How to Balance When Your Life is Spinning

December 14, 2012By Karen Barnett 2 Comments

My family is going NUTS. It’s Nutcracker week for the Barnett household and everything is spinning around my ten-year-old daughter, the ballerina. It started back in September with auditions and ends this week with tech rehearsals, dress rehearsals, and five performances. We rush home from school and go into production mode. Hair, makeup, a rushed dinner, … Read More

12 Ideas to Fertilize Your Writing Muse

December 12, 2012By Karen Barnett 1 Comment

December 12, 2012–the day many people have been anticipating for… well, probably for a few weeks. Since the last interesting number date, like 10-11-12, or something. My agriculturally-minded friend Arwen (owner of The Tech Chef) posted to Facebook that 12-12-12 is also a common type of fertilizer (12% nitrogen, 12% phosphorus, and 12% potassium). So … Read More