It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness…
…unless of course you’re cursing that you can’t find the effing candle in the effing dark.
And don’t get me started about finding matches.

Being married offers a number of advantages. One is that I don’t need to stock up on Hamburger Helper and ground beef anymore. And two, one way or another, this house we live in is going to get vacuumed.
Not that I expect my wife to do all the vacuuming. But realistically, I know that if [...]

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I actually love my Kindle. I think I can count on one hand the number of dead tree books I’ve actually read since the Kindle came into my life… and that’s only because I live but a block away from the county central library and find it difficult to resist the urge to go exploring [...]

When faced with the goal of writing a book, or any sizeable writing project for that matter, the task ahead looks daunting. Discouraging. Even to experienced writers! Hardly a surprise. We’re talking about chapter after chapter after chapter… thousands upon thousands of words. Holy cannoli… I don’t care who you are, it’s exhausting just to think about!
Maybe the [...]