29 Oct Allume–Part One
Remember how last year I was all bent out of shape because I didn’t make it to Relevant? Well, this year I was there.Only it’s not called Relevant anymore. Now it’s called Allume.I think of it, affectionately, as “The...
Author: Alison Treat
26 Oct Five Minute Friday: Voice
Live from Allume, it's Thursday night! Well, actually it's Friday morning now . . . but I haven't gone to bed yet, so it seems like Thursday night. Two hours ago, I was sitting about ten feet from Lisa Jo Baker, the mastermind behind Five...
26 Sep Hitting over the head sometimes required!
I’ve been meaning to write about this for quite some time. But as I tried to work out the technological aspects this post called for, the memory began to fade and slip beneath my radar. That’s how life goes...
14 Sep Dear me,
Hello sixteen-year-old self, it’s me, your 35-year-old self. There are a few things I’d like to share with you. You’re living at a great time. 1993—entering your junior year and thinking that now you have to be serious. Yes,...
12 Sep When I don’t even understand myself . . .
I just took an online test and discovered my personality type. I think I’ve been given this kind of test before, but I forget what the results were. Last night I was super depressed. And no one seemed to...
29 Aug A Letter to my (Favorite) Daughter
Today is the day. You’re at Kindergarten now. Mommy cried a lot yesterday—and this morning. And I’m sure I’ll shed some more tears before the day is over. But the truth is, I am happy and excited for you.Six...
15 Aug A New Resolution
I’ve been working on a few different posts on various topics. Nothing has "gelled" in the past few weeks. But now I think I know what I want to write about.It’s something that I first thought about when Oprah Winfrey was lobbying for people to...
25 Jul And then He reins me in.
I was talking to my sister about taking photographs for me. She’s a photographer and I need photos of myself for my blog, for my book cover, for the Facebook author page I’ll be setting up in the next few weeks . . . you...
20 Jul Five Minute Friday: Enough
It's Friday. Thank the Lord. It's been so long, that The Gypsy Mama actually changed her url! Today I'm finally joining her again to write for five minutes on her weekly prompt. No editing or rewriting allowed. Click on the link to her site if you want to try it, too....
18 Jul Just jump . . . I got your back!
I know, I know, it’s poor grammar. And it follows a rather in-depth discussion I had with Todd about why grammar is important and how I want our children to hear English spoken correctly and speak it well themselves....