July has snuck up on us like a leopard stalking its prey. Whoa, didn’t my kids just get out of school for the summer? Wasn’t graduation just a few days ago? Hmmmm, seems I need to pay better attention to my calendar as the days…
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March: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
“March will come in like a lion and go out like a lamb.” The proverb is as familiar to most as the calendar itself. What does it mean and where did it come from? The weather folklore adage has been attributed to Thomas Fuller’s collective…
Reading Recap for 2022
Happy New Year! The holidays whooshed past us, and 2022 ended in a flurry. It’s time to set a new reading goal for 2023, but first, I’m excited to share I’ve read 82 books last year. After my mid-year reading check-in, I increased my goal…
Free Flash Fiction: The Merry Giftmas Exchange
Merry Christmas! The holiday is just days away, and I hope you are as excited as I am to celebrate with family and friends. While the holidays are fun, gift shopping can be a challenge, can’t it? Sometimes it can be nearly impossible to find…
Sometimes It’s Okay to Fail
November has come and gone, and I have a(nother) confession to make. I did not “win” NaNoWriMo this year. I knew going into National Novel Writing Month this November that it would be a challenge to carve out writing time and actually meet that 50,000-word…