at We Demand from Non-Profits — Animal rescues and rehabilitation non-profits fill a lot of my social media time. They are the causes I am most likely to donate to and that I want updates on. And I’ve watched over the years as they get hit with more and more unrealistic expectations and stupid demands from…

On-Going Effects of the War in Ukraine and Record Profiteering — Inflation in April fell from record highs that we saw the month before, but the 8.3% inflation rate is still high. The high costs of energy and housing are partially responsible for the extreme inflation and it’s likely to get worse before it gets better. While the Federal Reserve raised…

I’m still a day behind on posting my daily fiction, but at least I’m getting it written on time. This story developed out of a thought I had because I get so angry about the way people judge one another based solely on appearance. …

The Slippery Slope to Miscarriage Becoming a Crime — There are people in this world that I try to pretend don’t exist. It’s a personal form of cognitive dissonance that I need to address because it makes me less prepared when I find someone that actually believes that way. Case in point: Yesterday an acquaintance on Facebook posted a…

When you grow up in poverty, you hear everything people say about people who are homeless, poor and down on their luck. you tend to take it to heart because if they believe it about other people, they lively believe it about you too, right? And when you are older…

Got my daily story written yesterday, but ran out of time to post it. That should mean two fiction pieces today. The prompt for StoryADay was to write something in first person. I’m not a coffee drinker and I hope that I would never treat some else in customer service…

AEW Needs to Hire Professional Writers — Let’s get this out of the way. Yes, I’m a feminist. Yes, I’m a woman. Yes, I’m and writer and yes, I’m a gamer. I can be and am all of those things and still be a wrestling fan. …

#StoryADay in May Challenge Day 7 — This makes two weeks of writing a daily price of short fiction to post here. It’s a milestone to celebrate and continue! Since May 1, I’ve been doing the #StoryADay challenge, sometimes using their writing prompts and sometimes not. Today is a sort-of day. They provided a fourth grade spelling…

Almost two weeks ago, I challenged myself to write a piece of short fiction daily to get myself back in the fiction mindset and to just write more. So far, so good. On May 1, I started using the #StoryADay prompts, when I didn’t hate them, to inspire my story…