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Worldbuilding Wednesday: Take It Outside

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Athena Grayson — 1 Comment ↓

My kids fight for fun. When I’ve had it, I tell ‘em to take it outside. When I’ve had it with writing, I gotta take my own advice.
I don’t get to read much for pleasure anymore. I read for analysis, [...]

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Momming Monday: Springing Ahead

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Athena Grayson — 2 Comments ↓

Yeah, today’s the Time Change. Just when you’ve gotten used to getting up when it’s finally beginning to lighten outside, you get knocked back to waking at Oh-Dark-Hundred. Seems like this whole “Spring Ahead” thing does nothing but put you [...]

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Feast Your Senses

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

I’m a writer, so I work in words. Long words, short words, words designed to shock and pop, and other words designed to fade into the background of what’s actually being said. I work so much in words that pictures [...]

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Momming Mondays: Needful Things

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

So far on Momming Mondays, I’ve shown snippets of how I steal time, retain brain cells, and stave off insanity (at least for a little while longer) in order to keep a precarious balance between keeping my house and furthering [...]

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Momming Mondays: Learning To Let Go

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

Momming Mondays are here to help you LFMF (that’s, “Learn From My Fail” for those of you who don’t catch every internet meme that flits by). It is my sincere hope that if any one of the tips I am [...]

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Momming Mondays: What A Crock (Pot)!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

I love my crock pot. It is the ugliest-ass thing you’ll ever see, but I love it with the passion of a thousand burning suns.
A few posts back, I talked about how much of a time-saver menu-planning is. Taking that [...]

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Momming Mondays: Meals On Wheels

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

This week in “Momming Monday,” we’re talking food. Now, I could talk all day about food, but I’m specifically talking about answering that age-old and perpetual question of, “What’s for dinner?” The answer to that question best starts with a [...]

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On The Placement Of Asses In Chairs, Uncomfortably

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

I was listening to NPR this morning talk about the debt ceiling, the country’s credit, and the way that Congress couldn’t seem to find its own ass with two hands and a flashlight, and I was thinking about asses in [...]

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Being Mobile At Home: An Update On Working With A Treadmill Desk

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Athena Grayson — No Comments ↓

This may become a weekly thing…
With my treadmill desk functioning adequately–meaning I’m still ironing out how I do things, versus how I think I might do things–I’ve discovered a few nuggets of info that will have some bearing on what [...]

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I Type 800 Words A Mile

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Athena Grayson — 7 Comments ↓

Well, I’ve done it. Version 0.1 of the Treadmill Desk is in Beta release. In software terms that means there’s still a lot of bugs and it’s probably not fit for casual public consumption, but it is usable and with [...]

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