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Are you a Plotter or a Pantser for the holidays?
It’s that time of year again. You may think I am referring to the four inches of snow outside, the frozen ice buckets in the barn, and the gas fireplace emitting warmth without a sound of a crackle. You have to love Virginia; we go from 58 one week and in the teens the next. →
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Deer in the Headlights
My moment on stage doing stand up comedy felt just like the saying, “Deer in the headlights.” I was, in fact, scared like a deer with a big spotlight on my face. My whole routine was about fear and facing it when a real live three hundred plus pound bear came crawling up the carpeted →
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Something As Scary as The Bear in My House
(20 minute read or listen to the audio) Do you remember the story I wrote last summer about the bear coming into our vacation rental house in Lake Tahoe? The bear that clawed his way through the screen door down in the bedroom on the first floor? The bear that came up the carpeted stairs →
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Erma Bombeck Might Have Cured My Cancel Pleasure Condition
I am here in Dayton, Ohio, at the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. If I wait until it is over to write a recap of the weekend, then it is sure to be too long. I will divide it up. Day One was pretty cool, and I will tell you three reasons why. The last part →
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? I Am here For It and Let Me Tell You Why
(5 minute read) Normally I do not poke my nose into the business of celebrity match ups, but with this pairing I feel compelled to speak up. From one Mama Bear to a couple other mama bears, Donna and Andrea, I will get right to the point. Your kids are just right for each other. →
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Before, During and After the Happily Ever After
(20 minute read) ACT 1 The scene opens up next to a barn. A woman is crying. Chickens and goats at her feet, she sets down the wire basket of eggs. Only three eggs today. Maybe the chickens are also stressed. Their usual offering of eight to ten is less than half, and one egg →
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Step Back in Time, But Remember to Hike Your Hike
(12 minute read) It is no surprise that I love nostalgia. I enjoy a good retro theme party as much as the next person. I like any movie or book that takes place in yesteryears with all the fashion trends and pop culture of the time. Memoir writing allows me to travel back to my →
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How the “COVID” Stole Christmas
(4 minute read) Remember the part of Dr.Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” when the grouchy Grinch stood at the top of the mountain peak with the sleigh overloaded with all of the stolen Christmas presents and he hears all the Who’s happily singing? “And the Grinch, with his Grinch feet ice cold in the →
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A Christmas Story: Watch Your Step Santa
(6 minute read) Once upon a time there lived four children who could hardly be described as children anymore. Their long legs extended under the round oak table, knobby knees bumping and toes colliding. While the table remained the same diameter it always had through the years, these children grew like beanstalks, making the eating →
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