RED MITTENS FROM WISCONSIN

ImACreative517 — Sun, 10 May 2009 07:09:53 -0700

RED MITTENS FROM WISCONSINIt's Mother's Day. That's a good thing, but it's not what touched me deeply today.My car was in dreadful shape, but being in a somewhat limited financial condition I had no actual hope of bettering my transportation options in the near future.One of my sons and his wife had, for some time, been on the lookout to improve this state of affairs for me, and had been ...

DESIGNER PIES

ImACreative517 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:12:10 -0700

Today I'm thinking about how so many people have lost their jobs, and how terrifying that must be. Some years ago I wanted a separate "money-making" source , and since my famiy was in the small hotel and food business, I devised a plan to put the $$$ in my own pocket for a change. I developed a pie business, found out that I could operate it myself, and began to pile up the money I ...

I've been slowed down, but I'm on my way back

ImACreative517 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:57:20 -0700

I'M BACKI haven't been writing my blog for awhile. Complications in life have temporarily slow me down, but I'll be adding to my blogs again soon. I especially will resume examining my childhood, as in WHEN I WAS A KID. I've learned important things about myself by letting myself remember my childhood feelings and writing these blogs. Meanwhile, I have been able to pin down the outline for my ...

The importance of editing my writing

ImACreative517 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:47:25 -0800

Everything is a go. I've edited my book very carefully. I've checked, and checked again. I'm ready to publish! Hooray!! I'm a self-publisher. Editing my own work is the only way open to me at this stage in my writing. I may never achieve what I want in any other way. At least I'll be able to hawk my books one at a time, and have the satisfaction knowing that it's something I did myself. I'm proud ...

WHEN I WAS A KID - NINE

ImACreative517 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:26:48 -0800

DANCING THROUGH LIFETonight is New Year’s Eve, and I know many people will be dancing when the clock strikes midnight, flipping time over to 2009. I won’t be dancing this year. I haven’t danced in a long time, at least not in public. It’s not because I can’t dance. I dance by myself in my house. Sometimes I pick up my little dog and dance around with her, because when she sees me ...

Designer Pie Shop - Two To Operate

ImACreative517 — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:21:31 -0800

My DESIGNER PIE SHOP book is ready. This small business appropriate for two people, a couple, two friends, retired couple, easy to operate, low-cost start-up! Order at lulu.com

WHEN I WAS A KID - Eight

ImACreative517 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:00:43 -0800

WHEN I WAS A KID - Eight ChristmasWhen I was a kid, Christmas was very important. It was the highlight of my year. We practiced our "pieces" for the Christmas skit at church. It was usually a one-liner, but it seemed to be too much for me when I was small, and putting my assigned five or six words together at just the right time didn’t often work out for me. The local movie theater ...

OATMEAL BY CANDLELIGHT

ImACreative517 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:24:07 -0800

OATMEAL BY CANDLELIGHT One of my granddaughters, three and three-fourths years of age, along with her dad and mom, came to visit the first weekend in October.For whatever reason, she and her older sister think that I make the best oatmeal in the world. I suspect it’s because they have been used to eating instant oatmeal. I make the five-minute version.My granddaughter’s mom was attending a ...

WHEN I WAS A KID - Seven

ImACreative517 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:05:33 -0800

WHEN I WAS A KID - Seven Thanksgiving made a special impression on me when I was a kid. Two separate Thanksgiving experiences in my life were pivotal. Experiences that, in very important ways, changed me forever. THE THANKSGIVING POEMWhat I learned about school is important, and I finally learned it in fifth grade. It took me that long because, when I was a kid, I thought that adults were ...

WHEN I WAS A KID - Six

ImACreative517 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:28:16 -0800

WHEN I WAS A KID - Six Veterans DayWhen I was a kid, the significance of Armistice Day, now Veterans Day, was not completely apparent to me. But we were taught in school that the red paper flowers sold that day, the poppies, began with a poem written by a Canadian World War I Colonel, John McCrae, a surgeon with an artillery brigade. They represented the poppies that grew among the "row on ...

WHEN I WAS A KID - Five

ImACreative517 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:52:08 -0700

When I was a kid, fall was my favorite time of year. It still is. I'd read the book: "Toby Tyler Joins The Circus". Toby Tyler did it, so I thought it obvious that it was possible for a kid to have adventures in far away places. I wanted to have adventures too. Especially in the fall. I felt excitement in the fall, as if there was something more "out there". I wanted to get ...

DESIGNER PIE SHOP

ImACreative517 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:50:13 -0700

I am soon, within a matter of a week or two, making my new book, Designer Pies, available on lulu.com. I have only a few important pages to add, and I have the tapestry for the cover image to finish. I have put my introduction to the book below. I welcome comments, solicit them in fact, on the introduction below, and the idea itself. I'm well into my second Eva Wynn-Rogers Small Hotels ...

WHEN I WAS A KID - Four

ImACreative517 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:34:45 -0700

When I was a kid, about five years old, we lived, perhaps, five-hundred feet away from the Great Northern Railroad tracks. This was a small town, and living by the tracks wasn't a social class issue. The Flyer came late at nigh. It traveled north to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and back again in the morning, all the way to Minneapolis and other destinations. The loud whistle began sounding before the ...

WHEN I WAS A KID - Three

ImACreative517 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:34:30 -0700

When I was a kid, my mother worked at various jobs. She worked as a cook in a small, busy, restaurant, as a clerk in a hardware store, and at different times, as a clerk in two different grocery stores. Later she worked for a small manufacturing business, assembling some kind of small parts. My dad worked full time at the Co-Op Creamery, keeping the furnaces going and as the machanic keeping ...

BUSINESS LUNCH AT SILVER WINGS RESTAURANT

ImACreative517 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:36:21 -0700

I'm as concerned as anyone is about the fees airlines are charging their customers these days. I can't judge them, because I don't know the inner workings of those airlines. My background is many years in the hospitality and foodservice business, and I wonder what would happen if a similar system was put into place to save restaurant businesses - they suffer a high rate of failure, and often ...