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May 15, 2015
Mid-May 2015 - Something to Call Her Own
It’s where modern woman finds herself today: she can’t cling to a child and she can’t cling to a career, but she certainly needs to hold...
May 1, 2015
May 2015 - Lilacs in Bloom
Often I am asked how I come up with the ideas for my writing projects. The answer is not an easy one. Simply put, the idea comes to me. I...
Apr 13, 2015
Mid-April 2015 - The Hook
On an almost daily basis, I stringently employ my 3-paragraph rule: if a book, magazine article, online article or online anything does...
Apr 1, 2015
April 2015 - In The Home
I’ve been In The Home now for over 25 years. I am doing well. I’ve always done well in a circumstance of my choosing. Being shoehorned,...
Mar 14, 2015
St. Patrick’s Day 2015 - Cloths of Heaven
Every year at Christmas, I purchase a special treat for myself, a gift that celebrates sentiment and practicality. This past year, I...
Mar 1, 2015
March 2015 - My Original Fan Club
It is not easy for the children of this writer to permit her the private space that she demands for her creativity. They are granted...
Feb 24, 2015
24 February 2015 - Bridget, the Valentine Pup
With the passing away of our first beagle, Bonnie, just after New Year’s Day 2002, Bootsie, the younger male beagle, became downright...
Feb 14, 2015
Valentine’s Day 2015 - My Unsung Hero
Dear Husband will undoubtedly have a difficult time posting this essay because it sings of him, my unsung hero. To spare his...
Jan 12, 2015
Mid-January 2015 - Cry U.N.C.L.E.
Some things I don’t plan; they just happen. One thing leads to another which leads to another, and before I know it, I am in the midst of...
Jan 1, 2015
January 2015 - Ginger and Fred
Happy New Year 2015! I am a huge fan of the films made by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. And I choose which film to watch based upon not...
Dec 24, 2014
Christmas 2014 - Gifts from Writers
Christmas comes but once a year and yet the Christmas spirit can endure throughout the year, given the proper attitude and the right...
Dec 1, 2014
December 2014 - How to Write Like Yourself
This past summer I was reading a pamphlet-like book, Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov (which I highly recommend). There was no date for the...
Dec 1, 2014
Me and My Muse - Introduction
December 2014 We try to get along. I believe, however, that the tension of a push-pull chemistry is necessary for maximum quality output!...
Nov 15, 2014
Mid-November 2014 - Hard Times
I’ve not read the novel of that name by Charles Dickens. In fact, I’ve read very little by Dickens. When you are going through hard...
Nov 1, 2014
November 2014 - Screenplays and Novels
I am recalling an online review of the new translation of Dr. Zhivago. The reviewer had seen the 1965 film five times and thus thought...
Oct 1, 2014
October 2014 - Merci and an Apology
J'étais Mademoiselle Tanisse. I was Miss Tanis. The classroom was small, but not too small for a large dark, rectangular, wooden table...
Sep 15, 2014
Mid-September 2014 - Four Pieces of Advice to Young Writers
By using the word, young, in this title, I do not mean of a less mature chronological age. I mean “novice” or “beginning.” In that sense,...
Sep 1, 2014
Mid-October 2014 - Patience and the Palimpsest
One morning at breakfast, Dear Husband read to me a quote from Charles Schulz : “Sometimes I lay awake at night and ask, ‘What have I...
Sep 1, 2014
September 2014 - Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. He was crippled with polio as a boy and, as a result, he had a permanent limp. Also as a...
Aug 15, 2014
Mid-August 2014 - Rocky Raccoon, Jr.
Summertime and the raccoons are coming! They are coming into my detached garage, the nighttime abode for my two cats. The other morning,...
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