Gotta say, as a writer, it makes my day when I see a hilarious sign, either by those showing some good wit, or those unaware of the...

I’ve mentioned before how dance was my thing as a kid. I explain why in my upcoming memoir. In a nutshell: dance allowed me to let off a...

by Kwan Kew Lai I love stories about women who rock it in life, especially those like Kwan Kew Lai, who grew up in Malaysia and knocked...

IDIOM BLISS I love idioms because they’re such a silly, nonsensical way to communicate, which might be the reason others hate them! If...

I love the maple that grows in front of our house. First, the tree is situated in a tight corner by the garage, yet persists in growing...

Thanks to Covid, nobody takes their taste buds for granted, especially who those who got the virus and lost their sense of taste...

On Saturday my husband and I hosted a game night. Always so much fun when we do! Here’s how we run it: Everyone brings the games they...

I loved Halloween as a kid and still love it! We’d get home from school, put our costumes on and take off around the neighborhood. We...

For my birthday several years ago, my son gave me a palm-sized bronze sculpture by Daniel Fleming, an Etsy artist who posts under the apt...

While not Native American, I’ve studied for years about various tribes across America and am fascinated by the many different cultures,...

As you know, I have two sisters and the oldest — though by no means old — is Dee. It’s her birthday this week, which is why she’s getting...

I had a pivotal moment at the end of my sophomore year in college. While driving through campus, I stopped at a crosswalk to let students...

I love memoirs that employ humor, those that revolve around travel, and those that feature spooky historical houses. Author Roz Morris...

I wouldn’t be a writer if I didn’t love — adore, caress, worship — words. The thesaurus and dictionary are easily my two favorite books....

I just finished Mark Chesnut’s Prepare for Departure, a travel writer’s humorous, warm memoir of journeying with his mother to the end of...

In celebration of the publication of my memoir, Bliss Road, next June by Vine Leaves Press, I'm starting to countdown the many reasons I...

A friend of mine, Jayne Martin, is a master of flash writing, which is the art of depicting an entire story from start to finish in 100...

My author friend, Annalisa Crawford, recently asked about the definition of “speculative memoirs.” I love such questions, because they...

When I was a kid, I loved reading Scott O’Dell’s 1960 Newbery Medal Award-winning novel Island of the Blue Dophins. Forever after, the...

When on the island of Kauai in Hawaii recently, we met surf guru Bill Hamilton. He grew up in the 1950s in southern LA, where some of the...