Back in May, I submitted a short story to be considered for inclusion in the third volume of Precipice, a literary anthology put out by the writing community Write on Edge in collaboration with independent publishers Bannerwing Books. Earlier this month, I got an email letting me know that my story, The Space Between Our Names, was…
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100 Shades of Me
If you have grade school kids you may be familiar with 100th day of school celebrations. Students are invited to bring in 100 of some ‘thing‘ and they happily spend the day gluing 100 pieces of Ziti or 100 Cheerios onto a big poster board. Like so many other child and school related scenarios, it…
Lost in a Good Book
I’m in a book rut, stuck in book blah-dom. Prose purgatory if you will. This is unusual for me. With the exception of hard-core sic-fi/fantasy, I usually can and will read anything you throw at me. Reading is my sole remaining vice, my escape, my can’t live without. While I am partial to fiction, I read…
A Novel Idea
The catch phrase of the moment at school is ‘risk-taker’. “Be a risk taker!”, they exclaim. My kids are still young. Being a risk taker usually involves trying a banana at snack time or attempting some long division. But I like to think I encourage them to take risks in their every-day life, to try…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 