“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.” So begins “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” So begins “The Tale of…
LOL. ROFL. POS. TTYL. TTFN. Do you recognize each of those abbreviations? If not, they stand for: Laughing on line. Rolling on floor laughing. Parents over shoulder. Talk to you…
In a recent meeting with my colleagues, we all sat around a conference table, our identical Blackberries in front of us. As one by one the Blackberries chirped, clicked, chimed,…
Appetizer Name something you would categorize as weird. Peanut butter and tuna sandwiches. My oldest son used to eat them every day. In fact, for awhile, I had to make…
Here in California, it is unusually cold for late April, but that was fine with me. I settled in last evening, wrapped in my favorite blanket, to watch the seventh…
This past week, I was contacted by a reporter from the Stockton Record. She interviewed me for a story about women here in California’s Central Valley who blog. She has…
Appetizer What is your favorite vacation spot in the United States? It might be a place I haven’t gone yet! Odds are it has a beach and I’m longing to…
1. I love springtime in Northern California. 2. Cranberry scones and cinnamon-raisin bagels are foods I love to eat for breakfast. 3. It seems I’m always searching for evidence –…
Last night over dinner, one of my oldest and dearest friends mentioned that she had spent some time yesterday writing a letter to her daughter who is attending college in…
1. Tonight I saw Oprah’s interview of Thomas Beatie, the transgender man from Oregon who is now pregnant. 2. “Sway” by the Pussycat Dolls makes me wanna dance! (“Shall We…
Remember Lodi’s dancing pickle featured on Wordless Wednesday on February 26, 2008? A couple of weeks ago, this blurb appeared in the Lodi News-Sentinel’s Cop Log: A pickle — the…
My generation is comprised of folks who remember life without much technology. Sometimes we joke around about it. My girlfriends and I laugh about how our parents used to make…
Appetizer What does the color dark green make you think of? The beautiful green hills of Northern California.
1. The return of spring is so exciting! 2. Strawberry fields forever, of course. 3. Bailey’s sounds like it would taste delicious!
Recently, another blogger wrote about the intersection between his real and online lives, in particular his recent connection via Facebook with a coworker. He declared that now his “writing life…
1. Contact may cause severe allergic reaction. 2. The parties hereto do mutually agree to dismiss any and all claims each has against the other with no admission by any…
Appetizer On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting? 7. I don’t write much any more, so it isn’t as neat…
Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part Four) Pseudonym: A fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity. Lots of authors have…
The manner in which Memorial Day is observed at Cherokee Memorial Park here in Lodi is different and unique. I know of no other cemetery that makes such an effort…
Appetizer If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be? Sarah Jessica Parker. I’d like to know what it feels like to…
Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part Three) It wasn’t that long ago that blogging was a concept embraced only by the ultra-techy. How quickly the…