Gearing Up for Poetry Season

Gearing Up for Poetry Season

If you’ve followed me for a year or so, you might be asking yourself, “Isn’t it time…”? Yup. It is. Poetry Season is around the corner. During the holidays and the first couple months of the year (and, it seems, the way my life has gone in general lately…) my writing time is limited to quick bursts […]

Just For Fun Friday 11/28/2014

Just For Fun Friday 11/28/2014

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.  Did you get to spend it with friends and family? Too many things these days interfere with holidays – it seems to be all about the money.  I know so many people who had to work, or because of the work schedule, spent the day by themselves. I hope […]

Finding the Right Words

Finding the Right Words

At our writers’ group the other night, our president used some extra time to ask about what we’ve been reading lately. My original thought was to compare three books that I had recently read, but a funny thing happened when I opened my mouth.  Even though the information was there in my brain, I could […]

Just For Fun Friday 11/21/2014

Just For Fun Friday 11/21/2014

I guess we’ll call this one “Frustrating Friday” ! 1)  I click on a video news story. After waiting through that 15-30 second commercial, this pops up.   Ummm…they didn’t have any trouble playing the commercial! 2) I  know socks and gloves are related. After all, they cover and keep our appendages warm,are usually knit, […]

What's The Subject?

What’s The Subject?

I love small town newspapers. The reporting is colorful, they include things about your neighbors (that sometimes they’d rather you didn’t know…yes, I’m such a gossip!), and often the typos are entertaining. But sometimes they leave you scratching your head. A few weeks ago, Bo and I picked up a local newspaper while traveling around […]