Loose Buttons and Super Glue
My coat button is loose. If I don't dig a needle and thread out soon, I'll find I've lost that button. Buttons are wonderful coat...
Mixing Art and Truth
I'm part of a writers' on-line forum, SheWrites.com. Lorraine Devon Wilke recently wrote an article addressing the upsurge in actors and...
I Smell a Skunk
Skunks are scavengers. They eat garbage. They have no natural predators, except birds of prey, but they nevertheless have musk glands...
3 Lessons Learned From the Big Game
I'm not an avid sports fan. Nascar is a bit too reflective of my life: going in circles and getting nowhere, with an occasional crash to...
Intellectual Integrity
It's not rare that I start a book and don't finish it. That happens frequently, actually. I'll take five books out of the library and...
A Woman's Armor
Joan of Arc is a famous female warrior from France. She led a relief mission to support Orleans, a city under siege, late in the Hundred...
7 or 8?
For most of my teenage and adult life, I rarely missed a day of work. Whether working as a day care teacher or a burger flipper, I was...
When God Isn't Good
God is good. What do we do when He isn't? Rest assured, He always is, but I want to explore that statement today: God is good. When do...
What Are You Reading?
I always have at least two books partially read, and usually three or four. That's not to say "partially read and never finished." I...
Hats Off!
I'll eat chocolate at the drop of a hat. If you make a mistake, you'll eat your hat, but if you do something well, it's a feather in your...
