Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt during dinner tonight? You want to know about my thoughts on it? Here’s my take: I love paper. Funny enough, it took me a long time to become aware of this fact. I used to work with paper suppliers for […]
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Across the Fence: Bandsalat
Never did I ever hear this Germanism in the English language. Yet, it seems to exist: Bandsalat (pronounce: ‘bunt-zu-luut, meaning ribbon salad, aka tape salad). It is something that will probably fall more and more out of use in the future. For it relates to objects that are not much around anymore: tapes of any […]
In the Book Nook with … Archie Kregear
Author Archie Kregear is from the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. He retired after working in the computer industry for twenty years, and then teaching Biology at the high school level. He started writing seriously in 2012. The first book he published was Mountain Gods in 2019. He participates in a writing critique group and […]
Let’s Talk! – Stepping Stones
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt during dinner tonight? You want to know about my thoughts on it? Here’s my take: Do you like being in nature? Do you prefer smaller paths to those that are paved with asphalt? Then, you – like I – might […]
Across the Fence: Kitsch
Have you ever found yourself thinking of something as kitsch (yep, pronounced like you know it in the English language)? It’s a Germanism, and – let’s face it! – it’s a very subjective term. Nobody really knows whence it came; there are assumptions that it first came up in the 1870s in the German art […]
In the Book Nook with … Kathy Johansen
Author Kathy Johansen, a 3rd grade teacher, lives in Lakewood, WA. She recently published her first book. She is a member of the Greater Gig Harbor Literary Society. When Kathy is not writing, she loves spending time with family, knitting (hand and machine), and reading. Which genres do you cover?Kathy Johansen: Children’s fiction books. Which […]
Let’s Talk! – An Uncomfortable Relative
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt during dinner tonight? You want to know about my thoughts on it? Here’s my take: Don’t we all have one? An uncomfortable relative? Maybe even more than one? The one that gives you extra-trouble with extra-wishes just because they seem […]
Across the Fence: Olm
Before you scream “Eww!” and scroll on, give this little critter a chance to be presented! Because you are most likely never to encounter one in your life, Germanism in the English language or not. Let me introduce you to the olm (pronounce with an “o” as in odd). Etymologically, it is totally unclear what […]
In the Book Nook with … Katy E. Ellis
Author Katy E. Ellis from Vashon Island, Washington, who does administrative work for her local public health department, started writing when she was 8 years old and received a Hello Kitty diary for her birthday. She began writing poetry in high school, studied creative writing at university, and has never stopped writing. In 2012, dancing […]