Summertime is here. We fall and winter lovers must grin and bear it. It's time for preparing meals without heating the...
S.F. Powell: Sans serif
Barbecuing: A Beloved Tradition
In the interest of Mental Health Awareness Month, I explored keeping our heads up by thinking positively to counter...
Staying Positive Despite Turmoil
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Once upon a time, when the COVID-19 pandemic occupied a sizeable portion of our...
Writers Parenting while Working Remotely
Bring Your Kid to Work Day still takes place. With global developments in recent years, such irony couldn’t be...
Going Resolute: Making New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year! And with that greeting, we all know it’s that time of year again—a time for making promises to...
Retrospectives (2023) and Foresight (2024)
Remember, on the last day of school in June, when September seemed eons away—until you suddenly awoke August 31st?...
Benefits of Setting Goals
People usually set goals at the beginning of the year, as part of the whole New-Year’s-Resolution movement. But let’s...
Tips for Dating Long-distance
With the month of September comes thoughts of back-to-school, college adventures, and maybe the end of a summer...
Benefits of Journalizing
Busy world, busy day, busy life. Between home and work and family and social media, smartphone apps, and technology in...
Bookshelves to Die For, Pt. 3
Plenty of books and nowhere to put them? Fear not. I've been continuing my search and review of unique bookshelves:...
Getting Thin: Big Mistake (publishing primer)
When working on a new novel, I sometimes assume the role of Lot’s wife and look back. I don’t turn into salt, but it’s...
Bookshelves to Die For, Pt. 2
Previously, I discussed unique bookshelves that appealed to me, with mention I’d list more. With summer upon us, books...