by Beth Terrell The soap opera Grandma watched when I was a child opened with a big hourglass that filled the screen. "Like sand throug...

By Maxx Danielson My life has been tough. Two months ago, my sister, brother, and I were separated from our mother and were taken to a stran...

By Chester Campbell As writers we often insert expressions into our manuscripts without thinking about where they came from. They may have b...

by Ben Small Is there any more fertile ground for a ripening murder plot than a home ownership association meeting? This is good stuff: Just...

Photo of the Casa Blanca Oriental Lilies from the web page of Wild Flower Farm, Litchfield, CT. ============================== By Pat Browni...

By Jean Henry Mead Wyoming’s statewide newspaper, the Casper Star-Tribune, recently ran a lengthy article titled, “Tongue Fu.” The staff wr...

By Mark W. Danielson I had something else in mind for this week’s blog, but a recent Youtube performance convinced me that it should be post...