Summer is Gone…

My sister, who is not a poet, wrote me a poem this week because we were talking about the end of summer. Ready for it? Here it is: Summer is gone. Where did it go? It went so fast. I do not know. LOL! See, everyone can write poetry. Besides the fabulous poem, I was [...]

First Communion Scrapbook

I like to make scrapbooks for people, and these are different every time I do them. It depends on the event and the person and the pictures, and everything else. Recently I made one for my cousin who just had her first communion. She’s just a doll and so sweet. We were there at her [...]

Zoo Keen Knee

The other day my hubby came home, gave me a big hug and said, “I have something for you in the kitchen.” I thought: flowers? candy? love note? pizza, so I didn’t have to cook dinner? I went out to see his surprise and said, “Zucchini? You brought me a zucchini.” He nodded, gave me [...]

Football Season Means Soup and Scrapbooking

I’m a huge, huge, huge football fan, and have been since I was a little girl. The Packers have always been my team, which means Sundays are for God and the Pack in that order. Luckily, I married a guy that likes football too. It’s funny, when we had our six month anniversary, it fell [...]

Prezzies

It’s been a fun week so far for one simple reason: presents. I don’t often get them and this week they’ve come from the most unlikeliest of places. First, I got a nice little gift from an author as a thank you for being a first reader to her upcoming novel. I can’t give too [...]

Aarti, Scrapbooking, and Breaking Bad

What a title for a blog post, eh? This was pretty much my weekend, with a few other things thrown in for good measure. This entire summer I’ve tried to take the weekends off. This might sound like a normal thing but as a freelancer I’m always got my eye on the next job or [...]

Scrabble Winner

I’m a huge Scrabble nut. I can never get anyone to play with me tho! I shouldn’t say that, sometimes DH will play just to pacify me, but it’s not his favorite thing. Sometimes I do Facebook Scrabble which is also very fun. I would love to be in a Scrabble tournament. I know it [...]

Phenomenal Woman

The other day my husband and I were getting ready to go out, and he complemented me on a few things he liked about me. I joked, “Phenomenal woman, that’s me.” He started laughing, but I could tell he didn’t know what I was talking about. Then I said, “stop right there!” and immediately pulled [...]

For the Love of Cupcakes

I told you all about the cupcake craze I’ve been on, right? I adore making cupcakes. I like the fact that I can decorate each like a tiny little cake, or that I can pop one into my mouth for a small treat. I’ve always enjoyed cupcakes but the last couple years it seems like [...]

Dealing With Rejection

When people ask me what it’s like to be a freelance writer, one of the first things I tell them is that you have to be able to take a lot of rejection. And I mean a lot of rejection. Rejection today is different than when I first started out freelancing. I used to pitch [...]

About That Lisbeth Salander…

I’ve been spending a lot of time with Lisbeth Salander lately. Lisbeth, as some of you may know, is the fictional heroine (if you can call her that) of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. I read [...]

When a Friend is Hurting

A friend of mine received a devastating blow the other day when she found out her son had died unexpectedly. Since then, I’ve been filled with worry and grief for her. Like so many of my pals these days, she lives far away from me. I can’t go to her and give her a hug, [...]

Published Now Interviews Cherie Burbach

I did an interview recently with Dan from Published Now. Published Now is a website that talks about self-publishing, and I really enjoyed answering Dan’s questions. One of the things I get asked a lot is “should I self-publish my book?” My answer is, I don’t know, should you? Because that decision might be different [...]

Peace, Love, and Bobby Sherman

Let’s talk about childhood crushes here for a minute, shall we? I’m a little late in issuing this message, but I want to say a happy birthday to my former crush Bobby Sherman, who turned 67 on July 22nd. Okay, who am I kidding, I still have a crush on this guy. I saw a [...]

Old Spice… Brilliant Marketing (and Isaiah Mustafa Ain’t Bad Either!)

I posted this on Facebook yesterday but had to write about it today because this is just the best kind of marketing possible and I wanted to share it with you. I appreciate a new and different buzzworthy effort, and this definitely qualifies. My pal Michelle wrote a post about a new Old Spice commercial [...]

Milwaukee Poetry Examiner Interviews Cherie Burbach

I’ve been admiring Jeffrey Boire‘s poetry articles at Examiner so it was a thrill when he asked for a short interview with me! I always say that the world needs more poetry. We hear about so many things that are negative, and poetry is one way to add beauty back to our lives. Even poetry [...]

Beautiful Words Quote: Chinese Proverb on Tension

I really loved this quote because it summed up one of the worst feelings: tension. You know how you walk into a room and instantly feel weird because of the group that is there or the conversation? Maybe two people are fighting and you’re the third wheel sitting there like…what to say…. what to say…. [...]

Good Sportsmanship Rules for Writers

Recently I came across a writer, let’s call her Susie Snarkster, who publicly trashed me in a forum. I had just been hired at this particular site and Susie didn’t know me at all. Her issue is that I was hired to write in the same area she writes in and she felt like I [...]

The Art Pact: Complete!

Yes, it’s finally done. The art pact that I started with my friend Michelle two months ago is finally complete. Why’d it take me so long? Well because life got in the way, of course! I started a couple new writing gigs to help make up for the ones I lost when my old blog [...]

Happy Father’s Day With Poetry

You know, sometimes I forget it’s Father’s Day. My dad died years ago, and as I’ve said many times here, he was an abusive alcoholic. While my relationship with my father wasn’t the best, I did have great relationships with both of my grandfathers. One of them in particular was very close to me and [...]

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