I’m very superstitious about loads of stuff. Placing new shoes on tables. Owning anything green. I can’t think about my soccer team the day before the game because if I do, they lose. I guarantee that every time I think about them, […]

As the western philosopher, Dirty Harry, in his treatise, Magnum Force, once said, “A man has to know his limitations.”  And from time to time, I’m reminded of my limitations, especially when it comes to my height.  I’m a sturdy 5’–4½”, which […]

The other week I took Julie to task over her werewolf tendencies when it comes to meat. In a gesture of fairness, I suppose I should share something about me and meat issues. I don’t do gristle. I’m sorry–I just can’t eat […]

Product testing of the Nicotine Kiss I’ve always felt that I have a million dollar idea in me that will make me rich beyond my wildest dreams. Unfortunately, I’ve never discovered it—until now. The epiphany came to me over New Years after […]

Mrs. Stockdale was my first ever school teacher. I’d joined the school year quite late (after the Easter break), so I received a personal tour of the classroom. She introduced me to all the children, told me about nap time and showed […]

As I’ve mentioned before, people read my books and assume that I’ve done the many, if not all, of the things in them. People have accused me of theft and adultery to name just two, although no one thinks I’ve killed—so it’s […]

I’m a little over average height–for a teenage girl. So I’ve spent most of my life being smaller than everybody else. By the time my little sister was seven, she was a good couple of inches taller than me, even though I […]

I became a citizen a few years ago and I was reminded of the final hurdle I had to jump through to get there–the civics test. Like all trips to Immigration, it was an adventure. Since the ICE (formerly the INS) is […]

As I mentioned on Monday, I am celebrating fifteen years in the US. Wow, hasn’t time just flown by? Fifteen years and immigration asked me to leave after two. I can be slippery. It always pays to move around. 🙂 Anyhoo, I’ve […]

Having grown up on comic books and comic book inspired TV shows, I’ve always hankered after being a superhero doing superhero stuff and being revered for it. I always fancied being something along the lines of Si-Man, a crime fighter who takes […]