Summer School with Miss Pronunciation
Welcome to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday! I was expecting to experience the lazy days of summer with my toes in a kiddie pool and the sun on my face, but my vacation was interrupted by Miss Pronunciation. Having noticed some poor…
A Belated ROWnd-Up: #ROW80
How very odd. A Sunday passed, and I did not provide an update on my progress in A Round of Words in 80 Days. However, the round was officially over on Thursday, June 21, just as I was struggling with…
An Olympics Quiz and Nicole Basaraba
I admit to feeling a little jealous as I sat with fellow writers at the DFW Writers’ Conference, and they shared their tales of international travel and even living abroad. Meanwhile, my out-of-country trips add up to the number 1.…
The Language of Antiques with Guest Karen Rought
Today I am doing something entirely fresh. Please welcome a real-life guest to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday: Karen Rought. Karen writes novels and horror short stories and blogs at The Midnight Novelist. Her day job, for the time being, is selling…
Roped and Ragged: #ROW80
Each Sunday, I faithfully come here and report on my writing progress for the A Round of Words in 80 Days challenge. Week after week, I tend to knock some goals out like a prize-fighter, others I get several good punches…
Vlogging from a Natural Park
This week I’ve been volunteering as assistant director for my church’s elementary camp. The county park where we go is less than a half hour away from my suburban home, yet we feel thrust into the midst of nature for…
If Churchill Tweeted
Sometime ago, I did a post on Amaze-ing Words Wednesday about wordsmith Mark Twain that included 25 favorite quotes from him. I titled it If Twain Tweeted because wouldn’t it be awesome if some of these brilliant minds had been on…
Childhood Memories…I'm Still Alive
I loved Kristen Lamb’s recent post titled I Miss Summer Vacation. As she talked about what summer vacations as a child meant to her, I thought about my own. Kristen mentions that her parents locked the sliding door when they went…
Word Games for the Road
Welcome (back) to Amaze-ing Words Wednesday where we enter the labyrinth of language together and follow the scarlet thread to find our way around. Down here in Texas, school is either out or almost out! While it isn’t officially summer…
Summer Sanity and #ROW80
Summer has begun in my home. School is out. Kids are home. Summer activities begin. Moreover, this summer, I am co-directing a four-day church camp and writing and presenting curriculum for a much larger week-long church camp. Consequently, my days of…