by Nancy Herkness | May 25, 2015 | holidays, Home, Marching band, Memorial Day, Uncategorized
Memorial Day is about remembering. Tradition is cultural memory. That brings me to my annual Memorial Day parade blog post. You’ll find the photos that I took this year almost indistinguishable from the photos I took last year and the year before. And I like it...
by Nancy Herkness | May 5, 2015 | travel, Uncategorized
I have a confession to make: I went to an all-girls boarding school. People think that’s weird— that my parents didn’t love me or something—but it was one of the best things my parents did for me. Boarding school was where I began to flourish as a person and a writer....
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Anne Lamott, a wise woman and amazing writer, recently wrote down “every single thing” she knows “as of today.” (You should read the entire essay; it’s brilliant!) Item #13 on her list is Exercise, about which she says, “If you want to have a good life after you have...
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 15, 2015 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Spring came late to the mid-Atlantic this year which means I got lucky: my long-planned trip to Washington, DC, landed me squarely amidst the glorious display of DC’s famous cherry blossoms. But there were other flowers to enjoy as well… My first stop was...
by Nancy Herkness | Mar 1, 2015 | Books, NJRW, Uncategorized, writing
Last month I participated in two challenges: one for my mind and one for my body. The mental challenge was Jersey Romance Writing Month (JeRoWriMo) where the goal is to write 30,000 words in 28 days. The physical challenge was to attend 30 Jazzercise classes in 35...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, writing
I’m not talking about the bad weather, although that has made life difficult recently. I’m talking about the two month-long challenges that I’ve signed on for, one for my brain and one for my body. Jersey Romance Writing Month is the mental challenge. The goal is to...