I recently wrote that I've written and published a blog post every day for almost 19 years. Several readers have asked, "How is that possible?" Some wondered about logistics. Weren't…

On Sunday, I tried to make Elysha's last day of summer vacation as lovely as possible by doing as many chores as possible for her. Before leaving for the lake,…

During a recent podcast interview, the host asked me to talk about the struggles that I experienced when I was in my early twenties. I told him that after being…

I've recently started using the Grammarly Chrome extension to better identify the errors in my writing. It's reduced the frequency of errors considerably. While most word processing software can identify…

My friend, Heather Clow, published a list called "What I Like About Me" on her now defunct (unless she starts writing again!) blog "One Thousand Words Project."I like her list…

Driving home from Washington DC last week, our family decided to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack, performed by the original cast. This meant we would be listening to the show…

Yesterday I wrote my 7,000th blog post on Grin and Bare It. My very first post, published on November 18, 2008, read: Greetings! Welcome to my little corner of the…