Mental Comfort Food

Today’s title is a phrase my friend Stephanie coined as a definition for “Cozy” Mystery. Thanks for that, Steph! That’s exactly what I’m aiming for. You never see “Cozy” listed as the genre classification printed on the back of a book, but I’m betting most of us...

Twenty Questions

Life Coach Martha Beck, in the February edition of “O” Magazine, listed a compiled set of 20 questions “every woman should ask herself.” I didn’t necessarily agree with her selections, but it got me to thinking. Some of the ones I came up with include: “Do I make a...

Doing what you love

I taught school full time for 30 consecutive years. That certainly qualifies as a “teaching career.” Now I’m working to establish myself as an author, and have over a decade already invested in my “writing career.” According to statistics, the average American has...

My very own AirMouse

According to the Deanmark website, an “AirMouse” begins with the human form and builds functionality around it. The AirMouse allegedly increases your mousing speed and accuracy by aligning itself with the ligaments of your hand and wrist. It looks kind of like a glove...

Statistical Analysis

Every Monday I receive an email graphically displaying the numbers who read my blog each day the previous week. Notice I didn’t say the “masses” checking in. I have a modest readership, and I am very happy to have them. But an interesting thing happened 10 days ago...