Now, more than ever, we need to remember all that we have for which to be grateful. Our abundance will give us the strength to understand what we have the power to change, but also all that we already have. … Continue reading →
Have you always wanted to write? Are you already a writer, but stalled in getting words on the page? Are you a working author who needs some exercises to keep limber? Just looking for a good time? ~leer~ Well, you’ve … Continue reading →
My “Walking in the World” feature is meant to be metaphorical, in terms of a “flora and fauna” report, as author Julia Cameron terms it, and not literally as a report about walking. Not today, Dear Reader. Not today. In … Continue reading →
I admit it. I read all sorts of stuff. Good stuff. Bad stuff. Stuff that defies description, but after you read it and someone asks you what you read, you’re all, “Um, stuff.” When I was about fifteen, I got … Continue reading →
In 2014, when I participated in the A to Z Blog Challenge, they had a neat feature for the post-challenge period called the A to Z Road Trip. Visiting other blogs in the list and commenting allowed the participant to … Continue reading →
As many of know, I’m an author. Last July, my coauthor Rachel Wilder and I decided to go independent with our Chicagoland Shifters series. That’s when the trouble started. It was as though I was a creative car engine, and … Continue reading →
As is the custom after the A to Z Blogging Challenge, participants prepare reflections posts that discuss what they learned from the challenge, what worked, and what didn’t. Plus, I have zebras. First, the Lonely Zebra That Wasn’t The last … Continue reading →
Garçon! Where is mah ordehr!? The peacocks roam free at the Brookfield Zoo, and it’s a lot of fun to run across them as they wander up and down the footpaths. And then we came upon this brazen fellow. Is it … Continue reading →
And so, Dear Reader, I reprise my topic of a few days ago, the majestic snow leopard. Now, don’t be like that; I did actually find a “Y” animal at the zoo, the Yellow Spotted Toad; but, all due respect to … Continue reading →
The Andean Condor has a wingspan of over twelve feet and is one of the largest birds in the world. He is a scavenger, a type of buzzard. He’s got black and white wings and red eyes and a really.big.beak. … Continue reading →
