by KimBoo York | Aug 21, 2016 | Life and all That
This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016So instead of actually BEING productive I’m going to make a list of things I’m doing or doing-ish The day!job is assumed, these are all my personal projects: Wolves of Harmony Heights (novel — in...
by KimBoo York | Aug 18, 2016 | Life and all That, Writing
This entry is part [part not set] of 130 in the series Blog-a-Day2016This is a post about writing, and not writing, and (sometimes) doing things. I was talking to my friend Kim McShane tonight at dinner about writing and jobs. Neither of us is particularly looking for...
by KimBoo York | Jul 20, 2016 | Life and all That
A couple of months ago, I got into a “I will if YOU will!” dog-dare with Heejin about doing a blogging challenge on Medium. The goal is to write a post a day for a year, yes, 365 days in a row. Even as a professional author, I find that intimidating…...
by KimBoo York | Feb 24, 2016 | Life and all That
Warning: This post will not paint a flattering portrait of my mother. She was a brilliant and complicated woman who was ruined by mental illness (bipolar disorder) and overall bad health. Her relationship with her own mother was embattled and, at times, violent. I...
by KimBoo York | Jan 1, 2016 | Life and all That, Ponderings
My plan is to live to at least 140 years old. When I tell people this, they often think of older relatives in nursing homes or suffering from illness and cringe. They think of being old and infirm, of being trapped inside a decrepit body. That’s our past and...
by KimBoo York | Dec 28, 2015 | Life and all That
This morning I walked for 27 minutes without crying in pain. In fact, I have not been crying on my morning walks for a few days now, although it took almost two weeks of regular strolls to get to this point. It’s my back muscles that hurt — underused and out of...
