Wednesday Weekly Blog Challenge – Overused Character Stereotypes

Helpless Female/Damsel in Distress - while I understand why it is used, it is also overdone a lot - as is a Strong Female lead which can actually cause the opposite effect of what it is trying to do. But the helpless female/damsel in distress is clearly overused - especially in old literature and movies…

Pet Peeve – School Zones

We all have pet peeves. I have plenty, I can assure you. But one that sits at the top of my list and has for many, many, many years; even before I was a parent is school zones. There is a reason there is a slower speed limit in school zones. There is a reason…

Still Dogless…for now.

It's been just over a year since my Yogi passed away. It has been weird not having a dog in the house after having on consistently around for over six years. And while I have had my son's dog Apollo around over that time; and a few foster dogs or dogs that we were dog…