Posted on November 14, 2025
by JANET L BARKER
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I’m on location. In a setting I thought of visiting, someday—maybe—but nixed the notion because it’s dusty and desert-y and HOT and DRY and really not my vibe at all. But here I am with more than 100 sisters from another mother, celebrating resiliency, growth, adventure, new… Continue Reading “For a week I camped in the desert”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #arizona, #butterflytracks, #camping, #campinglife, #campingwithfriends, #grandmascamping, #growth, #lulusway, #quartzite, #solowomencampers, #takingachance, #takingchances, #womencamping, #womenfriends, #womensmeetups, #writing, book-review, books, desertadventures, fiction, finding-your-tribe, love, quartsize
It’s been a long while since I blogged. I have so much to share and don’t really know where or how to begin. It’s all good. No worries there. But it’s been a jumble, a rumble, an unfolding, a sorting out—-literally—-of my entire life… Continue Reading “I Wrote a Poem”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #art, #beachlife, #cambria, #cambriacenterforthearts, #centralcoast, #dogs, #gratitude, #kauai #grandhyattkauai #summer #summervacation #georgeclooney #thedesendants #fullmoon #retirement #blessings #hawaii #advanture #lifeizgood #love #blessings #maitai, #livinglifetothefullest, #lovinglife, #maryoliver, #poetry, #poets, #retiredteacher, #thewritinglife, #writing, family, fiction, grandparent, life, love
I’ve finally figured out my problem; the reason it’s hard to forge on, dig deep, actually do the thing I need to do, which is figuring out how to write this novel I’ve been pecking away at on and off for months: Drum roll….my problem is….I… Continue Reading “Who do you think you are?”
Category: #central coast, #centralcoast, #lifeizgood, #teachingTags: #almartinez, #California, #cambria, #cambriacolony, #centralcoastcalifornia, #centralcoastwriters, #creativity, #ilovecalifornia, #losangelestimes, #love, #mayaangelou, #procrastination, #rainbows, #raybradbury, #theartistsway, #writerslife, #writing, books, creative-writing, fiction, life
Posted on April 20, 2024
by JANET L BARKER
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Did I tell you, I’m working on a novel? I started it more than a year ago, but somehow, in my travels and wonky internet connections, lost the first five chapters. Which was a major bummer. So I ignored it, knowing I couldn’t recreate… Continue Reading “Did I tell you…?”
Category: #camping, #education, #gmashavingfun, #grandparents, #hope, #lifeizgood, #teaching, @retirement, stepupandtakeaction, Uncategorized, unconditional loveTags: #cambria, #camping, #centralcoast, #solowomencamping, #solowomentraveling, #vanlife, #writing, book-review, book-reviews, books, fiction
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