Slightly Off the Mark

Happy Canada Day! Speak of the Devil: The True North Strong And Snarky : "Come now, gentlemen. We must all stand together. Look to wh...

At the end of The Incredibles , fourteen years ago (!), the Parr family--basically an animated version of the Fantastic Four--defied a ban o...

50 Authors from 50 States: I don’t just write in Nebraska: Annette Snyder : Yep-it’s me.   Creator of 50 Authors from 50 States blog, write...

Get this: I saved this blog as a draft, and I'm so far behind in posting it that Lillianna is now twice the age she was when these photo...

You know nothing snow, Jon.  Speak of the Devil: The Summer Wind Came Blowing In : The summer solstice is nearly upon us, which of course ...

I stumbled across this column from way back in 2011 (Note that I use my wife's maiden name) after reading some poems on a writer's s...

As all fourteen of my regular readers know, I'm easily entertained. Butterflies, flowers, dumb eighties sitcoms, there's a good chan...

50 Authors from 50 States: Missouri Wine—Who Knew-Joyce Ann Brown! : What does the state of Missouri bring to mind for you? The Gateway Arch...

If you're in northeast Indiana, you probably heard of the fire at the old McCray factory in Kendallville, which took half a day to contr...

50 Authors from 50 States: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I -- S.J. Francis Shares a Gr... : Mississippi is called the Magnolia state and the number o...