SquarePeg Books

Category: Random

  • A Luddite’s Musings

    The other day the husband and I had an errand to run and it turned out the meds wouldn’t be filled for another hour, so we decided to catch lunch, but nothing was quite open yet. Why not kill some time walking around? The sky is actually only partly cloudy and not raining for the…

  • People Watching

    When I get the chance, and I have the brain power (which is not often these days), I like to people watch. Creepy, right? In the mid nineties, I actually really wanted to spend a whole day just riding the underground rail at the Denver Airport, people watching.I never did it, and sadly missed the…

  • Finding Meaning When There Isn’t Any

    This drives my husband crazy. I’ll watch a movie to death just to figure out all the cues and clues that would’ve led me to understand why the character acted thusly if I’d only paid attention the first time. “Dear, I think you’re reading too much into it,” my husband says. And he’s probably right,…

  • Love Letters

    I think part of the reason I write is because, like a large number of people, I enjoy falling in love. And writing is very much so like falling in love. At least it should be. If you can’t at least tolerate a job, you really shouldn’t be there, barring extenuating circumstances like extreme debt.…

  • The Down Spiral

    My alarm goes off to remind me that I have to take the kids to school. Do not cry. You can cry when they’re gone. When you’re alone in the house, you can have a nice little nervous breakdown and scream and cry and whimper all you like but not right now. Not when they…

  • Z is for Zigzag

    Why Writing is Like a Relationship You can lay out the most detailed plan in the world, down to the hour of when, where and how you and your snugglebunny will do what. Then life throws you a curve ball, resulting in a black eye, three missing teeth and a broken picture window. This little…