Okay folks, sit down for a real life story. This isn’t someone I know or a friend of a friend of a cousin. This is happening to my family – real people. We have a gas stove that looks like a wood stove in the corner of our house. We learned last year that we…
Well, isn’t this a fine kettle of fish? Blogging is coming back because social media “networks” aren’t for humans anymore. Yeah, it doesn’t make sense to me, either. I mean, the whole definition of “social media” is to connect with other humans. Right? Apparently not. Between the Muskrat destroying Twitter and Zuckersucks filling FB with…
For those of us who’ve been writing flash fiction for a while, there are quite a few people we’ve known for a long time. I’ve been posting every Thursday since December 15th 2011, and we’re closing in on our twelfth year writing quick 250-word tales each week. I’d already been posting for 3 solid years…
Good morning and Happy Monday! It’s April 1st and y’all know what that means. Folks are going to be doing pranks because they think it’s funny. But we have a magic word that is not only strong, decisive, and full, it’s also a complete sentence. You may use it liberally today, tomorrow, and all week long,…
Good morning and Happy Monday! There are plenty of people and media influencers telling you how and what to be. As if their knowledge would somehow make you a better person if you lived by their rules. I’m not saying you can’t learn things from media sights (I mean, you’re here reading this and I’m…
Good morning and Happy Monday! Boy, things are pretty crazy these days, aren’t they? The US government thinks it’s a good idea to force China to give up TikTok just so the wealthy can own your data. Several states (including my own) are doubling down on taking away women’s rights to bodily autonomy. And there’s…
Good morning and Happy Monday! You are here. You are amazing. You are beautiful and strange in all that you are. Feels good to be acknowledged for just being, yeah? One of the things that bothers me most about living in a Capitalist society is this idea of being a ‘productive’ member. ‘Productive’ means literally…
Good morning and Happy Monday! Happy Women’s History Month! This is a great time to focus on the great things about being a woman (even if the world is on fire). Being a woman in this world isn’t easy. There are plenty of places where being a woman is the hardest person to be –…
Good morning and Happy Monday! Have you ever heard someone say some derogatory about themselves? Like they hate parts of their body, or they’re disappointed in something their mind does – ADHD, Anxiety, PTSD, etc. Have you every done this yourself? Has it ever brought change or improvement? I bet the answer is no to…
Good morning and Happy Monday! And Happy President’s Day if you celebrate. This is a day that many people take off (if they don’t work in retail or the food services). It is one of the few, rare holidays when Americans don’t have to work – Americans, by and large, are workaholics – mostly to…