by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 8, 2012 | personal reflections
One week into 2012, I am happy to report some progress on my previously posted New Year’s resolutions. I now have a Twitter account. And I actually had two followers before I figured out how to post my first tweet. (Just checked the AP style guidelines to determine if...
by Tammy Ditmore | Jan 1, 2012 | Editing, personal reflections
New Year’s resolutions have never been my strong suit. Well, keeping resolutions has never been my strong suit; I can make resolutions with the best of them. Nevertheless, as we begin 2012 and eDitmore enters its second year, I’m going to make a few resolutions and...
by Tammy Ditmore | Nov 23, 2011 | personal reflections
I think if you maintain any kind of blog, you are more or less required to post a “what I’m grateful for” list at Thanksgiving. My life is filled with blessings, and I could fill several screens without coming close to counting them all. But in this space, I have...
by Tammy Ditmore | Oct 19, 2011 | Alzheimer's, personal reflections
My father never practiced writing or editing, but I’m pretty sure some of the traits I acquired from him make me good at both: an almost-obsessive need to be precise, a driving desire to get things right, and an eye for detail. Whereas those traits help me notice...
by Tammy Ditmore | Sep 11, 2011 | personal reflections
For the past few weeks, I have been reminded frequently about the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. Newspaper stories, TV specials, websites, Facebook postings, flag displays, special memorial services, even...
by Tammy Ditmore | May 30, 2011 | personal reflections
Every Memorial Day, I find myself musing about a man I never met. He was my husband’s uncle, but Michael never met him either. This would-have-been uncle-in-law died while fighting in the Pacific Theater sometime during World War II. The man I’ve only heard about was...
