Rap Battles Should Be the Norm

If you follow this blog and my writing here with any regularity, you’ve come across at least a couple of posts referencing the musical, Hamilton. This one will continue with that hyperfocus as my girls have come to refer to it because I have been listening to Ron...

I Tell My Stories

Perhaps I should preface this post by saying that I understand that not everyone appreciates musicals, whether on the Broadway and off-Broadway stages or on the big screen. I am not none of these people. Since my early teens, I have been fully and completely enamored...

Moments Like These Are Powerful

After what was a considerably busy week for us with us being out of the house just about every day, it was nice to welcome the first of the final two days of this holiday weekend knowing we had nothing on our calendar for the day. I tend to look forward to these kinds...

The Inner Voice of Truth

I’m not sure when exactly my love of reading transformed into a desire that included wanting to write, or how that desire took root in my heart and mind. Because while I have many happy memories around reading—trips to the library, reading books in my class in which...

No Match for Writer’s Block

Although not nearly as strong physically nor as prone to wearing tights and a cape, I do believe writers, like me, hold one thing in common with the likes of Superman. We have our own version of Kryptonite, and that is . . . Writer’s Block. And, like Superman, writers...