With all the enthusiasm lost on the last writing exercise, I decided to go back to something simple and fun. I am starting with seven words to be included in a single-paragraph story. Please check it out and submit your paragraph stories through the comment box below. Here goes… The first seven words are: Ice, […]
I have always wanted a roll-top desk. Not just any roll-top desk. A big one like the old post office desks with lots of small cubbies or drawers. Now I have one. When we set up our small office two years ago my desk was shoe-horned into the 50 inches between the side of the […]
I have been sitting back watching the debate about tightening the gun control laws following the shootings in Newtown and wondering where people’s heads are. Let me preface this blog by saying I have never liked guns. When my children were young, the only guns I would allow them to play with squirted water. They […]
Now that we are in 2013 and many of the Affordable Health Care Act provisions and welfare reform are in place what do you think? Do you think the new laws are making it easier for people to get health care or more difficult? So far, my experience is things are going to be more […]
By Tammy Kling and John Spencer Ellis The main character of The Compass could be any of us. Though his name is Jonathan, and his situation may be different, we all experience loss at some time in our lives, often to the point of making us unable to function in our current reality. This book […]
Thanksgiving rolled on through, like a freight train through a sleeping city. The day was pleasantly spent with family, sharing traditional food and catching up on all the mundane things that happen between family gatherings. There also was planning for the future, watching grandchildren play and a general atmosphere of comraderie. Though it sounds a […]
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