Writing Out Loud

2023-05-13

Mothers’ Day was begun in the late 1800s, early 1900s, to bring peace: “the spirit of Mother’s Day was a spirit of pacifism, progress, community care...

2023-04-25

Do you do the Spelling Bee every morning? Wordle? Mini Crossword? Quordle? I do. My brother, husband, and daughter do, and we share our scores everyday...

2023-04-24

I don’t remember how I met Jeannie, just that I loved her from that first moment. She had the most beautiful accent and was just adorable herself. I knew...

2023-04-21

As the attempted coup was taking place at the Capitol on January 6th, 2020, I was slumped in the passenger seat of my father’s car, my daughter driving...

2023-04-17

Rituals are an important part of our culture–from Thanksgiving dinner to 4th of July fireworks, we rely on these repeated customs for connection with...

2022-05-25

There’s a common thread to these mass shootings: It’s guns. The sheer volume, the easy access, the perverse obsession. Some will tell you that the shooters...

2022-01-10

I love George Saunders. When he offered an online reading/writing Story Club, similar to his book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians...

2020-10-19

“Cautiously optimistic” is how I would characterize my feelings about the election. Part of the reason is the overwhelming number of Biden Harris signs...

2020-05-14

Gee, it’s been a while. We are well, and happy and healthy. Here’s photographic proof. The post Life in the Time of Coronavirus Wednesday May 13, 20...

2020-04-22

UPDATE: I started this post a week ago and then lost energy (mostly because I had a LOT of tight deadline writing assignments for a client). I’m still...