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Being a guardian and primary caretaker of a toddler with autism is hard. No matter what anyone says or does, it is hard. Some days are really easy. Some days are hard. And some days are impossible. I love this little girl. She is absolutely amazing! Sometimes she is dramatic... ...Sometimes she is happy... ...Sometime… Continue reading Our faces of Autism
In my photography course, one of the lessons was how to manipulate photos to create new images and to change the way we see things. For my project, I took some flowers I bought over Easter weekend and played around with arrangements, seperating individual flowers, destroying petals, and flattening the buds to find different views… Continue reading Playing with Flowers
Little Girl in a pretty dress Recently I took a class at SNHU on digital photography. I learned a lot about photography, including how to operate a camera and customize all of the controls. In my sixth week, I took a pleathera of black and white pictures, which I find striking and powerful. I wanted… Continue reading Learning Digital Photography Skill
It's official! My first short story "Down the Country Road" has been published! You can read it here: https://penmenreview.com/down-the-country-road/ I've been waiting for this for over a month now. I was informed it would be published in early March, and have been patiently (impatiently) waiting for the story to go live before sharing the news… Continue reading My first FICTION publication is live!
My first creative non-fiction collaboration has been published! My team won the W.R.I.T.E. Challenge this year! You can read the article at: https://penmenreview.com/writing-resources/6-dos-and-donts-for-starting-a-new-writing-career/ I am super proud of my group for pulling this article off! Due to COVID-19 complications, my involvement was more limited than I intended, however I did pick out the author and… Continue reading My First Nonfiction Publication is Live!
Well, it's official. My husband and our 16-month-old granddaughter have tested positive for COVID-19. My test results haven't come back yet. We knew we were sick, but I honestly didn't think it was "that sick" until my husband completely lost his sense of taste and smell. The baby, who is autistic and non-verbal at this… Continue reading Coronavirus
Good morning and Happy New Year! It's 2021 now, and things aren't looking any better than last year. As such, I've decided to just focus on college, writing, and family. The world is chaos and I don't like it. I lost my job, so I have some free time. Time to write. New medications are… Continue reading Second Chance Progress Check-In
I'm currently on a two-week winter break from college. It's a much needed break. As last term ended, I was refreshing my brightspace classroom often, watching for final scores to be posted. My 4.0 GPA hanging precariously in the air. When the dust of the term settled, my GPA still sits at 4.0. I'm eternally… Continue reading Happy Holidays!
Well, NaNoWriMo was an absolute bust. I spent most of November buried in homework and sick. My final word count was just shy of 15,000. A dismal attempt, to say the least. With any luck, I will still be around next year to try again. As December arrived, and is now steadily passing me by,… Continue reading It’s Been Awhile…
November has been a whirlwind, and we are only ten days in. I signed up to participate in NaNoWriMo (National November Writing Month), so that has kept me occupied beyond belief. The election consumed several days from me. I will not discuss political opinions here, as that isn't what I created this page for. Instead,… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – A Reflection on Writing
Cathy Marie Bown 