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To say the past month has been crazy is like saying that Jack in Stephen King's classic, "The Shining" is having a rough day... My...

When I was a child, I dreamed of traveling the world. I grew up about seven miles outside of a small town in the Midwest. Cornfields...

I love this time of year. Everyone seems more community minded, people smile more and are most likely to sing silly songs. Don’t get me...

The Hive is finally here!

The new calendar year officially begins January 1st, 2021 where I live, but on the Chinese zodiac it begins February 12th. The symbol...

As human beings we were beautifully designed to handle many types of information and stimulus, to be ready at a moments notice...

It’s been another odd week in a smattering of the odd that is this year in a crispy, crunchy nutshell. Is that like making fondue without...

Last night was sheer madness, oh what to say? Hurricane Sally was tracking in hardcore on the radar. My husband was working out of town...

THE WRITER’S LIFE | C. M. Turner The most important thing I have learned from being a writer is to be a good listener.

I love, love, love this time of year. Crisp fall mornings and the ritual of digging out my old sweaters and jeans. So fabulous! I have...

Hearth Fires (The Haunted Series #1) is a brand-new story collection written by Veronica Cline Barton and myself. The title touches on a...

Things, much like this year are rarely how you imagine they will be, but I have learned from this important lesson to expect less and be...

'If it seems too good to be true...' This is a writer beware post. I’ve had a lot more issues recently with strangers reaching out....

Dreams are incredible. They can make you smile, fill your heart with love, yearning or romantic beauty and they can also scare the heck...

I cut my literary teeth on Mitchell, Tolstoy and Bronte. I remember that summer clearly. It was steaming hot and I was scared to death of...

It's been another week of extremes on the planet. Can I just reach out and say...big exhale. Count down. One. Two. Three. 2020 has been a...

“Do one thing every day that scares you."–Anonymous Let’s be honest, it has been a frightening, tumultuous and tragic past few months....

" 'Collective Unconscious' is a term introduced by the late psychiatrist Dr. Carl Jung to represent a form of the unconscious (that part...

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