How to Beat Addictions
How to Beat Addictions: We, with addictions, think we are unlucky in love and life, easily locked into alcohol,…
Don’t Wait for Things to Get Ugly
Don't Wait for Things to Get Ugly
If you're an author, chances are that, at some point, you'll make a mistake…
Ellen Whyte
Interview with Ellen Whyte
Ellen Whyte is a Scottish-Dutch columnist, author, and feature writer living in…
Plate of Bone China
A plate resting near our kitchen sink became her missile, as her hand gripped bone china – bone china from her…
Doorways and Exploding Eggs
Doorways and Exploding Eggs
So often, it seems, we get up from our chairs in front of the computer to do…
Park Avenue to Park Bench
Park Avenue to Park Bench
Sharing a bench with a stranger and ignoring each other is not unusual in this crowded…
Voices
Knock: strike a surface noisily to attract attention, collide with, strike someone or something so that they…
Let My People Go!
The term “human trafficking” or “trafficking in persons” (TIP) often draws raised eyebrows and skeptical…
Being Nice
For many years, I was subject to depression and debilitating allergies that so enervated me, getting out of bed in…
Rules Schmules
Rules Schmules
“I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs...” ~Stephen King, On Writing
Yes, Mr.…
The Maying
It was a bleak year, and a bleaker month that began the Maying. There was some employment to be had at the…
Holiday in Hell
I’m awakened by the familiar screeching sound of rubber on tarmac. Instead of arriving home from a tropical holiday…
What Makes Certain Art Famous?
What Makes Certain Art Famous?
Artist Paul Cezanne spoke to the question when he said: "A work of art which did…
Do You Admire Those Who Stare?
Do You Admire Those Who Stare?The moon - it is full, lighting up the night
Cornstalks were touching the…
Criticality 24: Chipshot
After a week or so of laying low, Chipshot decided to venture out in civilian clothing to observe the results of…