by Laura K Curtis | Apr 14, 2017 | Stuff!
Today I went over to Faraway Farms Alpacas for research. (My current WIP is set on an alpaca farm, but that’s all I’m saying because I’ve only started it.) I met several lovely alpacas and learned a few things I didn’t know, so I thought...
by Laura K Curtis | Nov 12, 2016 | Stuff!
From kindergarten to senior year, I attended a school that charged a fortune in tuition to the wealthiest students specifically so that it could offer scholarships—either partial or full—to the rest. It was vital to them that we did not grow up insulated by...
by Laura K Curtis | Aug 9, 2016 | Stuff!, Writing
Approximately one hundred years ago, when I took an intro to psychology class in college, my professor said he was going to do an experiment to show us why, if we went into psychology as a profession, we needed to know about a client’s history. The client, he...
by Laura K Curtis | Jul 8, 2016 | Stuff!
Here we are again. Those of you who’ve known me a long time will know this is not the first — or worst — time that my epilepsy medications have stopped working. But every time it happens it’s a gigantic pain. Someone asked me the other day how I know when...
by Laura K Curtis | Jun 9, 2016 | Stuff!
I have some thoughts. They won’t be particularly fun, so feel free to move along. I won’t blame you. Many of you know that I rarely drink, and never in large groups. I’ve been a non-drinker for more than thirty years, so I hardly think about it any more. I spend a...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 12, 2016 | Crafts, Stuff!, Writing
Anyone who knows me, even casually, knows that I have a problem with paper goods. Pens, stationery, wrapping paper, journals, notebooks, planners…it’s an addiction. I used to carry a full planner, but now that my life is less plannable, I use a bullet...
