RockWall Cottage Chronicles #15
A newsy, sometimes amusing, usually interesting fly-on-the-RockWall view of my life as an author with updates from my Substack adventures.
The small cottage where I live and write has been affectionally named RockWall Cottage because of the rock wall that divides our side of the property from the side of the property where our friends, the owners of the cottage, live. (Learn More)
What Has Been Happening at RockWall Cottage?
Our chicken laid an egg! In fact two eggs, and we ate them for breakfast. I knew I was deeply a city girl in the process of eating an egg laid by one of my hens. It was a far bigger experience than I anticipated; I am amused by this.
We had clear, sunny weather over the weekend. The weatherman predicted rain all week, so we decided to go for a drive and find a spot to sit and look at the water. It was a beautiful drive; Lake Tapps did not disappoint.




News, Highlights from Previous Weeks, What’s Coming, and Other Stuff
I have subscribers from all the states affected by the hurricanes over the past few weeks. Some I know personally, but I am not sure how many others were impacted. My heart hurts for all who lost so much and are struggling to recover. My thoughts are with all of you!
Substack provides so much information about posts! The following post was only partially available to free subscribers but was one of the top reads. I have opened it up so everyone can read the entire article.
While I have always been an observer of life, people, animals, world events, etc., understanding the impact of trauma has provided perspectives for so many things that never made sense. This is what shows up in my Saturday McMusing posts. These posts are always free to everyone. Here are the two that have had the most reads:
I continue to figure out Substack! If you read this far, can you answer the following poll? Thanks!
I enjoy all your writings. If I could pick more than one, I would also choose religious trauma.