Nature Quotes on Canva

Nature Quotes on Canva

I’ve completed my edits on The Binding and have dove into a completely different type of creativity–Canva. LOL. Came out like a hand-knit scarf, a friend told me. But a new upload of my photo put those threads in place. I got the bug to match my nature photographs with nature quotes I’ve always liked […]

Posted September 29, 2016 by Laurel Wanrow in Art, My non-writing life, Nature / 0 Comments
I like bees!

I like bees!

We’ve had a wild honeybee hive living in our cabin’s fireplace for over ten years. No, they don’t get inside, even before we installed a woodburing stove with a sealed stovepipe to meet the local clean air requirements. They come and go. Last year they swarmed. After the flood, I planted wildflowers, as much for […]

Posted September 6, 2016 by Laurel Wanrow in My non-writing life / 0 Comments
Where am I with the next book?

Where am I with the next book?

While researching website themes, I ran across an excellent set of pointers for authors from the coder at Nose Graze Limited: 5 Things I Like to See on an Author’s Website. Please visit the site, and read the comments, too, which detail more must-haves for authors. The item that wouldn’t leave my subconscious is under […]

The Derbyshire Mill

The Derbyshire Mill

Last year, after my first Luminated Threads novel came out, I was describing the setting of Derbyshire, England to my eighty-eight-year-old aunt. She knew immediately where I had placed my story: “The Midlands! David Winter as a collection set there.” My aunt collected David Winter cottages through the 1980s and 90s. I’d always thought they […]

Oriental Poppies!

Oriental Poppies!

Did I mention my poppies are in the shade? A week after I’ve arrived in Colorado, most still look like this. It’s taking them forever to bloom–but here is the first. I love it! Meanwhile, my neighbor’s yard–in the sun–is bursting with poppies! First there was one. Then three… Now she has twenty-some! My lesson […]

Posted June 23, 2016 by Laurel Wanrow in My non-writing life / 0 Comments