Threading a Needle

Threading a Needle

My inability to thread a needle, a task simply accomplished throughout thousands of hours of sewing tasks, is harassing my patience. Thank goodness I have little need to do it other than replace the occasional button or repair a garment’s hem loose threads....
AI took over my EM dash, but not my voice

AI took over my EM dash, but not my voice

Writing is an esteemed, yet difficult endeavor, a craft to be admired when well done. Via pen or pencil, people bled onto the page, pounded typewriter keys or computer keyboards, stared at walls for inspiration, and chewed nails in deadline desperation. Some took a...
Shoulder Derangement Syndrome

Shoulder Derangement Syndrome

The ease of email and texting – and the absense of cost –  is a marvel to me. Magnificent and fine, indeed. Likewise, the spectacularly animated digital cards that I sent to friends and family at birthdays and Christmas this past year. Circumventing the...
The Benefits of Singing

The Benefits of Singing

Carols are foundational to the celebration of Christmas season. Modern pop songs and jingles provide abundant opportunities to sing during the holidays, too. Singing is one of those rare activities that don’t require talent to be enjoyable — those  who can’t carry a...
Autobiography for Me

Autobiography for Me

If you were writing your autobiography, what title would you give it? It’s an interesting question, isn’t it, perhaps more interestinging than the contents of the biography, since most of us live mundanely ordinary lives. Like Sands through the Hourglass… a long...
My Favorite Writer: Hubbell Gardner

My Favorite Writer: Hubbell Gardner

Robert Redford passed away a couple of months ago and within weeks the Turner Classic Movie channel marathoned his best known movies.Yay! I’d seen most of them during my young adult years, yet recorded them for posterity and personal delight. I watched them,...