In the midst of the sailing ships
We sink our lips
Into the ones we love
Who have to say good-bye
My question is, how does one “sink” one’s lips into someone? Unless, perhaps, you are a geriatric vampire who forgot to wear your dentures.
Writing is a lot like losing weight. As you work toward your goal weight, you’ll hit set points along the way. You’ll stay at that set point for awhile then start losing again. With writing, you constantly strive to be a better writer and then you’ll hit a set point. Breakthroughs in writing come in…
NOTE: OK, I know I promised the next post would be about Estepona, but this random thought got in the way. I’m a big Monkees fan. I own most of their albums on CD and long to own the DVD collection of their TV show. My favorite episode is the one where Peter sells his…
As I’ve mentioned before, I get all sorts of press releases in my e-mail. And, although most of them are not really of interest to me, they at least are in a genre I cover — food, travel or science. Except for one I got a few days ago. This one was about wacky jobs….
This may be the only blog I do for August. Preparation for my trip to Europe and launching The Genre Traveler are taking precedence. Besides, I need to fix a hair dying mistake. Every summer, starting last summer, that is, I dye my hair auburn, wait a week and then frost it, giving it strawberry…
A couple of years ago, I started reading books about the Catholic faith during Lent. You can read my previous posts from 2018 and 2019, if you wish. Normally, I only read three books during those 40 days, but because I started early … and have decided not to stop, I go through four this…
I just remembered something funny that happened to me. This was back in 1998 and I had been having some knee pain. I was curled up asleep and my husband came in to join me. He put his hand on my knee and said, “Heal.” I was half asleep, so I replied, “Knee.” He put…