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What, Why, How: Steve Amick

Photo credit: Huck Lightning AmickWhat:

Fiction, most notably novels but I believe my real talent is short stories. With less effort, I can see the shape of them as they emerge. I can see the spark of them, the conflict, in strangers walking by. The form and structure is more clear to me. They are the thing I do best and the thing I’ve published in the largest quantity, and in some pretty big places, and yet I still haven’t published a story collection. And I’ve had some small plays prod...

You’re so cute for your age

Actress Ann Morgan Guilbert as YettaWhen you put it that way…

A worker at a clinic recently introduced herself by saying she recognized me from a few years ago: “I remember you because you have such a cool haircut for a person of your age.”

Excuse me? I smiled and said thanks, but…

What did she mean by a person of my age? Does a person of my age typically have bad hair? Does one lose “coolness” when they reach a certain age? Cool hair notwithstanding, am I otherwise just an old la...

English Words We Often Mispronounce

Talk to the hand

English is a weird and complicated language. Even the most fluent speakers get tripped up pronouncing certain words on occasion (don’t get me started on written grammar!) Perfect speech isn’t really a thing. I came across an amusing post on Babbel of twelve words that even seasoned speakers mispronounce. See how well you do with them!

The Tricky Twelve1. Mischievous

What some people say: mis-CHEEV-ee-us
How it’s actually pronounced: MIS-chiv-us

People think th...

Ins and Outs of Pelvic Floor Therapy

Choose wisely

Did you know pelvic floor therapy is recommended before considering surgery for uterine prolapse? I didn’t even know there was such a thing until recently. But when I searched for information online, I found plenty of articles written by health providers. I wanted to hear from a woman who actually had gone for this specialized therapy.

Now that I’ve been going for PT, here is my blog post about my experience to fill that void!

Two important factors

If you are con...

What, Why, How: Jacob Strunk

What:

The form I keep coming back to, the longest on-again-off-again relationship of my life, is the short story. I’ve written longer works, certainly – a novel, graphic novel, novellas, a couple dozen feature screenplays – and will again, but the short form to me is the most free, allows the most experimentation, and carries with it a weight of immediacy that can get lost in the pages of a novel.

While I’ve accepted “horror adjacent” as a tidy enough bin to sort a lot of my fiction, I...

Funky junky recycled fun

Repurposed from Mom:

I saved a few blouses and sweaters from my late mother’s wardrobe. One blouse in particular interested me. The Parisian-themed print was pretty, but the blouse itself was outdated. It had shoulder pads, and it was cropped short with elastic around the waist, like a jacket. Yet it was a lovely lightweight rayon material. I loved that it had different buttons, too.

Funny, I don’t remember seeing her wear it. It had a distinct eighties vibe.

I knew I’d eventually fi...

What, Why, How: Lauren M. Davis

What:

I write poetry in contemporary free-verse with influences of both ancient folklores and modern abstracts. I often use the natural world to find answers and connections to the themes in my work. My style developed from studying Native American and Asian American poetry which I admire greatly.  

My most recent publication, Women Bones, a poetry chapbook, works to deconstruct the idolization of thinness by telling some of the story of my struggle with anorexia nervosa. The book cele...

Unboxing Sleepwalker

My author copies arrived!

Here’s a short short of me opening the box to what I consider the most important book I’ve written, my poetry chapbook, Sleepwalker.

It’s exciting and also a little daunting. I feel especially vulnerable since these are such personal poems. At the same time, I hope this book will travel far and wide and reach those who need it.

What ever personal loss you are healing from, know that you are not alone.

The book is now available on Amazon in paperb...

Buster Brown Shoes

Orthopedic shoes:

As a kid in the early sixties, I wore Buster Brown orthopedic shoes because my ankles rolled inward and my feet were flat as pancakes. The shoes had padding around a stiff heel cup to keep your foot from rolling. And it worked, too.

Buster Brown shoes were constructed of the thickest, toughest leather imaginable. They took weeks to break in.

Parents wanted their kid’s shoes to allow for room to grow, too. This meant, at the start of the school year, we tripped a l...

Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, we thank the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for ours.

As we look ahead to the future, let’s not forget the courage and dedication of these honored service members. May their courage and spirit continue to guide us. May we as citizens continue to uphold American values in the fight for equal rights and freedom for all.

This is my porch sign for the coming month. I’m especially fond of Mickey Mouse, even more so now.

Thank you for visitin...