by Terra Osterling | May 1, 2016 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, Interesting People, Uncategorized
The husband and I own a lot of music. Our combined CD collection exceeds 400 albums, and about 15 years ago he acquired an obscene amount of ‘shared’ music from a C-shift lab computer at work. Our digital catalog now numbers around 5,000 songs; two MP3 players are...
by Terra Osterling | Apr 13, 2014 | Creative Pursuits, Experiences, Writing
The postage rate for a first class one ounce stamp increased in late January to 49 cents. Because of the introduction of “Forever” stamps in 2007, people using US Mail no longer need to buy sheets of one cent stamps because that roll of 100 stamps they just bought at...
by Terra Osterling | Dec 29, 2013 | Creative Pursuits, Storytelling
There are few moments in life equal to the satisfaction of having found a use for some junk that most people would have sent out with the trash years ago. Key rings, broken-off doodads, extra pieces, the lone zip tie, camera film containers, stacks of thin...
by Terra Osterling | Dec 9, 2012 | Block Cutting and Printing, Business of Freelance Writing, Creative Pursuits, How I got "here", Publishing, Storytelling, Uncategorized
One Christmas my mother made candy wreaths for our elementary school teachers. She bent a metal coat hanger into a perfect circle then painstakingly tied red and green curling ribbon around the hoop, adding peppermint candies along the way. She was very good at making...
by Terra Osterling | Jun 12, 2012 | Business of Freelance Writing, Creative Pursuits, How I got "here"
The whole point of this blog is to exhibit my writing skills and build a portfolio. Well, I’m pleased to report that the portfolio is growing! Today I added new examples of my desktop publishing and a new feature article recently published in Suburban News. More...
by Terra Osterling | Jan 22, 2012 | Creative Pursuits, How I got "here", Inspiration
Last week, I wrote about goals and which requires more courage: pursuing a goal or achieving a goal. But I forgot about what happens in between, about what takes up a lot of ground between the pursuit and the achievement. Failure. I read a great article this weekend...