Entries by Bethany

What’s the Worse Thing that Can Happen?

About “dh.” I don’t know the first thing about sports, or what exactly a “designated hitter” is. But I didn’t mean to suggest anything violent with the reference. No one is hitting anyone. It interests me, how even when communication gets strained my husband and I continue to work together and balance things out. One […]

Too Many Irons in the Fire?

I don’t know how I let ELEVEN days get away from me, without blogging. Oh, wait, I DO know: First week of teaching a class at my old college. Daughter number 1 moving back to Bellingham. Daughter number 2 working temporarily down at Pike Place Market and bumming rides from me (and her dad) while […]

5 lessons I learned while submitting to literary journals

As you know, I’ve been sending work out this month. So, in that light, I thought I’d reblog this very useful post from Dear Reader: A Writing Life Beyond the Page.  Dear Reader, What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon! The national organization, Women Who Submit, organized a national Submission Blitz on Saturday. […]

A Reflection on Not Working

Today I am off on an adventure. With my youngest sister and one of my cousins, I am going to stay at a cabin on Elk Creek, only about a half mile from where I grew up. I need to get moving — breakfast, a shower, packing up the car — but first, I want […]