Let’s Be Thankful That We Have Our Children…
Two recent horrible incidents again remind me to be thankful that my kids and grandkids are safe and healthy and still here and able to bug us to pieces. On…
Author: K. L. Romo
K.L. Romo writes about life on the fringe: teetering dangerously on the edge is more interesting than standing safely in the middle. She is passionate about women’s issues, loves noisy clocks and fuzzy blankets, but HATES the word normal. She is also a book reviewer, her bylines included in The Big Thrill, Washington Independent Review of Books, BookTrib, and Shondaland. Her reviews and articles appear at www.romosreadingroom.com, and you can find her on Twitter @klromo and Instagram @k.l.romo
Help!! I’ve Been Tag-teamed by My Family & I Can’t Get Up!!!…
The Problem: Have you ever experienced the not-so-strange phenomenon of being vastly different from your other family members but still being expected to fit in and all get along and…
“Don’t be so HARVEY!!” – I’ve Created a New Adjective…
to be “HARVEY” – definition: in major denial; running away from one’s self; afraid of ostracism; cares too much about what the world thinks. So…….. “Please don’t be so…
Ft. Worth Gay Bar Bashing – How Fun is That?….
I was trying not to make judgments until the investigation into the raid on the Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth was completed, and now enough of it has been to…
Censorship Laws Proposed in Iraq…
Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic referred to a scary article in The New York Times: New laws are being proposed in Iraq which will require censoring of books, websites, television, and other media…
Visitations in a Dream…
I have been waiting exactly 1 year and 32 days for my deceased father to visit me – I had begged him to before we stopped the machines that technically…
A Funny Thing Happened on Our Trip to the Sticks – Adventures of Two Tidybowl-Deprived Kids…
The Trip… On Sunday, my two kids and I went to visit my friend at her new home in the country – a/k/a Texas outback. She has acres of empty…
My Mom, The Artist…
Before She Discovered Art… My mom always took pride in her arts and crafts. She would spend hours making our valentines, even sewing tulle around construction paper for that extra…