Ah, the glories of autumn! North winds blowing colors of crimson and gold into leaves. Fizzling cider. Warm, flickering candles. Orange pumpkins. Soothing rain. Camp fires. Spice. Wool blankets. Pies. Pattering rain. Apple picking. Jumping into leaves. Except, here in Texas, I’ve never actually experienced an autumn like this (though to be fair, we do … More Finding Joy in Unromantic Autumns

Did you know that E is the most common letter in the English language, appearing in 11% of all words in the common English vocabulary? (1) I thought it would be both a cool, challenging exercise and a fun activity to see if I could write a little story without using the letter E. I … More An Experiment Without E

I’ll be honest here. When I first cracked open Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, I didn’t have very great expectations. The reason is because I had already tried to read Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (by read I mean hopelessly flounder as if chest deep in sand) and by the end of a few … More A Life Lesson from Jolly Ol’ Joe