Let not the bitter wind chill your heart
I sit here at my desk, concentration eluding me as I look out the window and pine for Spring and the joy of Mother Earth’s rebirth.
I’m wishing she comes sooner than the thirty-odd days the calendar shows me but I know she’ll get here when she gets here, and wishing her sooner makes no difference to the ill-tempered winds of Old Man Winter.
Here in southwestern Ohio, there’s snow on the ground and frigid air above it. A hateful wind beats seven degrees of air into the slow burn of negative numbers and shrieks in its delight of finding…
Better late than never…
I was skeptical of adding an About Page because I didn’t think I’d have anything interesting to say. As it turns out, I have sooooooo much to say, interesting or not. My husband would agree with that since I rarely shut up. (When he tries to mansplain things to me, I ask him one hundred questions, and usually end up pissing him off. Go figure.)
I’ve written since I was a kid, but it never occurred to me that I had what it takes to write professionally until a few years ago when a girl I knew at work quit…
Medium
Read more of what you want
I’m mostly okay with the recent algorithm changes here, but one thing that bugs me is I can’t mute a story that I see repetitively or an author, for that matter. We used to be able to dismiss stories we didn’t want to see or read, but no more, at least not from what I’ve seen.
I love and support my peeps here, but honestly, that doesn’t mean I want to read everything they write. Just because I clicked one story doesn’t mean I want to see the next 9+ just like it.
Seeing my favorite writers in the big…
Throw a splash of olive oil to a frying pan with a generous splash of soy milk. Add a tablespoon of your favorite bouillon — chicken and garlic rock. Bring to a bubbly boil. Add in half an onion, finely chopped. When that onion becomes translucent, add in all the spices you love — I added very generous shakes of white pepper, chipotle, garlic powder, and Badia Complete because I wanted this broth to talk back to me. Stir, add 32 ounces of water, bring it to a slight boil. (Give it a taste! 😍) Add a bundle of Ramen…
Sterling Page
Write what you know — even if you don’t know it yet.
