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Photo Friday: Batteries
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- Published on Friday, 09 November 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
This morning, we got an invitation from a friend to go to tonight's Friday Night at the ROM. Normally, we're always up for things when people invite us out, especially on a Friday evening. And I thought this event looked like fun!
The Husband turned him down. Instead, we're opting for a quiet evening with chicken legs,...
The Fight Between Fall and My Wardrobe
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 November 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Today, I'm wearing an approximation of this:
A grey, sparkly sweater-dress (mine has long, baggy sleeves and a cowl), green tights (which seem to insist on falling down despite not being footed), leg warmers (black and argyle - more awesome than these), and my awesome fall boots, which I've just had re-tipped so I can wear...
How NaNoWriMo and Phillip Pullman are making me nostalgic
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
NaNoWriMo
Day 5
2061 words
10 032 words total
39 968 to go
At night, after I've finished writing, and after I've watched a few minutes of mindless TV to wind myself down, I go to bed and read a few pages of The Golden Compass, though my copy claims its name is Northern Lights*.
My choice to read this particular book while...
NaNoWriMo: Day 2-4
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- Published on Monday, 05 November 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
Day 21672 words
3509 total
46 491 to go
Day 3
2455 words
5964 total
44 036 to go
Day 4
2007 words
7971 total
42 029 to go
Right now, I'm here:
image via Country Living
In an old farmhouse kitchen, worn around the edges and buried under tchotchkes and clutter. It's not quiet as glamourous as this kitchen, not quiet as stylishly...
Photo Friday: A Kingsley Update
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- Published on Friday, 02 November 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
NaNoWriMo Stats
Day 1
1837 words
48 163 words to go
I was looking back at the photos I took of Kingsley when we first got him (these ones and these ones). I'm a little blown away by how much my little boy has changed. He may very well be our most dramatic before and after. Seriously.
This was him the day we brought him home.
I...
Three Things for Thursday: NaNoWriMo Style
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- Published on Thursday, 01 November 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
OneI wrote 352 words on the subway this morning.
They're not very good words, but at least they're words.
Two
This blog post says it like it is in a way that is both sobering and encouraging at the same time. In fact, this whole blog seems to be filled with good words for writers.
Three
I should have done this yesterday, but...
National Novel Writing Month
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- Published on Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I'm doing something crazy in November. I don't know if I'll succeed, but I'm going to give it my best shot.
When I was in grade 10, I crossed the finish line with a fantasy novel that had something to do with the balance of the world, death and life, and good and evil. I haven't looked at those 50 000 words since, don't...
A Little Big Change
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Authors: Mark @ this dusty house
This morning, all those along the east coast of the USA are firmly in my thoughts! I hope everyone in Hurricane Sandy's path is staying safe and dry.I wasn't fully satisfied with my living room. I never seem to be fully satisfied with the arrangement of my home. I've rearranged everything probably around 10 times...
In the Kitchen: Meatball Soup
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- Published on Monday, 29 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
To go along with last week's announcement, I have another: I'm bringing food back to This Dusty House. A few months back, I began This Dusty Kitchen as a place to share and keep a repository of recipes, a place to share adventures in food and health. I started it, and then I allowed it to become a source of guilt as I...Photo Friday: A Photo Walk
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- Published on Friday, 26 October 2012
Authors: Jeanette deBoer
I had never done a 'photo safari', or a 'photo walk' before. Mostly, other photographers intimidate me. Most people have better equipment (I shoot with a simple Canon Rebel XS, bottom of the line.), a better eye, a natural comfort behind the lens of their camera. Besides that, have you ever visited a photography forum?...
