Do Life Right

As a writer, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the entertaining medium of storytelling. With every fall season’s new television shows, I’m reminded again exactly why some fail quickly, others fail slowly, and why some are huge successes indefinitely. Want to create a fantastic long lasting television series? Then take [...]

As a writer, I’ve been comparing my words to those of poems and song lyrics a lot lately. My older daughter and I have been noting that poems and song lyrics are essentially one and the same…
I’ve been prolific with fiction lately. When I’m alone I enjoy listening to music while I write. [...]

Just like how individuals need their personal space, proper spacing between words is also essential. In fact, without proper spacing, meanings can completely change.
The following short phrases have completely different meanings based on whether or not a space is inserted. Be sure to use the one you mean, or people won’t properly understand [...]

This is a guest post by my 11 year old Always Unschooled daughter, Zoë. She has been writing up haiku poems left and right and wanted to show the world a sampling of her latest writings. Cumulatively they sum up her life over the past few days.
Cats
Playful Fiona
Connor comes to steal my food
Astrid [...]

I’ve given a lot of thought to fathers lately. My younger Girl Scout troop got into a conversation about “best dads” and who had them. What makes a good dad? What qualities had I looked for in the father of my children? We concluded that the father-child relationship is doing just great [...]

Never be afraid or ashamed to admit you don’t know something.
The other day my husband asked my older daughter (11.5) if she knew what a particular word meant. It was conversational and light and happened in response to her asking us a question about a clue on Jeopardy! — his asking was not part [...]

My youngest daughter just had a Parent Trap movie fest, so I have the clever “Let’s get together” song in my head as I write this blog post. We could have a real good ti-ime.

Do you know what your words mean? Pima.
I live in Pima County, Arizona. In researching [...]

My Always Unschooled daughters and I have been making up a lot of words lately. It’s fun and it’s evolutionary. This is how words are created. Sometimes current existing words cannot convey the particular meaning we are trying to get across, so we mix and match words that already do exist until [...]