My brain feels like mushy peas. — That turtle represents my current reaction to all the disasters around us. I tell friends, “I started a new business — manufacturing lawn signs announcing Please don’t disturb the hermits. See, if I could go, “Presto, I’m a turtle,” I could literally duck inside my shell until…Erm. Not sure. Reading…

With so much coming at us, we must remember to make time for a twirl or two. 🍋Greetings from your two lemonettes Amy Marley and Suzanne V. Tanner Don’t you want one of those cinnamon buns right now? I know I do. Our fantastic and talented friend Agnes Eveline Anton…

What to do when world-shattering events make your brain scream for a little break? Idea#1 My husband is a doughnut-head, not me. Still, I saved a link to an EaterSF article about the best doughnut shops in The Bay area. Call me selfish, but I needed something to get my…

One Solid News Article that Caught My Attention, Edition #7 — Because: James Knight knows his onions. Some background on James: I am a lifelong advocate for women’s reproductive rights, going back to the 1960s before Roe v. Wade became law on January 23, 1973. I am also a Reproductive Physiologist by professional training. I received my Ph.D. …

One Solid News Article that Caught My Attention, Edition #6 — The 1% benefit if many Americans are uneducated and struggling to find living wage work. Link and quotes from the Intercept: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance,” (founding father)Madison explained, “and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” …

One Solid News Article that Caught My Attention, Edition #5 — Absolutely Khal Drogo is hot. As is this hopeful piece below by umair haque. I don’t care if you think Umair is all about $$ from peddling doom and gloom. I believe he is sincerely trying to wake us up. If he earns money doing that, yay for Umair. Please…

Try quickly saying the BBBBB tongue twister part five times in a row. — How’d you do? Like me, a lot of blubbering, stuttering, saliva showering and snorting? Well then. The story below should trigger much of the same. Fingers crossed, it will qualify as my entry into the Writers Worldwide Tongue Twister Follies (WWWTTF)*. Have you heard of this competition? No? Geez, get…

Sometimes you find it. — written by: Suzanne V. Tanner and Amy Marley The writer’s age-old dilemma. How much of myself do I let out on the page? Being true to one’s audience and “telling it like it is” has so much appeal to the heart and the soul. But how much does one disclose…

One Solid News Article that Caught My Attention, Edition #4 — Yesterday, in Muck Rack*, I found an article from Jezebel describing how the new abortion law in Louisiana will force a woman to carry to term and deliver a headless fetus. The article warns these horror stories will mount, and we cannot become desensitized. From NBC: a Florida teen was…