• Wednesday Words

    Prickly Pronunciations

    These words all rhyme: New Cue Lieu Woo Do So how do you spell the “oo” sound in English?  Um, it depends.  The English language represents a mixing of cultures because it has borrowed words from many other tongues and…

  • Friday Fiction

    Larger than Life Characters

    It’s Friday Fiction time!  I recently read a great post by Literary Agent Kate McKean (top ten things agents and editors want to see every day of the week) and noticed a phrase she used to tell people not to wallow…

  • Wednesday Words

    Word Weaver, Sandra Boynton

    Sandra Boynton with her chickens If you’ve never heard of Sandra Boynton, you are missing out.  Most parents have either seen Boynton’s children books or heard her CDs.  She has also designed numerous greeting cards.  What I love most, though,…

  • Monday Musings

    Yep, I’m a Fanilow

    The first album I recall owning was Donny Osmond:  Portrait of Donny.  As a young girl, I was wowed by Donny’s looks and voice.   But this post is not about him.  (Sorry, Donny.)       You see, as I matured,…

  • Wednesday Words

    Wednesday Words: Tongue Twisters

    You had to know eventually I would get around to mentioning the TONGUE TWISTER!  My father was a speech and preaching double-major in college, and apparently one of his professors used tongue twisters to help students enunciate better.  My dad…

  • Monday Musings

    25 Years and Still Looking Good!

    After the post in anticipation of my 25th year high school reunion, I figured I should post an update on how it went!  Did I wow them all with my brilliant success and gorgeous looks? Well, no. In spite of thinking ahead…

  • Friday Fiction

    Top 10 Quirky Comedy Films

    I’m taking a respite from book-focused Friday Fiction. Perhaps this is better titled a Friday Favorite post, since I wanted to talk about some favorite films. While writing about American vs. British English, I watched part of A Fish Called Wanda…