Convertibles and Mary Jane

Sidenote: While trying to piece together something resembling a novella I remembered this time in my life. Each year in the springtime there was a local arts festival held in the hippie part… Read More →

Attitude is Altitude, so says Nick

  It’s Friday, end of another week now it’s time to ask yourself a few questions. This past week how many times did you complain or fall into self-pity mode about the job,… Read More →

A few thoughts on raising a lone son among a tribe of women

My son would probably raise a storm if he knew today’s blog post was about him. No, I will not go into a Kathy Lee Gifford rant about how wonderful, precious, perfect he… Read More →

Daily Prompt: Quote Me

Quotes..those wise, witty, heartfelt words others say and we remember, share, wish we had of said. I have a file of quotes and refer back to them time and again.. For today’s Word… Read More →

Regrets-The elephant in the room

Regret. A six letter word that carries much weight, in fact it’s often the elephant in rooms of our lives. We all have regrets whether they be big or small, the key is… Read More →

Even an old dog can learn new tricks

I’ve been watching the Olympics for as long as I can remember. I’m old people; I go back to the days of swimmer Mark Spitz. He was “the man” before Michael Phelps came… Read More →

A village is missing an idiot

While cruising the cyber highway yesterday, I read an article of such complete idiocy it made me start to question the human race. Life is a series of challenges already with trying to… Read More →

Ah, to be thirteen once more…

I recently interviewed a writer for my zine and one of the things I asked him was, “What advice would you give your thirteen year old self”. It got me thinking about what… Read More →