Marriage, Fishing Film, and Whooping: #ROW80
This month, my husband and I are celebrating our 19 years of marriage. Whenever we’re in a crowd, I still think my husband is the smartest, handsomest, and funniest guy in the room. These days, we have a few more…
Rules of the Undead
My husband and I watched the pilot of The Walking Dead a few months ago. During the course of the show, I kept asking things like, “How do you kill a zombie?” “Do they have to destroy the zombie’s brain?”…
Parental Proverbs and Phrases
Welcome to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, where we creep through the English language labyrinth with a flashlight and a good dose of curiosity. Today, however, we might be hearing in our brains such admonitions as “When the going gets tough, the…
Jr High All Over Again?: #ROW80
Here’s a status update I recently posted to my personal Facebook page, which received quite a lot of here-here’s: I thought we left catty girl fights back in junior high. Now this week, I learned about Ann Romney (does she…
4 Reasons Why Book Trumps Movie
The Hunger Games was released in theaters on Friday, March 23. Like many others, I saw it on the same day. The reviews have since been rolling in. I personally enjoyed the film and give it a hearty thumbs-up . .…
Word Game: Similes
A few weeks ago, I blogged about an alphabet game I found in a book published in 1940 called The Fun Encyclopedia. My father passed this book to me, and with it another book (which my grandfather originally owned) called The Complete…
#ROW80: Don't Suck
The weekend of March 30-April 1, I was in College Station, Texas playing a Guinness World Record game of baseball. I and 55 other players took the field for a total of 49 consecutive hours. We played in rotations, so I…
An Easter Treat: Top 10 Bunnies
It’s been much too long since I posted a Top 10 List! Since Easter is coming up on Sunday, this seems like a good time to think about bunnies. Now the Easter Bunny has the focus in this season —…
Gone to the Dogs: Idioms
Last week, we looked at feline-inspired idioms with The Cat’s Out of the Bag. For today’s Amaze-ing Words Wednesday, let’s take another trail in the labyrinth where we find our canine companions. Check out the following dog-related idioms and their…
Kayak or Cruise Ship? How do you want to write?
Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday — when I plunge into whatever topic seems juicy and crunchy and ready for devouring. Today’s topic is about how you want to write. I never used to read the Acknowledgments section in a novel. Now that I…