The Multi-Tasks of Time Change

The Multi-Tasks of Time Change

Time change. The good news: it didn’t blight Halloween trick-or-treat, our neighborhood delight. The bad news: a plethora of onerous tasks occur at this perennial juncture. It’s become our habit to change the batteries in our home’s smoke alarms....
Things the Irish are famous for

Things the Irish are famous for

Ireland is the birthplace of scores of renowned writers. Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker. Jonathan Swift and Frank Mc Court. Samuel Becket, who famously waited for Godot. George Bernard Shaw and Patrick Taylor, who informed my small-town ensemble writing. William Butler...
Ditch the to-do list

Ditch the to-do list

When I had time in college – after I’d completed my homework – I read books that intrigued me, like The Phantom Toll Booth. I was a word nerd – still am – so the book delighted me. I read it again and again. It was motivation to...
Gap Year for Grown-Ups

Gap Year for Grown-Ups

My husband and I are retired – yay! We are enjoying a permanent gap year, something that we, as Midwestern teens, didn’t know existed. A gap year was something that well-heeled kids did—backpacking through Europe as a sort of graduation gift from their...
Trick or Treat: ants rousting about in your house

Trick or Treat: ants rousting about in your house

Here’s a tiny tidbit for your cocktail party conversation: “Do you know how many ants there are in the world?” That is truly small talk (wink-wink) – read on for the answer. According to a newly calculated estimate, the answer is about 20...
It’s no mystery why I love mysteries

It’s no mystery why I love mysteries

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com Come one, come all! Let’s write – This month’s question: What do you consider the best characteristics of your favorite genre?  Bada-bing, bada boom, this is a simple question for me. All I hadda do was...