Summer Book Review

This afternoon I stepped outside to pick up my husband at work and I felt like I swallowed the ocean. My eyes moved back and forth across the garage and I blinked. Was I still in Minnesota? Maybe I was transported to Hawaii or some tropical island. The blacktop grounded me back to home. SinceContinue reading “Summer Book Review”

Hazy Days

I was driving around yesterday to get some errands done and I felt like I was living in Los Angeles. The drift of smoke from Canada came down our way and I finally know what it’s like to live with big city smog. The lighter haze earlier in the week did have me wondering ifContinue reading “Hazy Days”

Minnesota Summer

The temperatures have been in the upper 80’s to the lower 90’s for the past week and I feel like I moved south for the summer. The winds might not smell like salt but a sheen of sweat still covers my skin if I’m outside moving around for more than 5 minutes. Hot and humidContinue reading “Minnesota Summer”

Back to the Pen

My fingers were itching because I missed some time at my keyboard last week. Part of me sent off a warning to keep up my regular schedule of writing. Having writer’s block in the past haunts me, and that might be a good thing because it helps me sit down in the chair to writeContinue reading “Back to the Pen”