Latest Blog Posts for Bertram's Blog

• Being Strong
  on Dec 18, 2016 in culture life being vulnerable vs being strong code of the west saying you're okay when you're not strong person what is a strong person
  There is a saying making the rounds of Facebook that I can’t get out of my mind: Strong people know how to keep their life in order. Even with tears in their eyes, they still manage to say, “I’m okay” with a smile. Are these reall...
• A Special Treat
  on Dec 15, 2016 in life breaking a wrist elbow replacement external fixator falling injury taking a walk
  Such a wonderful treat today — I took a walk! The past few weeks have been trying — first the fall that shattered my wrist, the hospital stay, surgery, and then the demoralizing discovery that things were worse than expected. The first su...
• On the Road to Healing
  on Dec 9, 2016 in life broken elbow broken wrist external fixator new elbow
  I think I am finally on the road to healing. For the past three weeks, ever since I tripped over a parking curb in the dark, doctor visits have only served to add complicated discoveries to an already complicated injury. Originally, I was told that m...
• The Beauty and Amusement of Writing
  on Sep 4, 2016 in fiction life writing having fun writing Hawaiian dancing he said - she said inspiration from life lapse of memory
  I have been enjoying being a character in my book, enjoying even more finding inspiration in the small matters of my life. For example, yesterday I wrote in a blog post: I tend to believe my memory. Whenever I have gotten into a he said/she said or s...
• Flawless Characters
  on Sep 3, 2016 in being me writing character flaw character traits vs flaws death in dance class flawed characters flawless characters Persian flaw unreliable narrator
  Everyone who knows anything about writing or reading novels knows that you have to start with a flawed character. Well, everyone but me. I don’t believe in flawed characters, just characters that come alive. Tell me honestly, except for a few physi...
• Coming Home
  on Sep 2, 2016 in being me internet writing 250 words a day blogging vs fiction writing feeling conflict free internal conflicts stream-of-consciousness writer's retreat writing online
  I am creating another writer’s retreat for myself this weekend, but to tell the truth, right now my whole life feels like a writer’s retreat. I continue to feel conflict free, partly because I have put off worrying about the future and what is to...
• If You Want To Help Me, Buy My Books!
  on Aug 27, 2016 in being me grief writing a helping hand how to help a writer how to help the grief stricken needing help to help or not to help
  People often say that helping others makes you feel better, and it’s true, you do feel better. I used to try to help people, but then a rebellious thought hit me. Wasn’t it a bit arrogant to assume we know what other people needed? Has anyon...
• My Writer’s Retreat
  on Aug 25, 2016 in being me writing 250 words a day being grateful cultivating gratiude feeling blessed internal conflicts living in the moment writer's retreat writing fiction
  I’ve been wondering if I should do some sort of writer’s retreat to get me back into writing fiction, and as it turns out, all unknowingly, I created my own retreat. Last weekend, beginning Thursday afternoon when my last dance class was over unt...
• Getting Back to the Fundamentals
  on Aug 19, 2016 in being me writing 3 R's fundamentals of education fundamentals of my life leap from not writing to writing weight training
  It’s always seemed odd to me that when it comes to the fundamentals of education, people talk about the three R’s — reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic. Or is it reading, writing, and arithmetic? Either way, out of a possible three, th...
• Raining Ashes
  on Aug 16, 2016 in life brush fire in California flooding in Louisiana smoke and sinuses smoke cloud
  We are having a cloudy and rainy day today in the midst of a heat wave, but that is not as pleasant as it sounds. The clouds are huge billows of smoke that blot out the sun, and the rain is not water but ash falling from those murky skies. Not many a...

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