Domestic Diva Blogger: Cooking Up a Storm! Not!
Dearests. Do you ever get tired of cooking? Of throwing down the vittles like a stirring, frying, baking, fricasseeing, fonduing, stuffing, skewering, demi-glacing, paté briséeing, […]
Writing All the Things
Welcome to The Little Blog on the Prairie
Okay, so I've been out trolling the blog-o-sphere (which, by the way, sounds like an amusement park ride), and I've noticed something. I have a […]
Blog Follower/Owner Qualification Test
Attention Bloggers and Blog Followers Owing to the vast increase in the number of blogs being hacked and identities being stolen, the United States Federal […]
Lame-Patootie Poetry
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ~Paul Valéry WELL, Mr. Valéry. I've decided you are right. And not only that, but after posting my […]
My Qualifications As A Writer. Stand Back.
I have noticed that writers of any credibility include in their blogs their curriculum vitae–their list of writing qualifications, or brag-sheet, if you will. And […]
Chicken Maaaaaaaaaaannnn! And Other Heroes.
Scene: A small village in Germany, and a green stucco house in Reykjavik, Iceland. Two young girls living an ocean apart create a comic strip through […]
Gastroenterology – A Sonnet
Dearest Readers. I learned a lesson this weekend. And such a life-altering lesson it was that I waxed poetic and composed a sonnet about […]
It’s Rainin’ Books! At Least, I Wish It Were . . .
I'm looking for a good storm. I mean, a wicked-awesome, black cloud-scudding, fallen leaf-whipping, sweater-wrapping, cheek-stinging, gray light-wafting, tree branch-rasping, air-whispering, mood-settling, cocoa-sipping nor'easter. And […]
Can You Write Yourself To Death?
You know, you CAN write too much. I've spent so much time writing my episodes of the Halloween story over on Smashing Stories (including […]
Fairy Unusual Tales
Once upon a time I became obsessed with fairy tales. And not just the Snow Whites and Cinderellas and Sleeping Beauties. I'd read those. Disney'd […]