I am a KT Tape Addict

I am a KT Tape Addict

My husband and I gloried along with the Olympians, relishing the individual athletic prowess, the verve and enthusiasm, and the never-say-die attitudes. We basked in the reflected glow of American athletes’ skills and medal rewards for them. The young athletes...
Frequent Medical Appointment Miles

Frequent Medical Appointment Miles

I’ve been a breast cancer survivor for nearly sixteen years. Yeah, hurrah, and hallelujah! Say it again – amen! Because I had a rare, insidious, and aggressive type, we can double down on the yelps and applause – and repeat them as long as we like....
A Backyard Animal Fable

A Backyard Animal Fable

No, this is not one of Aesop’s famous fables about the tortoise and the hare. My limerick tale is my creation, a fable I made up as response to another writer’s limerick titled ‘Urtle the Turtle.’ My fable’s title is ‘Sam and...
Great Writers Don’t Follow Rules

Great Writers Don’t Follow Rules

When I copy-pasted Ernest Hemingway’s 7 Tips for Writing into a Word document, ProWriter’s Aid, an AI tool I’d installed, underlined several sentences, especially the words he spoke! Yikes! What’s a novice to do? Who to believe: a prose master human...