Happy Monday! Welcome to the work week and all that jazz. It’s President’s Day here in the good ole USA, a holiday invented to combine celebrations of the births of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan (okay, and William Henry Harrison, but I believe one should have to be in office longer than two weeks…
Author: S. A. Young
One of three writers who are currently collaborating on a series of romantic suspense novels, I'm a cinemaniac, head-full-of-useless-information trivia maven, waiting for Alex Trebek to retire so that I can appear on Jeopardy again. Oh...and Go Red Sox!
A Blizzard For My Birthday
Good morning and Happy Monday! How was your weekend? It’s been a wild and woolly few days up here in the Northeast, let me tell you. We had gotten all the way up until the 2nd week of February relatively unscathed when Mother Nature, that tricksy little minx, decided to make up for lost time, bringing…
“Foolish Notion” – part five
Please enjoy the conclusion of “Foolish Notion”. Parts one, two, three and four can be found at the links *** After he’d dropped Dave back at her place, Streak had called Will to make sure he’d be around when he got back to the house. He found him leaning over the billiard table, lining up…
Let the Games Begin!
Good Morning and Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Perhaps you were one of the over 160 million people in the world who watched the Super Bowl last night. (160 million is a mere drop in the bucket when compared to the more than a billion people who watched at least part of the World…
A Fish Is Not A Pet
Good morning and Happy Monday! Question: is today a national dog holiday about which I am completely unaware? I left my apartment, took my same route and got on the subway, just as I do every workday. Today, however, it seemed like there were even more dogs out and about than usual at that…
Laughter, the Best Medicine
Good morning and Happy Monday! *raspberries* Not to be confused with these raspberries and especially not these Raspberries I’m in a mood. Just what kind of a mood, I couldn’t exactly say. But I am certain it can only be helped by cute baby animals and cute baby humans sheer lunacy! This is one of…
“Foolish Notion” – part 4
Please enjoy part four of “Foolish Notion”. Parts 1, 2, and 3 can be found at the links. Caution this post contains adult content. **** Big Bill was keeping Streak on a short leash. He kept him busy with “errands” and odd jobs all while dangling the carrot of more responsibility, even his own…
A Day to Celebrate the Dreamer and the Dream
Good morning and Happy Monday! Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Gotta love Monday holidays. I have to make the most of this one. After all of the hubbub of the holiday season, I won’t get another weekday off until Good Friday. (We here at Boston College don’t get President’s Day. I can’t complain though,…
Back To the Grind
Good morning and Happy Monday! It’s my first day back at work after my extended holiday vacation. I know I said something, late last year I think it was, about how the days were then stretched out before me, but that I knew I’d soon be wondering where the time went. Today is that day….
Happy January!
Good morning, Happy Monday and Happy January! Can you believe that it’s January 2nd already? I know many of us have the day off. It’s a bank holiday in the UK and here in the U.S., we tend to take an extra day if a holiday has the good graces to fall on a weekend. …