Category Writing – Non Fiction

Crash

January 7, 2016 13 Comments read Writing - Non Fiction

I was in a car accident yesterday. A woman in a bright green SUV tried to pass me while I was turning left, plowing into the driver side front ...

December 30, 2015 10 Comments read Childhood, Writing - Non Fiction

Up in here, lyin’ to the races (I’ll take you there) —The Staple Singers My brother asked me to write about Mary Lou’s ...

December 24, 2015 11 Comments read Writing - Non Fiction

The painting here, The Concert by Gerrit van Honthorst, was created in 1623 while Honthorst lived in Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands. A little ...

December 2, 2015 11 Comments read Everything Else, Life, Nature, Politics, Science, Writing - Non Fiction

At the tone, the time will be 10:25 and 30 seconds. The temperature is 38 degrees. Growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, you had to call ...

November 16, 2015 4 Comments read Writing - Non Fiction

So it’s Day 15 in the NoMo Challenge at yeah write and I’ve averaged a post every other day. Apparently, that’s my limit. ...

November 12, 2015 4 Comments read Funny Things Husband Says, My House, Writing - Non Fiction

When I got home from work today, my husband was standing in the kitchen with a quizzical expression on his face. “What?” I asked. ...

November 10, 2015 24 Comments read Childhood, Writing - Non Fiction

A hoarfrost covered our yard this morning and I’ve been resisting the temptation all day to feel morose. Winter has become harder. I ...

November 9, 2015 7 Comments read Writing - Non Fiction

We adopted a kitten recently. He was no more than four weeks old when my neighbor found him and asked if we could take him in. I said yes, of ...

November 7, 2015 2 Comments read Science, Uncategorized, Writing - Non Fiction

Up until my junior year of high school, I had hated science. I tuned out at the mention of chlorophyll and photosynthesis. I loathed the smell of ...

November 5, 2015 2 Comments read Childhood, Writing - Non Fiction

She winds a manual can opener around one end of an empty Hi-C tin, the 46-ounce container that probably held grape or orange pineapple juice. She ...

November 4, 2015 11 Comments read Writing - Non Fiction

I can’t write a blog post. Does this count? I think so.

November 3, 2015 18 Comments read Writing - Non Fiction

A few weeks ago, I decided it was time to tackle the under-the-basement-stairs cabinet, which had been filled for the last decade with all the ...