Entries by Bethany

How much time do you need?

A recent wise saying on my day-to-day calendar advised that our lives would be better if we would take the advice we give to others. Reading Carolynne’s response to my last post made me smile. On Sunday she was telling me why she doesn’t have time to write, and as she talked I thought of […]

The Books I Am Not Writing

“…my literary career has not even begun yet. The plots for five novellas and two novels are languishing in my head. One of the novels was conceived so long ago that several of the characters have already grown old and out of date even before they had a chance to take form on paper. There […]

The Gell Center

I promised to tell you about my retreat. Although I am thankful to be home safely, and I missed my daughters (and, okay, my husband, too), I don’t think I can rave enough about how amazing this trip was for me. The Gell Center is a rather ordinary-looking house sitting on a 26-acre estate  in the Fingerlakes […]

The Storm of the Century!

Out in my Cabin in the Woods in the wilds of New York State I was only on the periphery of the storm, but it was a doozy! I lost wi-fi right away. And then I spent a sleepless night as I listened to the wind howl and the trees creak against the house. Very […]