Fad
Do you ever wonder why some things become fads? Seriously, some of the stupidest things become the biggest fads. The inexplicably rise to popularity, everyone imitates or joins in, they live a brief (some things longer than others), shining life, and then they disappear, only to resurface fifteen years later, sometimes as a recurring fad […]
Cliffhanger
My husband and I just watched the season finale of Castle. As is often the case any more, the season ended on a cliffhanger. Without giving away any spoilers, the last scene left us at a pivotal moment that will change the course of the show, but we the viewers must wait the entire summer […]
Judge Not
I recently saw a link to an article someone posted on Facebook about a study that was done to see if people ate less when calories were posted next to the menu items. There were menus with just the food item, the food item with the calories listed, and menus with the food item, the […]
The Small Stuff
“Oh, ….(insert appropriate curse word here)!” I nudge my husband as I stare in horror at the clock. “Honey, we slept through the alarm!” School started more than half an hour ago, and I’m still in bed. What’s worse, this week is testing, so they’ve already missed at least one segment of their standardized tests. […]
Doodle-A-Plot
I’m a doodler. When I was in college I doodled on class hand-outs and notes, on scrap paper, textbooks–anything that happened to be handy. Anymore, it’s mostly sermon notes or bulletin inserts, scratch paper–again, anything available. I’m a kinesthetic learner, meaning I learn by doing. I actually have a hard time concentrating (on a lecture, […]
Good Parenting=Public Displays of Affection?
I saw this picture yesterday and had to laugh, because my husband and I are totally like this. We are constantly holding hands, kissing, snuggling, and generally canoodling, at home, in front of the kids, and in public. My best friend has a complete opposite point of view. She’s an adamant non-PDA-er. On New Year’s, […]
New Perspective
I saw an article the other day that suggested rewriting your scenes as though your characters were deaf, and then again as though they were blind. This exercise will help you to use the other senses you don’t necessarily use in writing as often, such as touch, taste, and feel, to give your descriptions more […]
Family Time
My family lives a state away, and my husband’s family lives a couple states away in the opposite direction. Therefore, 99.9% of our family vacations and holidays involve us traveling to visit one side or the other, or us staying home while one side or the other comes to visit us. We haven’t really ever […]
