An original, irreverent poem Some decades ago, on the surface of my youth, my innocence was poisoned. I swallowed the gospel truth. Soft parental words declared so unintending: this pair, Santa and Jesus, they’re equally befriending. Youth always believe adult-talk as first disposed, even when stiffly shady and full of truth so bulldozed…

The climb is part of everyone’s journey It was the spring of 1996. I had recently fulfilled my one-year requirement of adult-cardiac nursing and had just started pediatric cardiovascular ICU training. That was all I had wanted to do when I started working as a nurse in 1994 — take…

What you need to know right now — When it comes to COVID safety in the elderly, there are few things you must know in order to protect your loved one during the pandemic. Here’s what we know right now. · Getting the COVID vaccine is safe. It will protect your aging loved one from serious illness due…

Creating unique word phrases for your writing — When I was a teenage, wanna-be writer, I used to play with words instead of writing with them. Now decades have passed, and I spend more time writing words than playing with them. But there’s one game I still play to this day. The Word List game. And it still…

It’s time to write yours — Writing is serious business. It’s how we make a living. It’s the legacy we leave. It’s the challenge of the game. Take your fiction writing to the next level. Whatever your level of seriousness, Write This, Not That can help. In this workbook, you’ll learn . . . How to…

Lessons learned from my daughters’ generation. — Millennials have been called entitled, lazy, and self-absorbed. They’ve also been tagged as liberal, self-expressive, upbeat, and open-minded. As a boomer with my own millennial offspring, I’d say it’s a bit of both. As of 2020, there were 1.8 billion people worldwide who are snuggling together inside the millennial group…

Empower and cleanse yourself — Skywatchers and moon lovers prepare! The next full moon of 2021 is on Thursday, June 24th and we will be able to see June’s full moon, also called the strawberry moon. According to NASA, the term “strawberry moon” was first used by the Algonquin tribes of North America. Since the…

Or is your partner having mercy sex with you? — Before we figure out if you’re a person someone else could want, ask yourself this: How do YOU finally come to believe that you’re a person someone could want? All relationships with other people start with . . . your relationship with yourself. Self Relationships It’s challenging — to say the least…

And two writing exercises to improve your craft — Let’s return to the basics. Children’s books are (most likely) where we all started reading. For many, it’s where the love affair with words and stories first began. Here are two writing tips and writing exercises to improve your craft. Mind Pictures Children’s books are full of pictures. Well, most of them…