Is Harvey Dunne? has now been published…I invite you to check Harvey out.

Now Available:  Is Harvey Dunne? A Novel The relentless, frigid blizzard of discrimination blew into my world and changed it forever. My two lives finally collided in a soul-twisting crash,…

Riddle: How Far Can Dirty Laundry Fly??…

Apparently it can fly at least 800 miles. For sitting on my porch when I got home from work yesterday was a box from Great Lakes, Illinios, addressed to me…

On Bronzing Baby Boy Boot-ies…

Just hours before he left us for the Navy, my son talked of how he would miss his steel-toed work boots.  He said he LOVED his steel toed boots.  I…

On the Eve of Goodbye…

My little boy has now grown up and has made his own decision.  He will ship off to the Naval Station Great Lakes/Recruit Training Command (just north of Chicago) on…

What Happens When Four Guys Go on a Deep-Sea Fishing Trip For the Weekend??…

Apparently, not much. (Depending on how you look at it…)  Or at least not for this group of guys. The Plan  My husband wanted to take my twenty-year-old son to…

Some People Only Dream of Angels…We Held One In Our Arms.

Matthew Paul Today my grandson would have been nine years old.  It’s hard to believe it’s been nine years.  Two days after her seventeenth birthday,  my daughter gave birth to…

And Who Thought a Grand Slam Just Happened in Baseball??…

The Joke (Depending on How You Look at It) The subject of my novel came up at the dinner table the other night, and when I said to my daughter,…

Riddle: What Do An Army Drill Sergeant & A Mail Clerk Have In Common??…

OK – I know what you’re thinking.  There’s not much that an Army Drill Sergeant and a Mail Clerk have in common.  Or so normal people would think.  However….. The…