Reading & Writing: Harriet the Spy, revisited

There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader. Continue reading →

mood music

Hi, Remember me…. I’ve missed you. You know that moment in a concert, when the rhythm of the drums begins Continue reading →

way back weekly – 10.3 to 10.9

In a general sense this week has seen some very cool events: the Beatles released their first single, “Love me Continue reading →

way back Wednesday, 9.21.11

On September 15, 1982 USA Today issued it’s first edition! I don’t remember those early papers, although I do recall Continue reading →

Southern Girl Gone North…..

I don’t think I have a Southern accent… yet moving here, thirteen miles north of the Mason-Dixon line, everyone notices. Continue reading →

Persisting Memory, 7.24.11

I don’t like oysters, their slimy succulence completely eludes me. Although my Daddy, in ever optimistic efforts to tempt with Continue reading →

Rhapsody in Blue (dark, that is…)

“It’s basketball, baby….” Dick Vitale’s kazoo-meets-megaphone voice jumps from the TV and I start smiling. It’s time for my Blue Continue reading →

making a list

I love these questions to spark conversations in my brain, definitely an asset in the writing process 🙂 Have fun Continue reading →