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  • The Memories of Childhood

    I remember the smell of freshly baked peanut butter cookies in the kitchen wafting like a warm summer breeze. I remember how they crumbled in my hand as I ate them, little bits of delicious debris, and how there were always enough to last a week or more. I plucked them out of the Tupperware Read more

  • Writers Need Their Comfy Chairs

    What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily? My chairs. Writing requires a good and comfy chair to sit in. If you’re going to be at it for hours at a time typing away on your computer, you need to be sitting on something that won’t give you an aching back Read more

  • Have You Thought About Your Toothbrush Today?

    Let us consider the toothbrush. No one does until one needs a toothbrush. Then one calls out for salvation from cavities and bad breath. The toothbrush is an unsung hero. No one goes through the day anticipating that most exciting and thrilling of activities – oh, yes, isn’t it just! – that is brushing their Read more

  • When I Retire …

    How do you want to retire? It’s never too early to plan for retirement, is it? Well, it’s never a bad idea to think ahead, at least. How do I want to retire? Alive would be a good start. Wait, that’s kind of morbid. Let me start over …. When I retire, I want to Read more

  • Dealing with Writer’s Burnout

    Writing is exciting. It is also exhausting. Crafting a story is an intense and intellectual endeavor that requires concentration, creativity, time, energy and the ability to make hard decisions. Small wonder that artists are called tortured souls. Creating anything means removing pieces of yourself and putting them into your work. It is enjoyable, though. I Read more

  • Literature Adds to Reality …

    Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. C . S. Lewis *** Many thanks for visiting my blog. I post updates on my writing career, I muse Read more