by SMThornton | Sep 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
I love hiking. So much so that this summer we dragged our three-year-old on a ten mile hike through Samaria Gorge in Crete. Now, I’m a tough (read: obstinate) Alaska girl- the guide books said to wear sunscreen, bring water, wear hiking shoes and a hat, blah,...
by SMThornton | Sep 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
The HAIKU BLOGFEST is here! I’m super excited to see what everyone has come up with- the links are down below and of course, you can still sign up. The blogfest runs Friday and Saturday!Here’s my entry for Hatshepsut:Woman on man’s throne,Monumental,...
by SMThornton | Aug 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just a reminder: Don’t forget to sign up for this weekend’s HAIKU BLOGFEST!A while back, Paul Greci posted about Submission Belly, a strange phenomenon whereby authors gain 3-5 pounds while their work is on submission to an agent, editor, or even for a...
by SMThornton | Aug 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Farmers leave some of their fields fallow every year to avoid depleting all the nutrients from the soil. Or they rotate what they’re growing. (Says the girl from Alaska who plants most of her veggies in buckets and dumps the dirt every fall.) I realized after I...
by SMThornton | Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
I went to Disneyland for the first time when I was nine. Splash Mountain had just opened and all my little friends were jealous that I was going to go on the coolest ride ever. The first day in the park we had breakfast with the characters and hung out in Tomorrow...
by SMThornton | Aug 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
The mighty hunterReturns with gifts of plump birds –Your foot just squashed one.- A cat’s POV, compliments of Funny Haikus.) I know a lot of you like blogfests, but don’t have time to write a 500 word piece or you don’t want to post excerpts...
