Flights of Lunacy

A mere seven hours remain of 2011, and it's natural to look back on the year that has gone (I gained a godson -- the newly crawling Char...

I've found my wedding cake! You know, if I decide to have a Muppet-themed wedding when I get married...  I found this over at Cake Wre...

I've been thinking about a hair-themed post for several weeks now, ever since an older woman stopped to stare at me in the library not t...

O sun and skies and clouds of June And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. -Helen H...

I stumbled upon this writing exercise while meandering about the internet today (and honestly can't remember how I wound up on the this ...

September 11, 2001. I can't quite believe it's been 10 years. In a way, it seems like we've been living in a post-9/11 world for...

Anyone who knows me even slightly is aware that I have the tiniest smidgen of a book problem. An addiction really. They are my drug of choic...

So it had been probably more than a month since I went and looked at my Google Reader page, and today I found that there were hundreds of en...

I wrote a letter to my youngest brother, Ethan, today. He's deployed in the Middle East currently, and is slated to come home in early N...

A friend of mine passed through town last night (such a rarity -- someone I know actually coming to Port Charlotte! -- is a cause for celebr...

As a kid I remember watching old reruns of the "Addam's Family" and laughing at how Gomez would become suddenly amorous when M...

I try not to get too whiney, but I have those moments (far too frequently, if I'm honest with myself) where all I seem to do is splutter...

I have a confession to make. I am a fourth generation pack rat. After my great-grandmother passed away in 2004 (at 109!), it was discovere...

So tonight I did a favor for my friend Pam, the editor of the Punta Gorda Herald. She's working on her next issue, focusing on the theme...

So I'm on day six of my 40-day writing commitment and I'm doing quite well. I've managed to write every day so far, even if onl...

I found myself in tears this morning, standing in front of the newsroom TV watching the shuttle Atlantis vault into the firmament. And judgi...

I used to write all the time. I have folders upon backpacks filled with scribblings. Poems, random musings, journals, fun quotes I found and...

About two years ago, I wrote an article for the paper about seniors taking computer classes. I attended several of these classes, one of w...

I imagine for most people, spending a week's vacation in a house with a rambunctious nearly 3-year old and a two-month old baby wouldn...