“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people…

When she looks at the buildings that stretch into the sky, she wonders.  She wonders if her life would be better if she worked in one of those tiny windows.…

Tuesday. Right? I have to get up earlier every Tuesday morning, so I’m happy to dread Tuesdays as much as Mondays. But Tuesday also means another episode of Top Ten…

Tuesday. Right? I have to get up earlier every Tuesday morning, so I’m happy to dread Tuesdays as much as Mondays. But Tuesday also means another episode of Top Ten…

TELEVISION! TV! DVRing! (Yes, that’s a word!) Fall TV! I know I’m a writer, but I love TV shows just as much as I love books. The best TV shows…

The Olympics are a wonderful thing. They start with strange mascots, oily Tongan muscle men, and Gisele Bundchen walking across a stadium in a moment that I’m still trying to…

If you’ve been around this blog and feel as though you’ve heard this one before, please don’t stop me (who got that Smiths reference???) but instead go here probably because…

I didn’t have the choice between two roads. There was only the one. Where I stood, there was so much space. The path was wide, the view vast, and the…

I am very impressionable. I am a marketing department’s dream. Put a pizza in front of me, and suddenly I’m watching my Dominos pizza tracker turn different colors. In the…

I am very impressionable. I am a marketing department’s dream. Put a pizza in front of me, and suddenly I’m watching my Dominos pizza tracker turn different colors. In the…

This writer can find no words in the universe to explain her excitement about this:

This writer can find no words in the universe to explain her excitement about this:

She dreamed of one day returning to Capri. She wanted to be in a boat all day and swim in the clear blue water. And so she did. However, it…

She’s been out of the limelight for awhile. Work, trips, too much TV…so many things to keep her away. But when she saw them out on that stage, under the…

I made a mark in the sand. The coarse wet grains pressed up against my skin and oozed through my toes. I carefully lifted up, heel first then one toe…

“Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. “~Jack Handey, “Deep Thoughts,” Saturday Night Live Laughter is the best!…

Like a missile or a crashing plane, the pigeon dive-bombed my patio. I carefully crept to the sliding glass door and saw the gray bird stone still.  I banged on…

I do not hear American singing, only lonely cries I hear, Those of the retiree, forced to work as a cashier at Home Depot, not as it should be, exhausted…

The gloom of the day said its last lines, and the heavy curtains of rain parted. Evening took center stage, and with it came a monologue of clouds, dressed as…