All too often of late I have either been at work or I've been on the computer.

Fortunately, I have a family.  Unfortunately, they all too often feel as though I'm absent, even when I'm sitting within feet of them.

Today was family day.  We cleaned together, we ate salmon and potato chip sandwiches, we played a game my youngest designed and produced.  Then this evening we ... Continue reading »

A few weeks ago I came across a ten+ year journal - a lovely book that allows one to keep over ten years of brief journal entries all together.  I ordered one for my family and it's fabulous.

But I ordered a second (third and fourth) that started in 2007.  One I gave to a woman who has a small child, so she could (if she wants to) go ... Continue reading »

I'm now revising my book, Daughters of Heaven. Below are links to the blog posts if you want to look at the trivia and comments for each chapter in the order the events described in the chapters will be for the final book.

If you would like to read the draft book as its current form, feel free to contact me via my website, megstout.com.

I'd like to ... Continue reading »

I have a friend who is seeking to find a companion. They tried match.com, but that turned out to be a bust. I thought I'd urge them to check out eHarmony because I've just had good vibes about it.

Anyway, turns out eHarmony now has a service for enriching/salvaging marriage. Pretty cool. The questionnaire is crazy long, but even in the free communication report based on the questionnaire there were insights

My daughter was assigned the 1984 classic by Beverly Cleary, "Dear Mr. Henshaw," the story of a boy adjusting to his parents' divorce as told through letters to a favorite author and later the diary the author encourages him to write.

Since I am embarking on being an author, I was particularly impressed by this story, in how it reveals what I am learning are the realities of being ... Continue reading »