Fiction Writing | Writing

Florida Humanities Council Micro-Fiction Contest – cast your vote by April 30th!

I entered the Florida Humanities Council Micro-Fiction Contest a month ago.  When I saw the ad for it in Forum Magazine, I couldn’t wait to learn more and enter. The micro-fiction contest offered up one sentence, “They named the gator…” Then contestants like me had to finish the story in 250 words or less.  This …

Personal Growth | Theatre | Writing

Someday I Hope to Write a Screenplay

My husband and I attended the theatre to see a local stage production of The Hobbit over the weekend.  We both truly enjoyed it.  It was the second play he and I have seen in three months.  Now we’re both hooked on seeing more.  (Prior to this year, it had been several years since we …

Home Life | Parenting

Conversations with my Kids: “Gardening”

I’m going to share funny things my children say from time to time here.  Why? 1. Because they really are hilarious, and 2. So I won’t forget them and what they’re like at their current age. ———————————————————————————– Conversations with my Kids: “Gardening” We started to do a little bit of gardening today.  We have a …

Food | Home Life

Espresso Yourself

There are two kinds of people in this world – those who drink coffee and those who do not. For the first 23 years of my life, I was not a coffee drinker. I attended college before the Starbucks craze, before the Internet was a necessity and way before Facebook was a part of the …

Food | Holidays | Home Life

Egg-stravagant?

Yesterday I picked up seven dozen eggs from a farmer who lives just a mile down the road from my home.  No, it’s not for an Easter-related event or even for a neighborhood picnic potato salad event. It’s simply for my family to eat.  We eat or bake our way through about three dozen eggs …

Crafts | Parenting

Rainy Day Craft: Caterpillar Caddy

I’d like to dedicate this post to crafty folks and toilet paper tubes everywhere!  I admire people who can take ordinary objects, especially ones not being used, and turn them into fun projects that occupy children for minutes or hours. I’ve never considered myself to be artistic except for forming words and ideas.  I cannot …

Writing

Contributing Writer to Simple Marriage

In December I submitted my portfolio to be a contributing writer to a wonderful site called Simple Marriage.  After reviewing the web page, I knew I’d be a great addition to the current writers and articles on there. Simple Marriage shares great tips for married couples looking to improve or enhance their relationship.  From suggestions …

Parenting | Writing

Kids Journal Entries

I love that my daughter’s teacher encourages her and the class to write and practice letters in journals.  It may only be Kindergarten but the instructor recognizes the importance of writing. The teacher doesn’t worry about the kids’ spelling at this age.  Why? Because some of the kids have no clue how to spell; in …

Poetry | Writing

Drifting

On occasion I write poetry…just whenever the mood or circumstance strikes me.   Some of the words are ignited by an event or moment.  Others come completely from some place inside me (and I truly don’t know why). If I am remembering correctly, this is one I wrote on a sleepless night.  I was in a …

Writing

No Response

I’ve been writing off and on since I was ten years old.  I entered my first writing contest in the fifth grade.  I wrote a poem about a friend dying (even though I had not experienced that yet).  I tied for first place with another girl.  (Sadly, that girl did die from cancer ten years …