I have just spent two days in Mississippi with relative strangers. It was a little bit weird…and more than a little bit wonderful. The food—oh, my goodness, the food. Southern favourites served with instructions to wash up and stow our hats. The manners—every single person capable of speech respecting their elders, even in the midstContinueContinue reading “You Don’t Choose Your Family”
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Aggressive Thrills
Did you know they now call rollercoasters “aggressive thrill rides”? I didn’t either, not until confronted with the sign posted just inside the cattle corral that wound back and forth in front of Skyrush, the tallest, fastest and longest coaster at Hersheypark. Completed in 2012, Skyrush towers over the park, the large golden arch demonicContinueContinue reading “Aggressive Thrills”
The Impatience of Age
I remember thinking—a few years back, eyes glazed by the million-mile-an-hour flash of a Hello Kitty DVD—that life had picked up too much speed. It wasn’t just me feeling my age, that downhill journey where you tumble faster and faster, days blurring, one into the next, until suddenly you’re at the bottom and there’s aContinueContinue reading “The Impatience of Age”
My Writing Process
Every writer has a process, from where they get their ideas to how they eventually encourage each spark into a story. We use different words and have a preference for different naming conventions. We write in varied genres. We deal with success differently. I think failure depresses all of us, even when we’re posting motivational quotationsContinueContinue reading “My Writing Process”
Double Trouble
For some reason that will forever remain unexplained, we decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day by adopting another cat. Okay, maybe pressing myself to the glass in the pet store had something to do with it. I adore black cats! And Shadow had such a regal manner about her. She was beautiful. So we made enquiries…andContinueContinue reading “Double Trouble”
Kelly Jensen 