I bought a new notebook today. I’m usually very comfortable typing when I write, but I got a nostalgic yearning to put pen to paper. I don’t know if it’s just a summer mood – but I really needed to feel the nib of my pen digging into a virginContinue Reading
I’ve been back and forth over the last little while, wavering on the breech of a huge decision that will impact not only my career, but my family. Two things have happened: I’ve found a second job that I love to do; and my day job continues to suck myContinue Reading
I have spent my entire life feeling like the third wheel. It started around age two, when I was diagnosed with an astigmatism, and given coke bottle glasses to see. I already had eyes that were disproportionately large – and the coke bottles only served to make me stand outContinue Reading
I’ve said before that I’m very lucky that through my writing I’ve been exposed to a number of amazing women writers. My guest today is one of those women – Lisa Thomson is a Canadian divorce blogger, Huffington Post blogger, a DivorcedMoms.com Featured Resource Writer, and the author of The GreatContinue Reading
Inside my dryer A mystic portal exists Where socks go to die. I put the socks in But they always come back out Minus their match’d pair. On the other side A gnarled beast licks his coarse lips. “Socks for lunch again??!!” Image Credit: Gualberto107 / freedigitalphotos.net Want Live ByContinue Reading
I’ve decided to jump into Haiku as a new challenge. Today’s prompt at Haiku Horizons is “fast”. Lent. Hour four. No food. Why does a fast go soooooooooo slow? Damn. Chips don’t count, right? Image credit: franky242 / freedigitalphotos.net Want Live By Surprise in your inbox? Click here or follow Live byContinue Reading
SNAP! Hard footsteps pound towards the noise as I escape. Heart throbbing, I scurry behind the wall and out of sight, tasting the prize but unable to swallow it. “Little bastard gets the cheddar every time! I give up. Call an exterminator.” Image Credit: Suat Eman / freedigitalphotos.net Dont’ wantContinue Reading
It passed without any fanfare – this past week marks two years blogging at Live By Surprise. This journey feels in some ways like it’s been going for a long time – and in some ways like it’s only just begun. I was at home with Bae on an extendedContinue Reading
In the course of my blogging, I have been introduced (virtually) to a cadre of incredibly intelligent and talented women who have shared their talents with the world – either by writing blogs – and some of them, even books. I try not to fangirl (too much) with these womenContinue Reading
Her hands reached. No ring. Pause…eyes closed. Think! Yes! Her eyes opened wide and she pushed several meters back to the surface. “Water rings!” she shouted, treading. The Troll frowned as the lake magically drained. “Next one is harder…” he seethed. Image Credit: Victor Habbick / freedigitalphotos.net Follow Live byContinue Reading
