Tag Archives: Pets

Post Birthday Questionnaire

Posted on February 26, 2022 by PB Rippey

How old are you? Not old enough.What do you want? Greater physical/emotional strength. To write more than I am writing. To see more wild sea otters.What have you given your teenager that is worthwhile, or impressionable? Apologies when I’m wrong … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged 2022, children's literature, fiction, fiction writing, hope, life, middle grade writing, Morro Bay, nature, personal goals, Pets, poetry, sea otters | 1 Comment

NANOWRIWAYMO WHAMO

Posted on October 8, 2021 by PB Rippey

The current issue of SCBWI Insight has an article with NanoWriMo tips. Succinct, logical tips for writing 1,667 words a day. And while I probably won’t follow all tips, I have been nudged (shoved?) by said article to participate this … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged 2021, California history, Elizabeth Lake, Los Angeles, NanoWriMo 2021, Pets, SCBWI, SCBWI Insight, Ted Lasso S2, Valencia | 1 Comment

Spring Wild Fire

Posted on May 12, 2021 by PB Rippey

I was hoping that by now we’d have had more rain vs. thimblefuls, but we experienced a brushfire instead. Way too early in the year, too close to home. Friends texted me: ALREADY? and EXCORCISM RE; SUPER LA NINA. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged #northfire, 2021, brushfires, fire evacuation 2021, firedrills, La Nina, north fire, Pets, pond turtles | Leave a comment

Euphoria

Posted on April 21, 2021 by PB Rippey

Reading Lily King’s EUPHORIA and watching Ken Burn’s ‘Hemingway’ feels like my brain has been emptied into the large silver strainer I use for washing strawberries, jiggling organic matter beneath faucet spray, jiggling, jiggling some more. For me, the theme … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged 2021, Dogs, Euphoria, fiction writing, Hemingway, Ken Burns, Lily King, Pandemic, PBS, Pets, writing | Leave a comment

2021 Int’l Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2021 by PB Rippey

Posted in Writing | Tagged #peace, #wearetheworld, 2021, Butterflies, California, cats, Dua Lipa, hummingbirds, International Women's Day, Pets | Leave a comment

Aaaand: Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2020 by PB Rippey

Countdown over! A certain teen is happy about this. The cats could care less.The dog just wants to be loved and wants us to pretend he is tiny enoughto fit in our laps. Not. May your days be merry and … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged #christmas2020, #christmascats, #stayhome #wearamask, #staysafe, 2020, California Christmas, Christmas Day 2020, Joyeaux Noel, Pets, writing | Leave a comment

Christmas Countdown (w/Cats)

Posted on December 24, 2020 by PB Rippey

1 day to Christmas! All is calm and super bright. The kits watch for birds and sunning lizards. 80+ degrees the other day, extra dry as we experience our Christmas La Nina. Wishing for rain this winter–we could use it! … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged #stayhome, #staysafe, #wearamask, 2020, cats, Christmas 2020, Christmas Cats 2020, Christmas star, Joy, Joyeux Noel, Jupiter and Saturn, La Nina 2020, Pets | Leave a comment

Relief Is Palpable (BIDEN/HARRIS2020 WIN EDITION)

Posted on November 9, 2020 by PB Rippey

“Dogs and cats living together!”–Ghostbusters

Posted in Writing | Tagged #quarantinelife, #staysafe, 2020, Biden/Harris 2020, Black cats, faction, Golden Labs, Harmony2020, Pets, Stay home, StayStrong2020, writing, writing fiction | Leave a comment

School Days 2020

Posted on August 27, 2020 by PB Rippey

Bring your pet to school day for my son’s English class. It is this mother’s opinion that my tween’s middle school is rockin’ this distance learning business. #englishteachersrule

Posted in Writing | Tagged #distancelearning2020, #stayhome, #staysafe, 2020, animals, books, cats, distance learning, English class 2020, Family, Health, humanity, Inspiration, life, Literature, middle school, Pets | 1 Comment

100% True Horror (Bad Dolls Edition)

Posted on June 13, 2020 by PB Rippey

Last night it was my turn to choose a movie. As my husband practiced the guitar (his Covid-19 learn-something-new goal) on our front porch, delighting dog-walking neighbors, the last of the day’s sun blessing his face, I spent 45 minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Me and Us, Writing | Tagged #stayhome, #staysafe, 2020, Captain Tony's, cats, COVID-19, Cuba, Ernest Hemingway, Gloria Steinem, Jaws, Key West, Mallory Square, movies, Pets, RBG, Ringu, Scream, Spielberg, The Ring | Leave a comment

Happy Rainsgiving

Posted on November 29, 2019 by PB Rippey

‘Tis the season to remember how to get cozy and not because the A/C is running. At least–I hope ’tis… Happy Thanksgiving Holiday

Posted in Writing | Tagged 2019, Inspiration, kids, life, Pets, rain, Thanksgiving | Leave a comment

Retreat!

Posted on September 26, 2019 by PB Rippey

Heading to the SCBWI Working Writers Retreat tomorrow. This will be my second time attending this annual event. The workshops are small and focused. I learn tons about my work (my middle grade novels) and it’s a joy to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged 2019, books, Inspiration, Middle Grade Fiction, Pets, SCBWI, SCBWI Working Writers Retreat | Leave a comment

Washing My Inheritance

Posted on August 15, 2019 by PB Rippey

My then soon-to-be-husband stated (3rd date, my Echo Park, Los Angeles apartment with the spectacular view I couldn’t afford without working 2 jobs, the last apartment I ever lived in alone): You have a lot of rocks. My Echo Park … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged 2019, Big Sur, Decorative rocks, Domestic Zoo, Echo Park, faction, fiction writing, Laguna Beach, life, Lockheed, Mesas, moving, nature, Pets, quail, rocks of all sizes, Valencia, wild birds, writing inspiration | Leave a comment

The Sequel Begins

Posted on September 15, 2018 by PB Rippey

My novel is completed (as previously blog-blurted) and sent to the interested party. And now I wait. Sort of. I’m halfway through writing chapter two of the sequel. My husband read chapter one aloud to our son at bedtime the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Books, Writing | Tagged 2018, 5th grade, animals, beach, books, children, Children's Books, children's literature, Family, middle grade novels, ocean, Pets, santa monica, writing, writing a sequel | 2 Comments

Peace

Posted on December 25, 2017 by PB Rippey

May your day be merry and bright and here are two fast-growing kittens and insert the Christmas emoji here. Peace on Earth mantra in full swing.

Posted in Pets, Writing | Tagged Christmas, Family, Happy Holidays, kittens, Merry Christmas, Peace on Earth, Pets | Leave a comment

Where I Discovered Poetry Last Weekend

Posted on May 25, 2017 by PB Rippey

Here: And here: How my family inspired me last weekend? Via this: And this: And this: What it feels like to finish a pre-mini-vacation writing goal and move to the next? This: Came down with the flu upon returning from family shenanigans. However, today … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult writing, Avoiding My Writing, books, Children's Books, Faction, Fiction, Me and Us, middle grade, Poetry, Writing | Tagged 2017, books, flu, graduation, Health, humanity, life, Literature, novels, Pets, Sacramento Delta, swimming pools, UC Davis Med School, writing | 1 Comment

Third Eye (April Edition w/Cat)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by PB Rippey

Woke up at 430am, pressed on with the last 40 pages of revision, my 3rd eye drowsy, but game. Now that I’m wide awake, overly caffeinated and the little boy is at school and the husband is off to heroic … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Children's Books, Fiction, Pets, Poetry, Writing | Tagged 2017, books, cats, Critique, Family, Literature, middle grade writing, Muses, Pets, poetry, revision, The New Yorker, Third Eye, writing | 2 Comments

Coffee Kick & Go (Tremble Edition)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by PB Rippey

It may be poetry month in the USA, but here at PB Writes the author was up late revising her MG novel, prepping it for the agent requesting a read. This sweet, cool and sunny spring morning–after creating pancakes-secreted-with-carrot-puree for the boy, feeding … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Books, Fiction, Pets, Poetry, Writing | Tagged 2017, books, cats, coffee, Dogs, Family, fiction, life, Literature, Los Angeles, middle grade writing, muse, Pets, poetry, Poetry Month, revision, spring | 2 Comments