Chronicles of Cammy My Fool's Journey and Travelogue

You know how graduations are more like a duty for everybody but the person giving those boring speeches? You zone out until the roster gets read, and wait for your child to shake the principal’s hand so you can snap a picture. Then you have to refrain from saying “yes” to your inner child when…

Yes, my 18-year-old is taking that step–today is his last day of high school. Tonight he graduates. Funny, but it means more to his parents than it does to him. He just wants the summer to get here. He and his friends want to film a movie; a sequel to one they did for a…

There’s a new HBO show that’s quite a hot topic entitled “Girls.” I watched the first few episodes and the jury was out for awhile as to my opinion of said show (not that it mattered…the ratings rated it a success.) I have to admit, it challenged my white, middle-class, mid-western, child-of-the-70s sensibilities. Silly me,…

This morning was a typical weekend morning for me….slept until I wanted to (around 7:00), lazied about in bed thinking about the scene I wanted to write for my book (yup, novel’s finally back on track and my characters are talking to me)….out of bed….cup o’ coffee…brief good mornings to/from husband and pets….scene written….emails perused….FaceBook…