In 2020, my day job was as a pharmacy technician at an area hospital, and I worked through the COVID-19 pandemic. It was every bit as miserable as you would think. In 2022, Hobby Lobby went to hospital leadership, offering to pay for 22 employees to spend a week at Wind River Ranch (https://www.windriverranch.com/) in…

In his later years, I sat with Grandpa for hours listening to his stories about growing up in Indian Territory and aunts, uncles, and cousins that I would never otherwise have gotten to know. Later, this led me to write the story Chi Pisa La Chike: An Irishman’s Promise. You can read more about that…

Boy, I have been busy since the last post! Let’s do a quick rundown, with pictures, of course. First, at the beginning of April, I saw Fortune Feimster. If you don’t know who she is, then you are missing out. This comedian has 3 stand-up specials on Netflix. If you get time to watch them,…

I would like to tell you about my herbal journey. This goes back to when I was researching Chi Pisa La Chike: An Irishman’s Promise. After attending a workshop for Choctaw writers, led by Sarah Sawyer, the group was asked to write a family story about the Trail of Tears. I didn’t really need a…

Asking me to pick my favorite book, or movie, is like asking me to pick my favorite child. That is not accurate my favorite child is my only child, but I trust you understand the analogy. Having said that I want to tell you about one of my favorite books, Monster Hunter International. My husband…

I am dyslexic. Growing up in the Neolithic Age, most people did not know what dyslexia was or how to spot it. As a result, I have been called everything from lazy to stupid by the educators around me. I was placed in Learning Disabled classes in grade school and it really did not help…

Where do you get your idea? Wow, that is a loaded question. I get them everywhere. Snatches of overheard conversations, (Itch and Witch a flash fiction), a picture (The Hunger), a writing prompt (Arlo and Arliss), submission request (What the Were?), or a contest category (A Kitty for Chloe) Itch and Witch about two show…

Asking me to pick my favorite movie, or book, is like asking me to pick my favorite child. That is not accurate my favorite child is my only child, but I trust you understand the analogy. Legends of the Fall is one of the movies that gives me all the romantic feels. Released in 1994…

Calm down, I am talking about crocheting. My grandmother almost always had a crocheting project in her hands. I was envious of what she could create. My mother taught me when I was still young, about 6-8 years old. Spending years dabbling, I never got good at it until my daughter was born. At that…

Personal-Dyslexia I am dyslexic. Growing up in the Neolithic Age, most people did not know what dyslexia was or how to spot it. As a result, I have been called everything from lazy to stupid by the educators around me. I was placed in Learning Disabled classes in grade school, and it really did not…