Tonja's Musings

Today I called my mom.  In passing, I told her about the progress of my novel that's set sort of near one of the towns where she grew up...

My daughter is a fantastic writer, but she doesn't want to be told what to write and doesn't want to read her words aloud, especiall...

My mother keeps insisting that I let her know what I want from her.  She wants to know what I want from her before she dies.  I think she...

One of my daughter's 9th grade vocabulary words two weeks ago was "impertinence," which her book defined as rude disrespect.  ...

Last night my daughter went with me to hear me read at the public reading for my writing class. She was the only teenager there - it was rea...

My writing class - which feels more like a group than a class - has a public readaround tonight.  I don't mind at all and actually feel ...

This morning, the temperature was something like 17 degrees, 7 if you consider the wind chill, which I do.  My teenager wouldn't put on ...

My mom and I definitely have a really strange relationship.  I think she would agree, but I'm not sure.  She called me two days after ...

My high schooler has semester exams this week and a snow day today.  She slept in and started work after lunch. By 2:00 p.m. she was done st...

After writing somewhat unkindly but honestly about my mother today and later deleting it from public view, I will be getting what's comi...