Nikki Bollman, Author and Proofreader
We made our hike count on Saturday, by doubling it up with one of our favorite yearly traditions, Chester Bowl Fall Fest. We always like to hit up the craft fair booths and snag some buttered corn on the cob, apple cider from a local orchard, and eat fair food like cheese curds and corn…
For this series of Duluth adventure posts, I am going to set my goal of posting once a week by Sunday night. This week I’m writing about two hikes, and that’s because I’m so excited about this new idea! Having a blog to write and a deadline will keep me from just saying “I should…
This morning I strapped Astrid to my back, leashed up Gru, and headed to our beautiful neighborhood trail along Tischer Creek. This is one thing I love about Duluth. There are trails along creeks in wooded areas nestled in around the city, complete with stunning waterfalls, peaceful pools, rock ledges, and bridges. The trail in…
Working in a yarn shop, there are a lot of things I am tempted to buy every day that I work. On Friday, I finally gave in to the temptation to purchase the Wild Fibers magazine when the new issue arrived in our store. I also purchased a past issue I’d resisted buying earlier. Wow,…
It’s been awhile since I had a book-related post. The book is still chugging along, but progress is slower than I hoped. I have a daily word count goal in my head always, but some days I just have to settle for the goal of writing something every day. This is the view from my…
All my life, my writing has been something I did on the side, when I had time, when I felt like it, or when I got up early or stayed up late to do it. I always dreamed that I could someday call it my career and focus my daytime hours and my routine solely…
Priorities: Writing, Knitting I’m so overdue for a blog post, but blogging often falls to the bottom of my priority list. Once Astrid is asleep, my priority is always writing on my novel. Other times, I knit. Ever since I started working at a yarn store (did I ever mention I started working at a…
This is part three of a three part story. If you haven’t read the first two parts, here are the links: To the Hatchings, Part I To the Hatchings Part II And now, here is the story… To the Hatchings, Part III by Nikki Bollman Although the innkeeper had given Vara a map of covered…