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  • IWSG December 2025

    December 3 question – As a writer, what was one of the coolest/best gifts you ever received? Ummm….from someone else? Space pens. They’re awesome. They’re just awesome. Now you can get different color inks, too. But my favoritist gifty was one I bought for myself when I was 14. It’s a storyteller ring with this…

  • Wednesday Word October 2025: Ugsome

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. UGSOME 15th century. Frightful, loathsome The start of any work-week. It doesn’t matter the day in specific. That person you have to talk to, again, who are just so passive-aggressive about every. Single.…

  • Mental Health Wednesday November 2025

    *This accidentally went out on October 30. Doh! Sometimes things in the head just break. I get too stressed out, and *snap*. Malfunction. The first time was a surprise. For the decades that I have persistently dealt with depression, I’d always considered it moderate with occasional bad spikes. I thought I held it together pretty…

  • WTF October 2025

    Okay, yes. I like to read my horoscope. Sometimes some good advice comes out of it, such as “consider the possibilities of an honest mess.” It gives one hope. Challenges your perspective. This one though: May not be the best advice for someone, like myself, who occasionally has a few impulse control and patience problems.

  • Word Wednesday: Xenization

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. XENIZATION Traveling as a stranger. Sometimes I think traveling as a stranger would be nice

  • Word Wednesday: Yerk

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. YERK To beat someone vigorously. If I have to explain why I like this word, then congrats on your mental stability and ability to be calm in all situations.