If you are very quiet, treading softly, watching carefully, listening closely, you may come around a bend in the trail and hear the low, cooing hum of the mother sooty grouse – appropriately called given its intricate camouflage – calling, scolding really, for its twin little ones to please report to their mother – as […]
To Ponder
Let’s Talk! – Temperatures Vary
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s MY take on it. It is 57 degrees Fahrenheit and raining as I’m writing this. I have no clue what it will be like when you are getting to read this article. Because […]
Across the Fence: Gummi Bear
Among my favorite candies as a child were Haribo Gummibärchen (pronounce approximately: goommy-bear-hen), meaning small gummi bears, today’s Germanism in the English language. My mother bought them for us kids, every once in a while, probably because they could be dealt out in small amounts. They came in two sizes, but I’m not sure whether […]
In the Book Nook with … Rhea Morrigan
Author Rhea Morrigan lives on the eastern edge of Middle Tennessee, on the Cumberland Plateau, in a place called Hanging Limb. She has worn many hats, from being a cook in her early days to being a Visual Basic programmer, to owning and operating an auto repair shop with her late husband. When he retired, […]
Letter: Fairytale Moments, Magical Places
One of the fun things my wife and I loved to do was take the next road off to the left or to the right, the three criteria being that the road was (a) a country road; and that (b) we had enough gas to get to wherever the road was leading, and back; and […]
Letter: My 100th Mile
They’re alive, the forests are, the rivers, the mountains, the streams. Something is out there, a connection, an experience like no other. As a ‘setting’ describes that which will hold a precious stone or gem – like a diamond in a wedding ring – forests are settings which hold precious memories of life, and love. […]
Let’s Talk! – Shallow Thoughts
Let’s switch off screens and put some deeper thoughts towards a new prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book! Which might be a bit challenging – deep thoughts about shallow thoughts … Who defines what shallow is, by the way? Can the shallowness of someone be the deep thought of somebody else? I think of […]
Across the Fence: Sprachraum
Of late, I have encountered quite a few fun discussions in Facebook groups that dealt with the meaning of some English terms. Some simply said that specific terms didn’t even exist for a specific item or meaning. E.g. one American-English speaker said that pasty was not a term for baked goods, and that those were […]
The Urinal
Jerry went into the men’s room, he was having a great time with friends and a favorite restaurant. The food was excellent and the service was suburb. He approached the urinal and unzipped his pants. He had been enjoying a nice dinner and only drinking his favorite root beer, Bundaberg from Queensland, Australia. He hummed […]