Baffled by Baffles
Just when I thought the appliances were behaving, my Cadillac threw a baffle at me. Baffled? I was, too. The other day, the dryer made the most horrible clunking noise. Since all family members and...
View ArticleSquicky, Sweird, and Slangilicious Words We Use Everyday (and Some That...
The other day, my friend Julie Glover wrote a post that included the newish word ginormous, and it made me think about blended words that we use everyday without realizing that someone made them up and...
View ArticleOn Life, the Universe & Everything and Also Being Mostly Harmless
As you may know, I recently accepted challenges that life, the universe, and everything wanted to throw at me. I’m still wishing for a stunt double or minions to help me out from time to time. So in...
View ArticleDestroying the Blob, I Mean My Office
I’ve started the arduous process of cleaning and organizing my office. I’ll let that sink in for a minute or two… … Are you still conscious? Maybe I should’ve warned you to sit before I dropped that...
View ArticleWhen words escape…
Maybe it’s the blues from being separated from all the wonderful writer people after spending two 12-hour days with them at WANACon. By the end of the “after party,” we were all a little punch...
View ArticleThis A to Z is Short a Few Letters of an Alphabet
I’m thinking about joining the A to Z Blogging Challenge for April. If you didn’t catch the challenge name, that’s 26 posts for the month. Yeah, 26. One for each letter of the alphabet. One everyday...
View ArticleLoving What I Do: My Writing Process
I love what I do, so I was thrilled when my writer friend Kristin Nador asked me to participate in this “My Writing Process – Blog Tour.” Go check out Kristin’s blog called “Kristin Nador Writes...
View ArticleSometimes the Fly Gets Away
This week has been one of connectivity issues. I feel a little bit like my neighbor’s adorable dog. That fly is just out of reach! How this pup wanted to catch the thing. LOL. So the truth is, blogging...
View ArticlePronoun Disagreement? Lose the Friends
The world of English grammar is filled with rules, exceptions, and contradictions to everything. As a grammarian who taught post-high school English grammar classes, I learned a few ways to teach my...
View ArticleEveryone Has a Story. It’s Usually Not What I Make Up in My Head.
There’s this kid–I don’t have a clue what his name is–who runs in the morning at the high school. Full. Out. Long-legged running. He’s well groomed and almost always wears khaki pants or shorts and a...
View ArticleA to Z Challenge Theme Reveal
Because I’m not busy enough, I’m going to participate in this fun challenge again. Last year was great, AND I completed it. The A to Z Challenge information is here. Wanna join me? Oh, my theme:...
View ArticleWhat Not to Say
When a person suddenly passes away, our first instinct is to ask why or how it happened. I’d like for the world to rethink that line of questioning. If you listen closely to the person giving the news,...
View ArticleWriting is a Thing I Do
Part of the Twitter thread It’s been a while since I posted anything. I even put together a schedule and have several topics that I want to tell y’all about. Most of them are related to research I’ve...
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