A Day in the Life

As the year makes its way to the home stretch, I took some time to reflect on my writing habit. Or maybe I should say my lack of a writing h...

  I wasn't always a teacher. In my first career, I was in retail management. I managed two mall stores and eventually became a district ...

My writing life has taken a dip, and I really needed a spark. So, this past weekend, Teach Write had a game night, and I participated. We pl...

Photo from Pixabay Change is coming. I can feel it.  Sitting on the porch as the late summer sun begins to slide down the back side of the d...

  A little girl sits at her table with her "friends." The table is set with four little white plates with delicate pink flowers an...

Today I wrote to a Teach Write Academy prompt--"far away." Mom continues to slip farther away, much like this rowboat on the water...

My mother has dementia. As more of her memory fades with each passing day, we come closer and closer to making tough decisions. Lately she h...

I have written many slices from my front and back porches, and my time there continues to fill me with stories.  Even stinky ones. A few day...

       Welcome to this week's nature-inspired invitation to write and connect. Each week, I will post a round-up, and you just need to w...

I wrote a slice, "What's That Smell," during the March Challenge about a plant I have had since 2008 from the funeral of eith...

        Welcome to this week's nature-inspired invitation to write and connect. Each week, I will post a round-up, and you just need to ...

Thank you to  Two Writing Teachers  for creating this space to share my stories. Sitting at my dining room table eating breakfast and readin...

         Welcome to this week's nature-inspired invitation to write and connect. Each week, I will post a round-up, and you just need to...

Each month I participate in a writing challenge with my Teach Write writing group. This month we were challenged to write an annotated playl...

Have you ever read something set in a time period that makes you wonder, "Has time really passed?" I just finished Under the Broke...

        Welcome to this week's nature-inspired invitation to write and connect. Each week, I will post a round-up, and you just need to ...

Image on Pixabay Each week when I go to the store, I shake my head and wonder, "How in the world do some people afford to eat these day...

      Welcome to this week's nature-inspired invitation to write and connect. Each week, I will post a round-up, and you just need to wr...

Something happened this week that completely took me by surprise. I knew it would eventually happen, but I just didn't think it would be...