What’s brewing, Witches?

What’s brewing, Witches?

by | Oct 28, 2025 | blog post

Halloween allows us to juxtapose darkness with lightheartedness. It’s a chance to poke fun at some of our greatest fears, to turn them into absurdity and something less threatening. It’s a way to cope. It’s also the ultimate kids’ holiday – in...
Days shorten; reading lists don’t

Days shorten; reading lists don’t

by | Oct 21, 2025 | blog post

After hiding in the color wheel almost all year, orange has emerged as a dominant color because it’s fall. Pumpkins on porches, pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks, and a change of leaves’ color on deciduous trees. Sunsets come earlier as the days shorten...
Beatles Songs for Boomers

Beatles Songs for Boomers

by | Oct 14, 2025 | blog post

When I’m Ninety-five (By Bruce Handy and Jay Martel (from The New Yorker ) Listen Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Whoa, oh, oh Closer Let me whisper in your ear It’s the left one that still hears? Now I’ve forgotten what I wanted to say...
He was a Butt-Scooting Cat

He was a Butt-Scooting Cat

by | Oct 7, 2025 | blog post, humor

The brass was coming for a visit and the branch manager wanted to impress… And so, she ordered a sheet cake, to sweeten their evaluation of her skills. Royal blue icing slathered thickly on the top and down the sides of the cake, with the branch name written in...
Where do you Write?

Where do you Write?

by | Oct 1, 2025 | blog post

When an audience of newbies convenes to imbibe the wisdom of an established writer, he/she is often asked, “What’s your process?” Many things are interwoven in this be-all question: are you a plotter or a pantser (or, like me, a plodder) what time of...