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A salesperson I am not but setting The Secrets Widows Keep loose on the world is prompting me to do something I’ve never done before – I’d like to ask for some help with the distribution of the story.   A person does not have to have purchased the book to leave a review of it […]

It was 1967, I was fourteen years old and the sky over Detroit was orange, the city was on fire.  The air in Windsor was thick with smoke and humidity, it stuck in my nose and burned my throat and I was afraid – I was a Canadian kid who didn’t get it. Fast forward forty-three […]

I did it – I pulled the ladder down from the ceiling and prepared to face  the cavern in the attic above the garage. Cold air wafted toward the floor like the breath of a sleeping giant, heavy with the aroma of something drunk on the past.  I steadied myself.  My climb was tentative and […]

I don’t remember the exact day my father hung up his super hero cape, or the first time he happily rode in the passenger seat of my car, but it happened. My invincible, macho father became a mere mortal one day, and I was okay with that. He had worn his cape for years, worn […]

As I age I find I’m more inclined to try to figure out the reason why I do things rather than try to change some of the things I do. I’m starting to accept that I’m ‘cut from a cloth’ – I’m a ‘type’. Inasmuch as I can’t turn off the fact that I love […]

I was filling out a questionnaire with a young woman the other day – on it were the usual questions; name, address, age group. It was a regular fill-in the blank survey, the type data collecting organizations like to use to target various products and services. I like to be honest with my answers, data […]

I chose ‘The Skeleton in my Closet ‘ as the throwback essay last week for a reason – I have a few things I would like to say about self esteem and that particular story gives me courage. It’s interesting – an essay that took so much courage to write now gives the same back […]

I struggle a bit when it comes to buying gifts for our granddaughters. On one hand I want to buy them everything, on the other, they already have everything. We have opted for experiences lately – a date with Gramma and Papa in lieu of additions to their toy rooms or closets. We upped the […]

I haven’t done much in the baking department this year – my little helpers all go to school now. It isn’t as much fun to disaster the kitchen by myself. I’m thankful I grabbed every available afternoon with the girls when I had the opportunity to. They are growing up faster than even my own […]