by Lise Funderburg | Aug 2, 2010 | Word Up
The very word makes me want to go lie down, but every writer who wants more than just her spouse and mother to read her book (much less buy it), needs to have a platform. A platform is what I bring to the table, a promise to publishers that I have a network, a...
by Lise Funderburg | Jul 15, 2010 | Food, Lay of the land, THRIFT
There’s a reason my family calls my house “Li-Mart.” In recent weeks, I have supplied the following without leaving the confines of my home: **298 Danish Krone to my mother. In August, she goes to Copenhagen to visit friends (a family that includes...
by Lise Funderburg | Apr 21, 2010 | Lay of the land
5/11/2010 UPDATE: DIVIDE & CONQUER COUNTDOWN Four days and counting before the 7th Annual Driveway Plant Sale (Saturday, May 15th, 9:00 AM). Things get a little crazy at this point, and I have to hold back from digging up the rest of the yard and adding it to the...
by Lise Funderburg | Oct 30, 2009 | Food, Lay of the land, Talent, THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Approximately 47 seconds after I got the back porch painted — giving it a brand new start in life, a chance to reinvent itself from impenetrable junk repository into organized junk repository — The Beloved Husband stepped in. “I’ll reorganize...
by Lise Funderburg | Sep 10, 2009 | THE NEXT 4 YEARS, Uncategorized, Word Up
Last night, I was not only deeply offended by Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) outburst during the President’s Health Care address, but I also wondered if he would have felt so free to be that rude to a white President. Offended citizens jammed Wilson’s website...
