Dad’s funeral was Saturday. I understand now why people say they gain “closure” (a serviceable word that has been so over- and misused, it’s now annoying) by having a viewing, or calling hours, and funeral, wake, etc. It actually was very comforting to be hugged at least a hundred times and to hear great stories about Dad. My brother Bob and our friend and Dad’s law … Continue reading Back to normal?

I think – think – I have completed the first step with Network Solutions to direct my domain, katemahar.com, to this blog. It will take 24 to 36 hours for it to take effect, and then I can try to get WordPress to recognize the domain at this end. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m conflicted. Do I use this as a … Continue reading Making progress

I attended a travel writing seminar in Denver recently and was told there was no excuse for a writer to NOT have a blog. So here’s a blog. With my name on it. Now I need to find out how to actually create a blog that makes sense and serves my purpose which is – primarily – to have a home for my writing samples. … Continue reading Kate writes . . .

What? They want me to write twice in one day? Okay part two of August 3 (and to be accurate, I’d like to admit to anyone reading this that it’s actually August 10 and I’ve just now found time to go back and look at my new blog), is that I will actually read the “how to blog” instructions provided by WordPress. Continue reading Hello world!