THE VIRUS IS GONE & I WENT VIRAL After 14 days with a mild(ish) case of Covid, I’m feeling better and testing negative! A big THANK YOU to everyone who reached out with get-well-soon messages and home remedies. In unrelated, but remarkably coincidental viral news, the literary hero of my dreams retweeted me, and now…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
A Western Bagel store on a Sunday morning is a tenderfoot rodeo. The lines are long and unruly. The tenderfoots come for the bagels, and they make tenderfoot mistakes like ordering chocolate chip bagels and tubs of strawberry cream cheese. But that’s their problem. My problem is tenderfoots can delay my bagel consumption by up…
It was late in the afternoon, too late to write another word, but too early to start making dinner. So, I put on a podcast where two comedians discuss and debunk Bigfoot sightings, while I did some chores. After the bathrooms had been cleaned, and the living room tidied, I brought in the mail. Today’s…
Sarah Palin once said, “polls are for strippers and cross country skiers.” Well, I don’t ski, and my stripping days are a distant memory of glitter bombs and champagne promises. But I believe in polls, especially when the pollsters have the good sense to call me. One of those smart pollsters called just after dinner…
A QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE I’m going on vacation to an undisclosed location, so Situation Normal will be on hiatus for the next two weeks. I’ll return June 26 with new stories from the road! TIME FOR THE STORY 👇 Like tens of millions of people around the world, Christina and I felt the need, the…
I don’t know if you’ve been following the news over the past few decades, but the rule of law is under threat in America. On a recent Thursday morning, the consequences of our increasingly lawless society hit home. Literally. I woke up to find a note taped to our front door. The note was from…
This year, February 1st marks the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Tiger. In Chinese culture it is a time to put the old year behind and embrace the opportunities and good fortune of the new one! It just so happens that this month’s issue also features a Chinese Fairy Tale in our…
We here at Storytime believe it’s vitally important to talk about mental and emotional health – that’s why we discuss these topics on this blog and in the My Mind Matters section of the magazine every month. Children’s Mental Health Week is being held on 7-13 February 2022, and this year’s theme is…
We live in challenging times, when it can be tempting to be selfish. However, we humans are at our best when we take care of ourselves, others, and the world around us. The latest issue of Storytime is all about characters who care in different ways and make the world a better place for…