Category Archives: writer’s workshop

But it’s got a great beat!?…

“I Wanna Sex You Up” Color Me Badd, 1991 I’m embarrassed to admit (but don’t tell my mom) that I actually loved this song when it hit the tape deck in 1991.  Either forgive me or “Color Me Badd,” but it was catchy and I was 13 and riding in the car with my 19 year old [...]

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What I’m Crushin’ On

Mamakat wanted to know what I’ve been crushing on these days. Well,… Remember when Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch busted out in their Fruit-of-the-looms and gave all us drooling hormonally challenged teen girls ”good vibrations?” Or when R.E.M. had us all “losing our religion”? I bet Pearl Jam really made you feel “alive”! Didn’t you [...]

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Snow Cone for a Hail Mary

  Today I’m going to share a laugh with you… First let me start by saying that we aren’t Catholic.  I’ve never been to confession.  Neither have my children.  And I’m pretty sure that the boys have absolutely no idea what the little priest-in-the-box is all about.  And though my husband grew up in a Catholic family, [...]

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My Favorite Place to Be, a poem

Technology tempts your fate. Your days and hours may be numbered. But I know I’m doing my part to ensure you never go under.   On those rare perfect days of no chores, when the kids are off pumping some neurons, into your doors I stride ready to get my “read on.”   First I’m [...]

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10 Random Things I DON’T Know How To Do

1.  Drive a stick. A manual shift automobile, that is.  While I have many other talents from behind the wheel, I have never learned to drive and shift gears.  Never had a need and no one ever really wanted to teach me?  I think when I was a little girl my Dad envisioned me as [...]

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