by PJColando | Sep 14, 2021 | Adventure, blog post, rant, sorrow
in mid-March 2020: The first clue of lock-down came with Disneyland’s closure and loss of the nightly fireworks display I cherished, which occurred near the ancient bad day, the Ides of March In mid-April 2020: I inadvertently stumbled into the crazed days of...
by PJColando | Sep 7, 2021 | blog post, In the Pink, Purpose
Hickory Dickory Dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one Down he run Hickory Dickory Dock is the first limerick structure and it’s embedded in a nursery rhyme we’ve all known for years. While it has the beats, the rhyme doesn’t follow the...
by PJColando | Sep 1, 2021 | Adventure, blog post
Though the country is as locked down as America is, it’s Spring Down Under now and my husband and I would love to travel to Australia again. Again and again. There’d be no language barrier… well, of course, you think. Aussies speak English. However,...
by PJColando | Aug 31, 2021 | blog post, rant
The Urban Dictionary has a new word: Streatery. Without large amounts of thought because of your personal pandemic experience, you can surmise the derivation of the word. Throughout this country, restaurants have survived by creatively co-opting concrete and asphalt...
by PJColando | Aug 24, 2021 | Adventure, blog post, Featured, Purpose
Our house is a very, very, very fine house in the parlance of Graham Nash. But our house one-ups his storied home in Laurel Canyon where he co-habited with Joni Mitchell and two cats—our house has a past, a potentially dangerous past due to its connection with...
by PJColando | Aug 10, 2021 | blog post, Purpose
So, you wanna write funny tales with zany characters floundering through implausible circumstances to make people laugh… Well, dear reader, you’ve come to the right place. I know a thing or two about writing funny and I’ve cared to share in a...
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