The twelve-year-old girl received a Royal portable typewriter for Christmas one year. Her parents were hoping it would encourage her to take the “Commercial” track in high school. It didn’t. It encouraged her to write. It was the 1950s and her mother would get Family Circle magazine when she bought…

Right now, I am reviewing the first story of my Kindle Vella “Seasons of Love” and I should be working on the second one. However, I’m sitting in what had once been my library/writing room and it is difficult for me to concentrate. …

I’m a Boomer. Not ashamed of being born in 1947 — father fought in WWII and mother fought the Depression. They met, married and then had me and my sister. Younger people seem to have a negative view of us. Remember: Some of us fought in Viet Nam and some…

I recognized I needed help. Before Medicare would cover psychologist visits, I had to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. He diagnosed me as having PTSD (from childhood issues) and Clinical Depression. I went weekly to the psychologist without the results I thought I needed. …

But I’m still on it. I’m on Facebook — not “X”/Twitter, Tik Tok, or Instagram — just good ole Facebook. I signed on more than ten years ago when I thought it would be a good platform for marketing my writing. Well, not so much. …

Even now, on my second marriage late in life, I must rewash thedishes my husband washes. I experienced weaponized incompetence (also called deliberate incompetence) even before I knew the terms. I was married, working full time as an RN in a hospital when I fell over a rolled-up rug left…

They show how I feel... still feel…

Shannon Ashely has an indepth and personal story about how she feels about the news about Lizzo. The following is part of my response to that story: I admit that not long ago I declared Lizzo was one of my heroes. I’ve been a fat woman for most of my…

I’ll start… It’s 2007 and I’m watching a very scary movie. I sit on a folding chair in a local “art house” that shows movies that may not get to a big screen. In this horror movie there are no zombies, aliens, or monsters destroying our planet. Correction: This movie…