Masarykova, Liberec, Czech Republic Finally, finally, it's up and running and all the behind-the-scenes Google stuff is working as well (that had been my stress point these past [...]

"How do you feel about blogging?" Barbara Bos asked yesterday in the Facebook group Women Writers, Women's Books that I belong to. That got me thinking. Then it occurred to me that [...]

Today is St. Nikolaus, a day I remember fondly from my childhood (see my essay Giving Up Christmas in Tablet, which, incidentally, is an excerpt from my book Jumping Over Shadows.) [...]

{August Break 8/15: Unicorn} What to do about today's prompt? Ever since Susannah, host of August Break, remarked that she was extra curious what participants would do with this prompt, [...]

I need to revitalize my blog; I need to get back into blogging! I miss it! So, even though I've said before that prescriptive blogathons are not for me, I [...]

As a contributor to Bella Grace Magazine, I was invited to participate in the blog hop celebrating the launch of Grace Notes, their blog complementing this utterly gorgeous magazine. My [...]

If you've been using Google Friend Connect to follow my blog, please note that it is currently being phased out by Google, in particular the ability to use it with [...]

I've been quiet on this blog not because I've been sitting quietly by the pond but because I have been immersed in rewriting my memoir manuscript based on editorial feedback. [...]

I have been absent from this blog, which also means I have been absent from myself. Funny how over these past four years, blogging has become a barometer of how [...]

I just clicked the Send button for my very first newsletter, and I have to say it is like skating out on a pond, not quite knowing if the ice [...]

My post with a detailed recipe (including step-by-step photos) on how to make Zwetschgendatschi remains one of my most popular posts. Who would have thought? Not me. 500 blog posts! [...]

Library at Alcatraz I started this blog more than three years ago, and since I reflected on two years of blogging last year, it's high time to share my insights from three [...]

Dear Commenters, This morning I had over 50 spam comment notifications from "Anonymous" in my email inbox, and that is simply too much. I don't know why sites in Russia, [...]

I jumped into August Break without thinking twice, but agonized for weeks over whether I would have the stamina in June to do the Blogathon. Turns out I had no problem [...]

I've decided to participate in August Break, hosted by Susannah Conway (see my take on her book This I Know). After 30 days of straight blogging for the Blogathon in [...]

First of all: I did it! I posted to this blog every day for the month of June and completed the Blogathon challenge. Looking back, I shouldn't have doubted myself, [...]

Today is word cloud day at the Blogathon; this one captures my most frequently used words on this blog over the past month.

Allison and I after her reading last night - photo taken by Dinty W. Moore. "So, you're Annette Gendler!" a bubbly voice says right behind me as I'm leaving the [...]

Today is guest blogger day at the Blogathon, and I am happy to be hosting William Kendall. Regular readers will recognize him as this blog's most steadfast commenter. His dedication to [...]

After sitting on the fence until the last day to sign up, I have decided to join the Blogathon again this year, mainly because it is plain fun. The Blogathon is [...]

Shaker Village Bonnet - as featured on shuttersisters I've been blogging for two years now, and since I reflected on my first year of blogging a year ago, it's time [...]

Need I say more? Yet again it was fun to participate in the Blogathon, and while I'll miss it, I also have to admit I'm a little tired of posting [...]

Thank you notes by Man vs. George Design I'm under a writing deadline today, so first I was going to post a poem, but then I saw in my summary [...]

Today is Memorial Day in the U.S., one of the few federal holidays, and thus Michelle of the Blogathon has given us participants an easy theme day: Create a Wordle [...]

"...customize my blog's design right away." Completing this sentence is today's Blogathon topic, asking participants to reflect on what we would do differently if we were starting out blogging, given [...]

Just a little warning that my dribble of posts this past month is about to turn into more of a flood as I will be participating in the Blogathon, hosted [...]

One open door leads to the rabbit hole, and then what is to be discovered? I often think of my forays into all the connections of the blogging world as [...]

Nevada Road - see corresponding photo essay on wild horses What a ride it has been! I started this blog in January last year because I wanted to have a [...]

I received a Liebster award yesterday, thanks to my blogging and real-life writing friend Nancy, and I've been following the thread to find out where it came from and why [...]