Recently I sat writing in Wegman’s Café and listened to a potential employee stumble through an interview. I cringed for the poor victim as she fumbled her way through answering idiotic questions.
And I cringed at ever having to do a job interview again. The bullshit questions. The bullshit answers. I wanted to run over to the victim hunched in her chair and say, “It does get better than this!” and drag her off to give her a free lesson in proper bullshitting.
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Can we really know everything about someone?
After being married for 11 years I just found out my husband is allergic to sulfur drugs when he needed to go on blood pressure medicine. I didn't even know what sulfur drugs are. How could I not know this? It could kill the guy.
Good thing we have major life insurance. Which makes me realize I also don't know his blood type. At least I know he's not on Viagra (I think). Now I am wondering. What doesn’t he know about me?
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The Navy. Uniforms and big ships. My dad was a Communications Specialist in the Navy back in the 1950s. You can read his account of being stranded in Hurricane Hazel here.
I was a photographer in the Navy back in the 1980s. You can catch my story of recruit training in my memoir, Letters from BootCamp. It's a detailed narrative that connects two generations of sailors weaving in advice from my “salt of the sea” Dad who supported me and reminds me to, “Hang in there. Head up. Chest out. Read more [...]
Much has been going on since my paranormal suspense novel A HUMAN ELEMENT hit last week in e-book, with the paperback coming out March 15th.
I'm running a giveaway on GoodReads from now through April 11th. Five copies will be awarded. Hope you win! I would love to also connect with you there as a reader or author. If you love to read and don't know about GoodReads it's worth the stop over, with 7 million members. It's the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world!
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