by PJColando | 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...
by PJColando | 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...
by PJColando | 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...
by PJColando | 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...
by PJColando | Sep 23, 2025 | blog post
THE SILVER PALATE COOKBOOK came out in 1979, the same year my husbnd and I moved permanently to California. I adored it, feeling so grown up and removed from my Midwestern roots. Who ever heard of baking prunes with chicken! Blueberries, too. The only way I knew prior...
by PJColando | Sep 16, 2025 | blog post
How do you start your day? Do you have rituals that enlighten, coffee, tea, or gin that must be inhaleded, or do you stumble and bumble around for a bit when your feet hit the floor? Is a quck splash of water or a full shower required to get your motor running? I...
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