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Wayward Sparkles

Stories of this life gone astray

From Lemons to Arnold Palmers

Because when Life gives me lemons, I don’t make lemonade, dammit, I make Arnold Palmers!

Give Me a Head of Hair

May 6, 2021January 13, 2021 by M.L. James

So what should I do with all of the hair not on my head?

Categories Check this out, Existential Questions, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, This Writing Life Tags aging, going bald, hair loss, humor, uses for human hair, women and hair loss 19 Comments

Mountain Cedar, My Old Foe!

January 12, 2021January 8, 2021 by M.L. James

Mountain cedar pollen is back in our neck of the woods.

Categories Check this out, Events in Our Lives, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, This Writing Life Tags allergies, feeling grateful, high hopes, historical events, mountain cedar, sinus pressure, thank God it's Friday, whining 5 Comments

Deal or No Deal?

January 7, 2021 by M.L. James

David told me this morning that I’ve cost us something like $80 a month.

Categories Conversations, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, This Writing Life 6 Comments

2021: And So It Begins

January 1, 2021 by M.L. James

Whatever may come, I’m going to start in a grateful state of mind and stay there as long as I can. I hope you join me.

Categories Events in Our Lives, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, The Challenge Tags 2021, Buddy and Birdie, grateful, New Year 13 Comments

Wrong Number aka I Am Not Ruth!

August 15, 2020July 31, 2020 by M.L. James

ENOUGH ALREADY!

Categories From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, This Writing Life Tags collection agencies, con artists, deadbeats, humor, screwed over, this is not ruth houston, wrong number 16 Comments

The Buffalo Not in the Room

July 29, 2020July 26, 2020 by M.L. James

Is mozzarella all the same, though, really?

Categories Conversations, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, The Challenge, This Writing Life Tags communication fails, different types of mozzarella cheese, different types of pasta noodles, family conversations, going to the grocery store, humor, lasagna, mozzarella cheese, substitutions, wives vs. husbands 34 Comments

Barking Time

July 21, 2020July 19, 2020 by M.L. James

Sometime between the hours of 6 and 8 PM is barking time.

Categories Check this out, Conversations, Events in Our Lives, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, This Writing Life Tags buddy, Conversations with my family, dogs, dogs barking, family rituals, humor, Iggy, laugh therapy 18 Comments

What’s Wrong With This…Joke?

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 by M.L. James

I probably shouldn’t come up with jokes at 4 AM on my phone.

Categories Check this out, Events in Our Lives, From Lemons to Arnold Palmers, What's Wrong With... Tags Clever Girl Writes, coronavirus, humor, jokes, My Corona, not funny jokes, satire, weird dreams 21 Comments
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