Barbara J. Hamby

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Let Me Think

In this fast-paced society, it seems as if we must be zapped now and then by a virus or an injury, so that we may have time to think.

As a writer, I sometimes feel guilty just sitting and thinking, unless I’m thinking about what I’m going to write next.

I remember a boss I had… click here to continue

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November, 21st, 2004

My Poetry Muse Returns

Today I welcomed back my poetry muse. I just finished a poem in which I dumped my sad feelings because my dear friend of more than sixty years is dying.

Her email this morning told me she’d had a bad night last night. I stared at my computer screen for a long time, tears running. What should I… click here to continue

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November, 20th, 2004

The Worry Button

We probably all know, at some level, that worrying is a waste of time and energy. It’s been said that most of the things we worry about never happen. However, I’ve noticed that quite often when I’m trying to push the Don’t Worry button, something I didn’t have sense enough to worry about sneaks around and bites me in the… click here to continue

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November, 19th, 2004

Memoir Struggles

It occurs to me that, if you are going to write memoirs and don’t want to be overwhelmed by the project, you should start at about age ten. At my age, the proposed document looms ahead of me like a giant whale with its mouth gaping open.

I have a few general life stories I’ve collected over time,… click here to continue

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November, 18th, 2004

Ought Four

Four years into this decade, I still hesitate to write ‘04 or 2004 on my checks. When the date appears on my computer, it usually pops up automatically when I type the first few letters of the month. For most of my life, dates that included such low numbers were not part of my history, but suggested ancient times when… click here to continue

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November, 17th, 2004

A Ride Through the Gorge

Trying to get over a cold and deal with a trying computer problem has put me into a bad mood. I’ll try to forget about it and remember the ride we took today.

We drove up the Columbia Gorge on Washington Highway 14 to Carson, then came back through Cascade Locks and down the Oregon side. The trees… click here to continue

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November, 16th, 2004

Red Hot Flash

With a few lingering twinges in my stomach, but feeling much better today, I tackled learning how to operate my new flash drive. This tiny device is quite complicated.

Smaller than a cigarette lighter, this drive will, I’m told, hold everything I have on my computer and then some. Modern technology is incredible and more technically challenging every… click here to continue

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November, 15th, 2004

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