This morning, I huddled with my tea (in the Jane Austen mug, naturally) and the falling snow, all of us… Read more Dutch Ovens, Drawings, and More Poem Darlings

It’s a rainy morning, which I don’t mind, not today, but Word Raccoon protests as if I control the weather.… Read more Rain, Word Raccoon, and a “Ruefled” Morning

I woke this morning knowing I’d turned a corner. Not loudly, not with a sunrise and a soundtrack, but the… Read more And That is Everything, Word Raccoon Says

The crockpot is filled with a pot roast and root vegetables. Rolls are waiting to be baked for when Barry’s… Read more The Sound of Silence 

NOW PLAYING: The Christmas Song. Nat “King” Cole forever, duckies! Word Raccoon is pleased to announce that the issue of… Read more Word Raccoon Gets Suspended (In Print, Not From School)

Now Playing: Not Christmas music! Two more days! I’m going to be maudlin, because I need to be. Word Raccoon… Read more Another One

Now Playing: The Great Remember by Steep Canyon Rangers  Word Raccoon and I have been flirting with a cold. She… Read more Bib Overalls, Christmas Trees, and I Read a Poem (NOT in That Order)

Word Raccoon, my writing persona, has news. The good kind. My poem “So Much Depended” will be published in Moonstone… Read more So Much Depended on a Literary Friendship

Word Raccoon says she wants a “Start Over, But Make It All Hank Green” button on YouTube.Actually, no.  She wants… Read more Word Raccoon Wants a Green Brothers YouTube Algorithm Button and She Wants It NOW!

Word Raccoon shuffled into the room this morning wearing yesterday’s eyeliner and carrying a mug of tea she didn’t make.… Read more Word Raccoon Puts on Her Sunday Best (Kind Of)