Thoughts

Do you ever wake in the darkness before dawn and lie in bed, just thinking? It’s in those moments that thoughts, both good and bad, come creeping. Things that we suppress during the day find this is a good time to keep us awake. Maybe it’s then that we are at our creative best. Francis […]

Go Against the Flow

I’m in the midst of a work in progress which centers around a protagonist who’s in her 80s. The time is the last century. This involves a journey backward to a time that was slower and should have been more peaceful, but in the case of Miss Tootsie, it wasn’t. Peaceful, that is. As I […]

Storytime

Tell me a story. Even now, many years later ( I mean many years) I can remember following my mom around, asking her to tell me another story. I was too young to read, so how I can remember back that many decades, I don’t know, but I still remember the absolute joy of snuggling […]

Grandma Blessings

  The Lord bless thy bones that they creak not neither pop loudly when thou sittest down and when thou risest up. The Lord bless thine eyesight so that it can see the intricate workings of thy grandchildren’s technology. The Lord bless thy mind so that it understandeth the intricate workings of thy grandchildren’s technology. […]

A Juicy Morsel

A Juicy Morsel

  Have you ever admired a beautiful painting or enjoyed a particular book and then some helpful person came along and pointed out the flaws? Yes, the painting would have been fine, except… and the imperfections are pointed out. Or, how about this: The book would have been really great if the author hadn’t made […]

The Shivers

“Let’s tell scary stories,” I said. “OK,” both Sara and Nathan agreed. So I went first. I thought I was doing pretty well, building up to the exciting and shivery climax. “Mem, that’s not scary,” one of them said. “Wait, wait!” I protested. “I haven’t gotten to the really good part yet.” Then when my […]