Category Archives: HUMOR

TAG, YOU’RE IT!

If you’ve ever played RED ROVER, SIMON SAYS, or RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT, then you are not a stranger to TAG – a fast and furious game where one kid in a group is deemed IT and runs around the yard trying to touch someone … Continue reading

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HEIGH HO – It’s Off To Class I go!

A return to my alma mater, State University of New York Stony Brook, for any reason was the last thing I ever expected to do until an acquaintance, picture book author Julie Gribble, told me about a Children’s Book Writers Conference to … Continue reading

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SO, WHAT DO YOU DO? A Mother’s Day Tribute

Whether I’m chatting on a plane, in line at the grocery store, or sipping cocktails at the hippest place in town, yeah right, ninety-nine point nine percent of the time I am asked, “So –  what do you do?” It used to be a … Continue reading

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HECK HATH NO FURY LIKE MS. MUFFET SCORNED

I invite you to read my submission for Susanna Leonard Hill’s  March Madness Writing Contest The Challenge: Write a children’s story, in poetry or prose, maximum 400 words, that is a fractured fairy tale. Feel free to add a theme of spring, or mix … Continue reading

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TAKING A BLOG-A-CATION

Uh, I mean a vacation from blogging. Not for long. Only until the ironing’s done. Before I go though, I have a question for you: Have you noticed all the new blog-o-cabulary being used out there in Blogland lately? Personally, … Continue reading

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OBJECT OF DESIRE

The night our relationship began was like any other August evening in the San Francisco Bay area. Foghorns droned. Seals arp-arped. A chill fog rolled over, under, and around the Golden Gate Bridge, spreading its misty fingers into the nooks … Continue reading

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BREAKING SILENCE – A Pet Peeve Comes to Light

“Just let it out Margo!” my daughter urged. She started calling me Margo at a young age, whenever yelling “Mom! Mom! Mom!” didn’t get my attention. Clearly, she thought I had been keeping silent too long. An hour of heavy … Continue reading

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IN A NEW YAWK MINUTE

Waking up to the 75th stunning, clear-blue, cloudless, 60 degree morning in a row last Saturday, Mr. Man and I shared a monumental moment of inspiration… That’s when great minds that have lived together for over three decades whoa! in separate … Continue reading

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BA DUM TSS!

There are some things that I am not willing to share, like the road when there’s no guard rail to keep me from ending up at the bottom of a three thousand foot gorge, a bowl of Häagen-Daz cookies and cream, and … Continue reading

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WEDDING BELLS ARE GONNA CHIME

She said, “Yes!” Holy schlamoly! My baby girl is getting married! Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday, uh, last week, last month a short while ago that I had been asked the same question –  This is where the picture gets all … Continue reading

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