Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I want to post some of my favorite photos of my mother today, before Mother’s Day. Why? To remind people that while being a mother is a wonderful thing for many women, it does not define what it means to be a woman.
Our mothers are so much more than just being our moms. They had their own ideas, hopes, and dreams before our conception. It’s possible we were one of their dreams, yet presumptuous of us to assume we made them all they are.
So here are some of the photos of my mother not being a mom. Just being a girl and woman. A separate person, of value just being her.
All 29 books in the Haunting Danielle series are now available in audiobook. The Ghost and the Medium, Book 30, in the series is currently at the editor, and while I wait for its return I’m keeping busy marking chores off my to-do list.
One of the items I checked off my list today was getting a new profile picture for my book covers and social media. It’s probably one of my least favorite things to do. I’m super critical of my pictures. But at least it is done, and I don’t hate it.
Meanwhile, as I write this, I can hear activity on our property. The photo at the top of this post was just taken from my bedroom window, where I currently have my desk set up. They have started construction on our son and daughter-in-law’s house. It’s very exciting! Their house will be between the hedge and the white house in the background.
Meanwhile, as I wait for the editor to return my manuscript, I am hoping to check more items off my to-do list and then get some rose bushes planted. There is so much to do!
Have you ever seen one of those photographs showing someone on the beach with his or her laptop, working while enjoying the sunshine and spectacular view? It is especially appealing to the author, who can easily take a laptop about anywhere.
One problem with that image, it typically doesn’t work. At least it didn’t for me. When I lived in Havasu, the place with lots of sunshine, I’d occasionally try taking my laptop out on the patio and work by the pool. It sounded lovely, and I was under a patio cover, so it seemed like the ideal workspace.
Unfortunately, I could never handle the glare and eventually retreated back inside to work.
Now that we are living in Oregon, the landscape and climate is vastly different from Havasu. Lots of rain here, but when the sun pushes aside the rainclouds, outside is where I want to be, not in front of the computer.
Last week I tried something a little different while editing. I took my laptop out to the barn, opened one of the garage doors (our family barn has 3 RV sized garage doors). Instead of going outside, I sat on the sofa with my laptop, with the door opened behind me, as you can see it the picture.
It was amazing! I am tempted to drag my desk out there. It is like working outside, but not outside. Fresh air, sunshine, no glare, and if it does start to rain, I am safely under roof. This may be one of my new favorite workspaces
In other news, The Ghost and the Medium is off to the editor. Look for it to be available May 19, 2022 in eBook and paperback. I don’t yet have the release date for the audiobook version.
