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Aspen, the Community of One
Our friends in Colorado gushed over the fall color, the golden oneness of an Aspen grove when my husband and I rhapsodized about the fall color that we missed from our childhoods in the Midwest, during a visit with them last June. Later they showed the aspens in...
12-step program for accumulated pen return
During a burst of housecleaning, a seldom-seen occurrence in our house, I found a drawer full of pens with bank logos, our optometrist, UCI MIND (ha-Alzheimer's research), our church, swag from a fellow author... It suddenly occurred to me that I was/am a wanton...
The point of Hide’nSeek is to lose –
What was your favorite childhood game? Did you hopscotch, play board games, jump rope, or kick the can? https://www.pjcolando.com/recess-reminiscence/ Was your sports passion baseball, volleyball, football, or golf? Whether you spectated or played, did you have a...
The Inciting Incident for a Novel Amount of Cash
What would make a great premise or inciting incident for a book? A hook for a reader - or for you, the writer? A murder, a secret, and/or promise to tell-all? A hint, a hazard, a second guess? Another of PJ's infamous loose-with-the-truths? Here's an incident that I...
New Year’s Resolutions, Version 1.0
New Year’s Resolutions, Version 1.0 – here goes nothing (wink-wink)
Cringe-worthy Questions and Queries
Oh dear, here comes the flurry of questions again. At a party, in an after-church conclave, at a dinner with friends. I cringe despite a resolution to relax. I paste an 'I'm pleased to answer you' smile on my face and inhale. Ready, set, go! Most times the inquiries...
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