A couple of weeks ago, I was at my parents’ house when my mom mentioned that she “pledged the table.” She meant that she used Pledge cleaner on the kitchen table, but I (being the hilarious and punny daughter that I am) wanted to make the obvious joke that she pledged allegiance to her table.Continue reading “Forgetting the Pledge of Allegiance and Other Symptoms of Adult Summer Slide”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
How to Write a Journal Entry When You Have “Nothing” to Write About
A couple of years ago, I shared my 10 Tips for Keeping a Journal, and today I want to elaborate on Tip #3: Think Small. As I said in my previous post, “If you wait until you have ‘good stuff’ to write about, your journal may stay closed for months. The truth is, there’s goodContinue reading “How to Write a Journal Entry When You Have “Nothing” to Write About”
Two Stories and a Poem
It’s been a while since I’ve had any publication news to share, but when it rains, it pours. (Or, as we say here in Texas, when it rains… we run outside and spin around in it, because it feels a little like magic.) If you’re looking for something to read on a rainy day orContinue reading “Two Stories and a Poem”
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