“Are you Psychic?” I hated that question because I never knew how to answer it. When people think psychic, they are thinking of psychics like John Edwards, James Van Praagh,  and Kim Russo who are famous psychic mediums. When people asked me if I’m psychic, they are waiting for me to respond that “yes, I ...

I was born May 7, 1957. Goodness, that means I will be sixty-one this year. OUCH! How time flies by. On my 3rd birthday, May 7, 1960, my mother decided that I didn’t need toys for my birthday. Instead, she decided what I needed for my birthday present was … a baby sister. So, Tracy ...

    I have always been curious about my family history. We were the first Mormon converts in England during the mid-1800s. My ancestress was what was called a hand-cart Mormon, meaning once her husband had died she gathered up their twelve children and travelled from England to Missouri. All of their personal belongings fitting ...

I am Catholic. What does that mean, especially this time of year? This time of year, is the Lenten Season, beginning on February 14 as Ash Wednesday, and ending three days before Easter. Ash Wednesday is the day after Mardi Gras’ Fat Tuesday. This year, Easter is Sunday, April 1. The Lenten Season lasts six-weeks, ...

It’s no secret that I love social media. I’m one of those super annoying people who tweets basically anything that comes to mind. In fact, I just reached 15,000 tweets last week. I follow over 1,500 people on Twitter, most of whom are celebrities, authors, and people I don’t know. While some people strive to ...

The days I babysit my eighteen-month-old granddaughter. I love to be able to dress her for the day. She has so many cute little outfits, and I love her reaction when I dress her in something she loves. As she smiles I tell her how pretty she looks. In an almost too-hard to understand little ...

I’ve been wracking my brain for a couple weeks on what to write. This is my first article on our new Coffee House Writers platform, and it will set the tone for all that is to come from me. Do I start with a fiction story? A poem? An amusing list? After participating in NaNoWriMo, ...

I would like to say thank you to all the wonderful people on the writing team known as the “Coffee House Writers”. I met the leader of our team about a year ago. What struck me immediately was her love of animals, which is something that the two of us have in common. From there, ...