Virgin ~ Insights From Week 2
Screenshot from author's computer November 15, 2021. During Week 2 of the NaNoWriMo challenge, I completed 16,244 words. Added to my progress from last week, I have a total of 30,825 words toward my 50,000-word goal. I edited out an additional 489 words from the original 12,187-word document that I started with (from 2018), for … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Virgin ~ Insights From Week 2
NaNoWriMo Virgin
Navigating the first week through my new adventure. False Start In 2018, I began writing a novel loosely based on my teenage years growing up in coastal Orange County, California, during the late 1970s: an era of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll. After completing 12,187 words, I got distracted and tabled the project. But in October, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Virgin
Xolos Are Barely A Dog
Xolos are wonderful pets, but they can be costly to care for.
The Danger of Casual Antisemitism
Casual racism of any kind becomes an excuse for violent racists to take action. Photo of a gold Star of David necklace on a blue background by author (Joyce O’Day) The Great Awakening of Racism The last five years have witnessed a marked increase in racism of all varieties: Black, Latino, Muslim, Asian, and Antisemitism. … Continue reading The Danger of Casual Antisemitism
Facing My White Privilege
Watercolor painting of the author as a teen by artist Michael Joseph. People of color have been incarcerated for the same activities that resulted in little or no repercussions for me and my white friends. The Night My White Privilege Slapped Me in the Face My last MRI was scheduled for 8:00pm — a time when the facility was virtually … Continue reading Facing My White Privilege
Swedish Death Cleaning For Beginners
Relax! This is about organizing your stuff and not about funeral rites!The concept of döstädning (death cleaning) was popularized in Margareta Magnusson’s 118-page book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to free yourself and your family from a lifetime of clutter, published in 2018. For individuals over 60, now is the time to finally … Continue reading Swedish Death Cleaning For Beginners
We Should Celebrate the Protest Movements of the Late 20th Century!
Listening to Mayor Pete and the newsroom pundits chastising Bernie Sanders for supporting the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and for criticizing U.S. support of dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s turns my stomach. Sorry, but Bernie lived through the historic events that Pete and the pundits clearly need to brush up on. Born in … Continue reading We Should Celebrate the Protest Movements of the Late 20th Century!
We Should NOT Be So Quick to Forget the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!
Listening to Mayor Pete and the newsroom pundits chastising Bernie Sanders for supporting the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and for criticizing U.S. support of dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s turns my stomach. Sorry, but Bernie lived through the historic events that Pete and the pundits clearly need to brush up on. Born in … Continue reading We Should NOT Be So Quick to Forget the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!
Joyce O’Day 