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Ode to Re-Gifting

I have this pair of mittens (Well, in actual fact, it’s four) That I’ve received as gifts so far And soon, I’ll get ..


Tilting at Windmills: Oh…My Word!

It’s pretty easy to tell when I’m working on a book, because I become happily obsessed with words. They circle ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Cow Who Thought She Was a Horse - Encore

Had she been given a choice, Mabel the Cow would have preferred a different name. In her heart of hearts, ..


Tilting at Windmills: Ennui and the Elf: Encore

Once upon a time, there was a little, mischievous elf. His hair was sliver-blond, his eyes were silver-blue and his ..


Tilting at Windmills – Picture This: Encore

The sentiments I expressed years ago in this column are just as relevant today. So, please, put your digital ..


Tilting at Windmills: Becoming (and Staying) a Writer

I recently finished writing a novel. It is an arson mystery called DOE EYES, and I like it a lot. ..


Tilting at Windmills: In Flanders Field…

When I was but a lass and my family got together at Thanksgiving, I was always surprised that before we ..


Tilting at Windmills: Just Saying…

I started thinking about kids and drugs and parents and teen suicides and all manner of depressing statistics that characterize ..


Tilting at Windmills: Beloved Paper

Last night, I was hunched over Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre, enjoying the pleasant feel of the heavy tome on ..


TILTING AT WINDMILLS : Princess Lilly Out of Water

She crept through the tall grass, as silent as the falling of a feather. Far off in the distance shone ..


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