Image source: Merlina McGovern I’ve had this title staring at me for the past week and a half. If you’ve read my writing, then you can...

Image source: Merlina McGovern It’s a simple message. It doesn’t cost you any money. It’s something that takes just a bit of time out of...

Image source: Merlina McGovern October was always my sister’s favorite month of the year. She loved all things spooky and autumnal well...

Photo by Nathan J Hilton on Pexels Just a few more days until the veil between the spiritual and the physical worlds thins. This...

Image source: Merlina McGovern Everything in our popular culture pushes us toward pairing off with a soulmate. In a world of eight...

Image source: Photo at Yvonne's taken by Merlina McGovern This past Sunday, my UU minister asked us to think back to the week prior. What...

Photo by Yan Krukau on Pexels Next year I will hit the big five-oh milestone. This year, I can feel my aging bones. For the past few...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I’ve been reading about traffic jams leading into Salem, Massachusetts , and multiple rescues of...

Image source: Merlina McGovern I have been participating in Inktober  for five years. This is the first year that I did not pink up my...

Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels Lately, I’ve been relishing my weekly yoga classes. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve felt my joints start to...

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels This is going to be a fairly short post. I’m trying to keep up with my two blog posts per week...

Photo by Mac Mullins on Pexels Last night, I met up with old friends for dinner and conversation. We hadn’t met for a while, but as soon...

Photo by Nathan J Hilton on Pexels I have always loved the horror genre. I devoured Stephen King books as a kid, and in my post-college...

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels I’ve written a lot recently about my fiction-writing journey. In fact, I have written six blog posts...

Photo by Jordan Benton on Pexels These final months before the November US national elections feel like the slowest months ever. It’s...

Photo by Christina Morillo on Pexels I’ve been seeing quite a few TikToks of readers sharing the books that they absolutely hate. Even...

Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Pexels Another week, another busy day of freelance editing. So many pages to complete, but I still managed to...

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels I had this odd feeling today. I had been listening to my daily podcasts at 1.75x speed. My husband...

Photo by Алена on Pexels   I know, I know, it’s not yet a “ber” month. And today’s high was 83, with some yucky humidity tacked on for...

Photo by   Anthony Fomin  on   Unsplash I almost titled this blog post, “The Death of Celebrity,” but that wasn’t quite right. There are...