One-Liner Wednesday 12/17/2025 Cool Grandma #1linerweds #onelinerweds KID: Grandma would say yes. MOM: It sounds like my mom is cooler than your mom. Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: I'm the cool grandma. 😉

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 12/13/2025 Usual Suspects #socs #streamofconsciousnesssaturday The 1995 crime-thriller film The Usual Suspects is one of my favorite movies even though crime-thrillers are not a genre I particulary enjoy. Once I made it through The Usual Suspects the first time,…

One-Liner Wednesday 12/10/2025 Snacky Snacks #onelinerweds #1linerweds #snacks It's not Christmas season for me until these carb-laden, artificial ingredients-saturated, dye-infused, and not at all healthy snacks hit the shelves at Dollar General. 🙂 Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood:…

One-Liner Wednesday 11/12/2025 Sock it to Me #onelinerweds #1linerweds I don't always hold a grudge, but when I do, I hope your socks slide off in your shoes all day. Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: gnarly, dude

One-Liner Wednesday 11/5/2025 Bravery #onelinerweds #1linerweds We're all brave in our own ways. For example, I'm not afraid of raw cookie dough. 😉 Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: Cookies and milk, here I come...

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 11-1-2025 Three’s Company #socs #streamofconsciousnesssaturday #threescompany Today's word is 'company'. Several phrases came to mind. You're judged by the company you keep. A theatrical group is a company of players. Keep me company. Company's coming. Working for…

Writer’s Workshop 10/23/2025 Jewel heist #writersworkshop #entrapmentmovie #jewelheist Instagram is teeming with funny posts and memes about the jewel heist from the Louvre. There are Inspector Clousseau clips poking fun at the police and security. The Ocean's 11-12-13 movies clips are popular.…

One-Liner Wednesday 10/22/2025 Living the Scream #1linerweds #onelinerweds I read a post on Instagram this morning that went something like this: When someone asks me how I'm doing these days, instead of saying "living the dream" or "screaming into the void", I'm going to say "living the scream".…

One-Liner Wednesday 10/15/2025 Wheels on the bus go round #onelinerweds #1linerweds #karma My dream job is to drive the karma bus. Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: keep rollin' rollin' rollin'

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 10/11/2025 In the beginning – unintelligible lyrics #socs #streamofconsciousness #unintelligblesonglyrics Of the theories and conjectures about the meanings of the unintelligible songs lyrics in the beginning of two popular classic rock songs, I'm in favor of the…

One-Liner Wednesday 10-8-2025 I said Diagram not Diorama #1linerweds #onelinerweds In a story I'm writing, I needed to see pictures of old west gallows/scaffolds for the trap door release mechanism(s) so I could describe it accurately .  😉 The first suggestion in my internet search for "diagram of…

One-Liner Wednesday 10/1/2025 Nice try, bucko #gaslighting #nope #onelinerweds #1linerweds Gaslighting me doesn't work, because I already don't trust my memory, and I don't care what actually happened. Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: It's OCTOBER!!!! Yay.

One-Liner Wednesday Now I want a snacky-snack #onelinerweds #1linerweds Do British websites use biscuits? Linda hosts One-liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: nom nom nom

One-Liner Wednesday 9/17/2025 A life metaphor #1linerweds #onelinerweds #lifemetaphor It's increasingly apparent to me that entirely too many people go through life without thread in their bobbins. Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: occasionally unraveling at the seams

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 9/13/2025 Hand-Hand #socs #childrensbooks I have (had) an original copy of the a children's book called Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb. The author is Al Perkins. It was a book in the Bright & Early Board Books Publications that was created by Dr. Seuss in 1968. Hand,…

One-Liner Wednesday 9/10/2025 It’s all in your head #1linerweds #onelinerweds #psychics Here's a question for all the psychics out there... Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye's mood: only the shadow knows

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 9/6/2025 Hoist the Colors #socs #acapellagroup #moviemusic "Now I have a machine gun. HO HO HO" from the movie Die Hard is the first thing I thought of for today's word (begins with ho) but I gave it a polite pass in favor of the a capella group Voice Play singing…

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – The phone line is toast #socs My response to the August 21st Writer's Workshop was 12 Lines about a Hole. Today, I'm updating the status of the hole. It's still there. There are alley and street holes all over town. Our town (according to Wikipedia) is 1.13 miles…

One-Liner Wednesday 8/27/2025 Be Careful of the Day You Seize #onelinerweds 1linerweds Crappy Diem is what happens when you seize the wrong day. Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 8/23/2025 Padding Around the House #socs For me, the expression 'padding around the house' used to mean being lazy around the house in your socks and PJs and your hair is still in bed-head stage and you're just hanging out with nothing particular to do. Now I think…

Writer’s Workshop 8/21/2025 – 12 lines about a hole #writersworkshop #sarcasm I remember singing a children's folk song when I was a kid called 'There's a Hole in My Bucket". It begins like this: There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza. There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole.…

One-Liner Wednesday 8/20/2025 Don’t worry, be happy #1linerweds #onelinerweds “When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.” — Nora Ephron Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 8/16/2025 Herbal Simples #oldfashionedmedicine #herballore #herbalremedies #socs #streamofconsciousnesssaturday Simples is an old fashioned word that refers to a medicinal preparation containing a single active ingredient. I learned about simples from my maternal…

Writer’s Workshop 8/14/2025 – A car story in 9 sentences #cars #carrepairs #writersworkshop I've been driving a trusty 2010 Chevy Malibu for ten years. Her name is Murietta, and she has 145,000 miles on her odometer. She's endured several hail storms and mechanical issues over the years, and she's…

The last time this short novel was in publication was 2016. It was novella-length back then. I gave it a story-line overhaul to deepen the story. It has a shiny new cover, too. Print isn’t available yet. eBook is available now. #booksky #indie #contemporaryeomance books2read.com/rodeothedance

One-Liner Wednesday 8/13/2025 A little self-promotion #1linerweds #booksky #readingcommunity #romancebooks #indie Drum roll... As of today, I'm officially Indie re-published with the first of my twelve books that have gone unpublished for about a year since my small-press publisher retired. The…

Stream of Consciousness Saturday 8/9/2025 To Be Towed or Not to Be Towed #socs #childhoodmemories I had a really good 'normal' childhood. I also learned many life lessons from my parents during my growing-up years. One of those lessons that has stayed with me to this day is this one: "Always be…

Writer’s Workshop 8/7/2025 – Rise and Shine #writersworkshop I am motivated to get up in the morning for five reasons. First reason: I have to go to the bathroom. (I know. TMI haha) Second reason: My dogs, despite having a doggy door to the yard, insist that I get up when my alarm goes off. They…

One-Liner Wednesday – A river is not going to run through it #1linerweds #onelinerweds Do beavers even know that they're doing, or do they just see water flowing down a river and think 'absolutely not'? Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday. Kaye

8/2/2025 Stream of Consciousness Saturday – B&J Blush Wine Coolers #nostalgia #winecoolers #socs Today's word 'blush' brought up memories of Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers, which were popular in the mid-1980s. The original B&J wine coolers were produced by the Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery. The wine…

Hello Friday – Website Woes #frustratedwithtechnology #HelloFriday I've been working on setting up a Wordpress 'sister site', for lack of a better description, to this website. I won't blog on the new site. It will just be for my one-person publishing company to give it a digital footprint now…

One-Liner Wednesday – Belly Up #1linerweds #onelinerweds Every time the soap level gets too low, the fish goes belly up. (This is the dark version of "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.") 😉 Linda hosts One-Liner Wednesday.

One-Liner Wednesday – Lift your left hand if this hurts #1linerweds #onelinerweds #dental Funny (not ha ha) how having a tooth that is beyond root canal stage finally reaching extraction status brings such relief. (It wasn't easy-peasy to extract my beyond-salvation infected molar. It was more…

A to Z Challenge 2025 Reflections #atozchallenge #atozchallenge2025 #atozchallengereflections I finished the 2025 A to Z Challenge despite encountering a glitch when Hubs decided to have an apendectomy and the hospital he was in is 175 miles, one way, from our house. I mean. How dare he? What the…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – Z is for ZZ Top #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. Here we are at the letter "Z".  ZZ Top brings my A to Z Challenge to a close with the song La Grange. If you're familiar with the 1978 Broadway play and the 1982 movie The Best…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – Y is for Yellow Submarine #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. The "Y" song takes us on an oceanic adventure in a Yellow Submarine, where, according to the lyrics, we all live. Paul McCartney wrote Yellow Submarine with a little…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – X is for Xanadu #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. "X" is usually my problem letter for the A to Z Challenge. Not this time. X is for Xanadu. Xanadu is the title song from the 1980 roller-disco fantasy musical film Xanadu.…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – W is for Wanderer #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. The "W" song doesn't have a particular destination, but that's all right. It's a fun song, albeit about a man who, if you really listen to the lyrics, has some questionable…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – V is for Viva Las Vegas #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. The "V" song is iconic Elvis - Viva Las Vegas - from the 1964 movie of the same title. This song is a real toe-tapper that gets a person movin' and groovin'. 😉 The…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – U is for Princes of the Universe #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. Before I get to the "U, V, and W" songs that I haven't posted yet, I must explain that I got off schedule, because my husband had an appendicitis attack…

4/26/2025 Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Shake #socs Shake is an applicable stream of consciousness word to describe my life the past three days. Wednesday evening (23rd) my 72-yr-old husband who is in really good health (we'll call him Hubs), was diagnosed via CT scan and blood work with an…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – T is for Travelin’ Man #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. The "T" song, Travelin' Man, is by Ricky Nelson. His real name was Eric Hilliard Nelson (1940 - 1985). When he turned 21, he dropped the 'y', and tried to rebrand…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – R is for Arrivederci, Roma #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. We are in Rome, Italy for today's "R" song: Arrivederci, Roma. Arrivederci, Roma is a song from the 1958 Italian-American film Seven Hills of Rome staring Mario…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – Q is for Queenscryche #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. The Q song today takes us to Seattle, Washington for the song Jet City Woman by the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Queensrÿche evolved out of a band called The Mob…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – P is for Penny Lane #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. Today's "P" song is brought to us by The Beatles: Penny Lane. The song was a No. 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit in early 1967. Paul McCartney wrote Penny Lane, which is…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – O is for Omaha Nebraska #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. Today's song for the letter "O" comes to us from  Bob Seger's song: Turn the Page. On a long lonesome highway east of Omaha... Turn the Page was on Seger's album Back…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – N is for New York, New York #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. Today, the letter N song is for New York, New York. New York, New York or Theme from New York, New York is the theme song from the musical film of the same name.…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – M is for Mongolia #atoz2025 #atozchallenge NOTE: This post experienced a scheduling malfunction, and I just realized it at the end of the day. Welp... Here is is late. My theme is Going Places in Song. I have to tell you this before we get to the M…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – L is for Lake Superior #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. For the letter L song, we are 17 miles north of Whitefish, Michigan in Lake Superior for Gordon Lightfoot's folk ballad, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. This song…

A to Z Challenge 2025 – Going Places in Song – K is for Kokomo #atoz2025 #atozchallenge My theme is Going Places in Song. K is for the Beach Boys' 1988 song, Kokomo. Kokomo hit the top of the music charts in the U.S., Japan, and Australia for a couple of months. It was nominated for a Grammy Award…