"Lucy Locket lost her pocket..." Mother Goose I found a pair of painters pants tucked way back in a closet. What they lack in style and grace they make up with their pockets. There's room for this and room for that, but now they're sun-like setting. All the things they've come to store will surely… Continue reading A pocketful of wry
Tag: humor
Why we’re not toast
Our "new" toaster ticks like something that needs to be defused. That's not its only unusual feature. When my husband decided to make late-night toast without turning on the kitchen lights for some reason, we discovered it also glows. In a hot-red-wire, pulsing kind of way. Like really pulsing. Pulsing that would have alarmed most… Continue reading Why we’re not toast
My garden has a mullet
This is partly the fault of the engineers who laid out this neighborhood a century ago. They made the street jog a half block to the north right at the corner where our house sits. Hence, our front yard faces one street and the backyard faces another. Two front yards. Each with an address at… Continue reading My garden has a mullet
“Suspended Aggravation” Chapter 9 live
Chapter 9 of my newest novel, which is being released in serial fashion through a magazine, is live. A quick look: The world has gone crazy for Wheeling's couple of the day. There's also a downtown picnic and another brush with fame. Link to read here.
ICYMI: "Suspended Aggravation" Chapter 8 is online
Centre Market is totally real. It's one of my favorite places in the city. Suspended Aggravation is live and FREE for the linking. Read Chapter 8 here. A sneak peek: As if bringing one guy back into play hasn’t complicated Allie’s quiet Wheeling existence enough, here comes Dr. Simon Bancroft — with his wife and… Continue reading ICYMI: "Suspended Aggravation" Chapter 8 is online
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 