I love the holiday season, prepping home and hearth and gathering My Everyone around me. The baking, cooking, decorating, shopping, and events fill the month with happy anticipation. There's a lot to do. My to-dos lists piles up exponentially during December. They scatter across paper scraps, reminder apps, and several dog-eared notebooks. My pantser writer… Continue reading A Pantser’s Writing Life
Category: Ramblings & Writing
Prompt Boards are Back-and so am I
It is after Labor Day. Children and teachers are back at school in my little corner of the world. Although I retired six years ago, I still believe that the day after Labor Day is New Year’s Day, bringing feelings of renewal and resolutions. I’m not back in the classroom or speech therapy closet, yet… Continue reading Prompt Boards are Back-and so am I
Birthdays: More than Just a Number
October is a busy month for me. The calendar reminds me of my nephew’s wedding, my daughters and grandkids visit itineraries, harvest events, Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day, Halloween and a half dozen birthdays, including mine. Although I am taken aback by how much my hands look like my grandmother’s and that the gray, bi-speckled woman… Continue reading Birthdays: More than Just a Number
The Brooding Tiger
Journal On! July Prompt Board Pet Photo Day was July 11th. Snap a photo of your pet. How photogenic is your pal? Write about your pet’s smile and pose. A Brooding Tiger Hershey doesn't smile. He lies on my work table, on top of papers and my phone, staring at me. Not a blink. I… Continue reading The Brooding Tiger
It’s Here!
Journal On! Grand Prompts to Ask Your Grands: a sampling of memories and reminiscences is HERE! It comes to you with prompts and writing space to write the stories you have heard, queried, and enjoyed. Journal On! Grand Prompts to Ask your Grands forges the bonds between and within the generations through oral storytelling and journaling. Listening and… Continue reading It’s Here!







