It’s three days after my birthday and I’m quietly reflecting on my mom’s birthday. Her birthday is today and she would have been 85. She was 17 when I was born, after her doctor told her she couldn’t give birth to any children. We proved him wrong that day. My earliest memories of my mom … Continue reading Three Days Later
Category: Commentary
My commentary on life, writing, making art, and blogging.
My Birthday Again
It’s my birthday today. I celebrated it early this year by taking advantage of the unseasonal springlike weather this week and getting together with my 89-year-old dad on Thursday morning, getting a birthday haircut at the barbershop that afternoon, and eating a birthday fish dinner yesterday. Some gifts from my wife came earlier in the … Continue reading My Birthday Again
Back On Track
Sometime at the end of October and the first of November of last year, Microsoft made a major automatic update to their Windows 11 program that crippled my two-year-old laptop and left it limping into December and the first couple weeks of January until it crashed and died. That left me with my phone to … Continue reading Back On Track
Taking a Break
As we head into November, I’m taking a two-month pause from blogging to work on some writing projects that I’ve not been able to focus on properly, and to consider the direction in which I want to steer my blog. Almost all of October, I’ve been helping a fellow writer prepare for NaNoWriMo (National Novel … Continue reading Taking a Break
Milestones
October is always a busy month for us at the Campbell household as we get ready for the upcoming winter months here in Pennsylvania. Plus, I’m helping a friend with the discovery drafts of her first novel as she prepares for NaNoWriMo beginning next month. Double plus, I’m working on my Green Crystal series every … Continue reading Milestones
Doing Again What We Love
Today, I’m celebrating the one-year birthday of this blog. That doesn’t mean I’m new to blogging. I’ve been doing it since 1993, posting my writing and artwork for thirty years at webhosts such as popular-at-the-time GeoCities and MySpace, to name two. I moved to WordPress in January 2011 and posted, “Hi. I’m a wildlife and … Continue reading Doing Again What We Love
500 Likes
WordPress notified me that my website and blog reached 500 likes. That’s a nice achievement for a site that’s eight months old. Steve Campbell Creations is my creative journey of showing the world my writing and artwork—the old and the new. My writing includes poetry and fiction, and my art consists of wildlife and landscape … Continue reading 500 Likes
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