Writer's Block

Sometimes, when you think too much time has passed, you head back to something or someone familiar, and it all clicks back into place...at l...

My brain is ruminating...and so I must ramble a bit... ... I have always enjoyed exploring the world. I grew up moving around to di...

Recently, I was reading a few reviews about some middle-grade books that are new on the market. The reviewers raved about how EVERYone sho...

**Soapbox WARNING: I rarely feel the need to tackle a difficult subject on this blog. I like to steer clear of controversial things...but ...

Editor's note: This was written back in October 2014. What if Michael Brown had been a white kid on drugs going after a black cop? Whe...

Nothing is impossible; the word itself says “I’m possible”!  -  Audrey Hepburn There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is ...

(I had some fun with PicMonkey. Heehee.) Our family enjoyed a fun Fourth, as per usual -- nothing overly exciting or fancy but fun, none...

We've gone to see a few movies recently, and I always get chills when the various movie product companies flash their ads across the s...

I started these "Mom Sense" posts a few weeks ago with this post . And, periodically, I'll revisit the topic, as I did below...

One of the best parts of working for the newspaper is the fact that I get to be really, really nosy. I get to ask questions of people that...

The kids just left with their daddy to buy Mother's Day cards and gifts for me.  It's the first year that Ethan can join in. I...

When you give birth to a baby, you inherently know that at some point in the future you will have to let go of said-baby. If you don't...

“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. You te...

It's a funny thing...cyberspace. I've been a traveller in it all the way since its early days...back in the days of text only. Gas...

Today in my SPAM folder, I had a message with the subject line: "Find out when you will die." Hmm... It was a quiz to know when yo...

I love our language. I love the variations and quirkiness of many of our words and phrases. It's probably what makes me love to write so...

I think how we perceive the world around us is formed early in our lives by our upbringing, our genetics, and even our personality. But peer...