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Rubbernecking The Wreckage Of Democracy

posted in Commentary, Politics on May 24, 2019 by Lauren 8 Comments

If we stay silent, the GOP will continue dismantling our institutions, while allowing a president with authoritarian tendencies to meddle in Justice Department investigations and Congressional oversight.

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A Fly On The Screen Analogy For Reaching A Goal

posted in Blogging, Creativity, Writing on March 17, 2019 by Lauren 7 Comments
Fly on insect net By Jonas Bergsten

Sometimes reaching a goal can feel like a fly trapped on a porch.

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A World Of Infinite Ideas: How To Catch Them?

posted in Blogging, Creativity, Humor, Writing on February 7, 2019 by Lauren 10 Comments

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. — Carl Sagan Ideas are everywhere. They find you when you’re on a walk, a drive or in the shower. I often get ideas when I’m rinsing twice.  So I keep a pad and pen on the bathroom sink. Maybe one day someone will invent a waterproof pad… Continue reading →

Why You Shouldn’t Bring Your Phone In The Shower And Other Advice Your Mother Hopes You Ignore

posted in Cultural Satire, Family, Humor on November 2, 2018 by Lauren 3 Comments

Cellphones were created to keep us connected 24/7. No room is off limits anymore, not even the bathroom.

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One Branch Away from Political Domination

posted in Commentary, Politics on September 22, 2018 by Lauren 0 Comments

In my lifetime, I’ve seen two wars, two political assassinations and two assassination attempts, two political scandals: Watergate and Monicagate, as well as several terrorist attacks and two recessions. And now once again I find myself in the middle of another seismic social shift in a country reeling from political and cultural turmoil. We live… Continue reading →

Write and Embrace the Strange

posted in Blogging, Humor, Writing on April 8, 2018 by Lauren 9 Comments

If you can’t fit between the lines, don’t try to squeeze into a compromising position.

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A Tale of Two Blogging Platforms

posted in Blogging, Writing on January 5, 2018 by Lauren 8 Comments
Partners against biogtry

You may have noticed a silence lately emanating from my blog. Words missing. Subscribers slipping. A blog on the verge of extinction. But, it couldn’t be the farthest from the truth. I’ve just migrated over to the Medium blogging platform that has a wider audience than mine. Medium is a community within many communities. Topics… Continue reading →

Blog Post: Headline Not Included!

posted in Blogging, Humor, Writer's Block, Writing on October 1, 2017 by Lauren 21 Comments
When you're ADHD

I used to wait until I had a headline before writing a blog post but realized a headline corrals your thoughts. Sometimes you need to let your thoughts run free. See where they lead you, not follow where your headline tells them to go. That’s when I have the most fun writing—when I let my… Continue reading →

Blogger, Writer, Tech Support Stalker

posted in Blogging, Humor, Writing on July 19, 2017 by Lauren 23 Comments

When you buy a piece of Internet real estate, you inherit all the quirks. After three weeks of the dashboard doldrums, I can finally write again without waiting five minutes to log in, and another 10 to access a draft. On the phone with GoDaddy support ten times or more (maybe a billion) over the… Continue reading →

The Improv Playground of Deranged Spontaneity

posted in ADHD, Blogging, Humor, Writing on June 19, 2017 by Lauren 10 Comments

Where thoughts run free… I’m back at the keyboard trying to put together a sentence. Woo-hoo! Got one! Now, where do I go from here? Down the page, of course, keyboarding my way through a bramble of thoughts. Ouch! I wish they’d stop needling me. Yet, they continue pushing their prickly points. Bramble! Bramble! Bramble!… Continue reading →

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