Just For Fun Friday 08/01/2014
August 3rd through 9th is designated as National Service Dog week. We often only consider seeing-eye dogs as service dogs, but there are dogs trained to anticipate medical crises for diabetics, epileptics, heart and kidney patients and more, as well as those who help people with hearing impairments, autism, and other difficulties. Many are trained for assisting […]
Stories Untold
I’ve harped enough on the subject of stories being all around us. The truth of this hit home when I read an article in the midst of the investigation of the jetliner that was shot down recently. The report revealed the identities and hopes, dreams, and accomplishments of many of the passengers of the fated […]
First-Hand Experience
I recently had to be fingerprinted to get qualified for a permit. The person who was qualifying me told me “It’s no big deal. Just go to the local police department and they will do it for you.” So I did. They were right. The policeman was courteous, we joked through the 5-minute process, and I […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/18/2014
Computers are both a boon and a bane to us writers. If I had to hand-write everything I….well, I wouldn’t. For one thing, my handwriting is horrible, even when it’s fresh. By the end of the first few paragraphs or verses, not even the best cryptographers in the world could decipher it. In addition, I can’t imagine […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/11/2014
Does this happen to you? It’s 3 o’clock in the morning, and here I sit at my computer, playing with an idea that came to me about an hour ago. Often the ‘middle of the night’ thoughts are jotted down on a notepad on my bedside table (don’t we all have one?) and I go […]
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