I’m drawing a very big blank right now.  I had planned to pre-write this post last week because I knew, being on vacation, it would be difficult to put something together on the fly.  Somehow, that didn’t happen and here I sit, on holiday, late Sunday evening wondering what I will write about for Monday’s Muse.  I’ve got nothin.  I’ve [...]

I’m away from the computer a bit this week and next, so i thought I’d bring this out of the archives for my new readers…and if you’re a loyal reader from last year thank you!  I hope you’ll forgive the re-run   This post is re-published from July 2008. You’re smart. I know that. You’ve been reading time saving tips [...]

Sometimes, I know exactly what to write for Monday’s Muse.  I’ll pull from something that happened over the past week or I’ll write about what I’ve been feeling.  But sometimes, I sit down Sunday night with fingers poised above the keys of my laptop and I have no idea what to write about.  When this happens, I try to relax [...]

I’ve been horrible with reading lately!  I really love to read novels but it’s one of the many balls in the air right now. It’s just so hard to find the time for all the things I enjoy to do. But,  I’ve recently picked up Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth and am hoping to plow through it while I’m [...]

Over in the forums, our wondermod has posted the first writing prompt!  Not only is there a prompt, but she’s also found a related market so you can write a piece and submit it for publication.  If you’re looking to hone your writing skills this is a wonderful exercise.  If you’ve never sent your work to a publication before, we’ll [...]

If you have kids going to a Canadian University I’ve found a deal for you. The Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 suite is available to students for only $64! It’s regularly $889 and includes every major Microsoft program a student might need. The only requirements students need to meet to be eligible for the deal is that they are enrolled in [...]

The Daughter In My Mind by Jan Campana The daughter I never had would be turning twenty-one.  How beautiful she would be in the wedding dress I have lovingly saved.  Understandably, she would be nervous.  To calm her fears, I would relate, for the first time, how wonderful it is to know you are marrying your soul mate. Back then, [...]

If you happened to come by late Saturday night you would have noticed I blew up the website.  You might have wondered what the heck I was up to and you certainly would have heard me swearing.  I thought it was dead.  You know, the kind of dead where family members stand around bedside and say goodbye as they pull [...]

I’m not much for composing poetry, in fact, I don’t even know if this qualifies as a poem.  It  just kind of fell out of my fingers tonight. Summer in the Badlands Sitting in the creek to stay cool we laugh and sink in the silt. Clothes dry quickly as we kindle a fire, small at first but raging and [...]

My Uncle on my Mother’s side told me that’s where smurfs lived.  At 5 years old I stood inside the tree, searching for the tiny blue characters but only saw beetles and moss. Later, I revisited this tree as a grown woman, with my husband.  This was before we had little H.  I still looked for smurfs even though I [...]