I think the best job in the world is to be a writer for children’s books. And the job of Publishing Children Books what a joy I think it is. To be able to mold children’s mind or even just 1 mind. I wonder what it felt like to be Dr. Seuss. My child’s first book was Green Eggs and Ham. How she loved that book. That book was the only thing I could ...

I knew going into it there was no way that I would meet that goal. (Hello, defeatist attitude!!) It was a nice challenge to see just how much I could read in a year and even though I’ve only read 20 books to date I think that’s a pretty good number given the fact that I’m a single Mom of an 8 year old and a 2 year old (who until just recently wasn’t ...

There are two moments when I am most aware of my lips. The first is when I am kissing someone. There is a moment when my lips are millimeters away from another set of lips. That split second before they touch. I find myself blissfully aware of where my lips are on my body and in space. Then there is contact. That first kiss. It doesn’t have to be ...

The young woman’s eyes darted across the table. She looked lost in the familiar surroundings. There she was at a table she had sat at thousands of times before next to the the fragile looking woman. At first glance, an outside observer would have guessed the older woman to be in her eighties not 59. Her gray hair and her hunched back, her blinded eyes ...

Today I was struggling to find something to write. Lately I’ve had these woe is me posts. There are times when it’s nice to receive a Meme because it can snap you out of your own writers funk. Instead of another… “poor me poor me” post I can be handed the outline of what to write and just write it. Anyway, UU (He’s a birthday boy by the way ...

In my previous post I whined about the bitterly cold temperatures that have landed on this state. I woke up in a warm house and went out to my van that was parked in a semi heated garage. I drove my warm van and went to my warm office. The cold was just a punctuation mark in the day, not the whole story. What about those who don’t have a warm home to hibernate ...

I’ve been in a self imposed blog hibernation. Last week I made up my mind that I was going to write something here and I just couldn’t seem to find the words or the topic that made me happy enough to write. So today as I rest in bed recovering from a migraine (I’m fine as long as I don’t sit up or move) I’ll write a list of article titles I would ...

Jaynova wrote a post about transformation the other day. (Maybe it was yesterday so that would mean he wrote it yesterday). Transformations occur in (forgive the What About Bob? reference) in “baby steps”. One small change added to another small change that eventually form to make what can only be described as a transformation. I didn’t wake up one ...

Jaynova yet again was the impetus for this post with his post today on Top 5 Favorite Cartoons. What fun! So here goes in no particular order except the way that they came to me. I’m definitely a child of the 80’s and the first cartoon that came to mind was Jem. The best part of this was that when each cartoon came to mind I started singing the theme ...

Recently I have read two books back to back about personal journey. One was eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert and the second I just finished reading tonight. I Hear Voices: A Memoir of Love, Death, and the Radio by Jean Feraca. Jean Feraca is a name that will be recognized by anyone who listens to Wisconsin Public Radio. The very first Wisconsin Public ...