The Memory of Scents

“Lake Taneycomo” (CC BY-ND 2.0) by  Branson Missouri  The other day during my early morning walk, I heard someone down a street mowing the yard. Then I smelled the sweet fragrance of cut grass. What followed was an unexpected surprise. I smelled the exhaust from the mower and it brought me right back to childhood, sitting in aContinue reading “The Memory of Scents”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Seven Results

One week left! Each week one of my goals takes a back seat to something. This week the goal I was short on was writing. As a reminder, here are my remaining goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories and write at least 750 words per day for at least fiveContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Seven Results”

Readers Write-Right and Wrong

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Right and Wrong”

Readers Write-Houses

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Houses”

Eight-Week Challenge: Week Six Results

Six weeks into the challenge, and my progress remains positive, though always with something just beyond my easy grasp. Something worth striving for. As a reminder, here are my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the endContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Six Results”

Readers Write-Holding On

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Holding On”

Happy Independence Day

“fireworks” (CC BY 2.0) by  EpicFireworks  When my husband’s Time magazine arrived with its headline, “240 Reasons to Celebrate Independence Day,” I was reminded of my most memorable Fourth of July, the one 40 years ago, our country’s bicentennial. But unlike most Americans around in 1976, no fireworks or sparklers featured in my bicentennial celebration. On July 4, 1976, IContinue reading “Happy Independence Day”

Readers Write-Leaving Home

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-Leaving Home”

Readers Write-The Backyard

Each month, The Sun magazine offers fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and photos in a black-and-white format without advertising. Each issue includes provocative ideas from people of science, religion, philosophy, the arts, or a combination. Each issue also includes Readers Write, a feature compiling nonfiction submissions from the magazine’s readers on an intentionally broad topic. Occasionally I submitContinue reading “Readers Write-The Backyard”