Not a new horror flick. Not a premiere Pixar animation tale. No, it’s the return of THE pens, as in the pens that have been gradually disappearing from my desk for the past several weeks and irritating the daylights out of me. The mass exodus has left me – grudgingly Read more
I was beaten at my own game today. I have a penchant for making people smile. There’s nothing I hate worse than looking around me and seeing frowning faces. I can never figure out why folks are always frowning. There’s so much in life to be joyful about! Even under Read more
We had a beautiful, unusually warm and sunny February day in Wisconsin yesterday. The perfect day for a long walk along Lake Michigan. Sort of. Yesterday was my first walk without my walking buddy. All day I’d been trying to talk myself into going, but I kept putting it off. Read more
Yesterday, Mark brought home a bundle of groceries. I was delighted to see that he’d gotten some awesome deals at some of the cheapest prices I’ve seen in a long time. That’s good for us, but signals the dire state of our economy. I read in the news today that Read more
Yesterday I was driving home from Mass and started thinking about the sudden passing of Catholic author, husband, and father, Michael Dubriel. He’d been the editor who’d championed my book at a major Catholic publishing company. It was the first time one of the “big” publishers had taken a serious Read more
Ha. So nanner-nanner on all those folks (including my loving Fenelon Clan) who’ve teased me over the years about my unbreakable morning coffee habit. Because, really, I’ve had a very good thing going. A Finland study has revealed that people who drink 3 to 5 cups of coffee daily show Read more
What I want to know is, where do they all go? I’m referring to pens, and in particular my favorite pens. I probably buy a dozen or so of them a year, hide them away in the deep dark caverns of my supply cabinet, and still they disappear. With all Read more