I'd Rather Be...

I’d Rather Be…

As a teen, I never kept a clean room. My mother recounts how every Saturday she told me I couldn’t go anywhere with my friends until my room was clean. Two hours later she came to check on me and the bed was still unmade, the vacuum right where she left it, and I was sitting […]

Just For Fun Friday 10/11/13

Just For Fun Friday 10/11/13

Signs….   My family has a habit of ‘collecting’ signs when we travel.  You know the ones.  Those small town, local business signs made to catch attention for walk-in traffic, or on the sides of buildings or vehicles. On a recent road trip these caught my attention….   YOUR WIFE IS HOT! Joe’s A/C Sales and […]

Do You Like Contests?

Among writers, there are two attitudes about contests. One either loves them or abhors them. I was talking with one of the featured speakers at a conference, a novelist, and he looked down his nose at me and pronounced contests to be puny attempts at self-affirmation. Well, yes, there’s that. But personally I love the […]

W.A.D.D.

W.A.D.D.

   I have three cats, so a mouse in the house is exciting news. It’s a fresh toy!  When one invaded my living room recently, it was so entertaining I considered selling the television. The thing ran behind a console, and instantly there was one cat at either end and the third camped out front […]