I'm somewhat involved with PAD this year (Poem A Day through Writer's Digest), and by somewhat, I mean I have the first three prompt...

I was accused of being fragile the other day. Obviously, this person does not know me. She made the assumption based only on a couple o...

The little one in this photo lives in the Mid-Atlantic. Her cousin, three months older than she is, lives in the West. Fortunately, visits...

Many kids have some anxiety about starting the school year and about being in school overall. That's fairly normal, and generally th...

Sunrise in Amarillo I've often heard writers say their books are like their children, usually when asked to choose a favorite which ...

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~ Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings “There is nothing to ...

They are asked to paint the cancer. Most reach for the ochre, the black, the red, and their paper becomes hideous, jagged, ferocious, infern...