June is zipping by with the Summer Solstice only a few days away We are indeed slipping into the future. Structuring Time I have a timeline in my mind that I visualize when I think about the 20th Century. It has a “physical” structure. I think it may reflect a calendar that I saw and […]
June, Litha, Solstice Writing Prompts
The Geography of Seasons Summer is upon us here in Tucson where we are based. And when the temp gets to be over 110° F this old Editor/Publisher goes into siesta mode! But never fear, it hasn’t hit those scorching temperatures as yet this year, and we are still writing and putting out prompts. Our local […]
Summer Above, Winter Below, and Confusion All Around
“It is the June Solstice wherever you go today,” I wrote last week. In the Northern Hemisphere we observe the Summer Solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere the Winter Solstice is observed. Like everything humans do, there is some disagreement about what this means, except that old Sol aligns with the Tropic of Cancer. I […]
Nice Days Normal Life
I want to write something normal, not something heady, insightful, or politically informed. I don’t want it to be about illness, depression, guns, or require a bunch of research. I have discovered some contentment has slipped in unbeknownst to me during the last couple of decades of life. In the next week my husband and […]
Summertime and Songs Flow Through My Mind
Generation Fabulous is both a group of women writers to whom I belong and the web magazine of the same name. The group founder is Chloe, then Anne and Sharon joined with her to create the magazine site. The topic for this month’s Gen Fab Blog Hop is Summer Songs. Summer songs are songs of the […]
Grumpy, Grumpy, Grumpy Me OR Summer in Tucson
I used to have, as did some friends, a page from ZAP Comix, Mr. Natural by R. Crumb, hanging next to my kitchen sink. It started out with Mr. Natural with a thought bubble that said, “Bitch, Gripe, Moan!” or something to that effect as he started to wash a huge pile of dirty dishes […]