Mary Lamphere
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I love talking with others about the books that I’m reading. My book club, Babes with Books, meets monthly to read member selected titles. We read a lot of commercial fiction across sub-genres and have lively discussions. Here are the books we’ve read so far this year, each with a one sentence commentary: 2. February
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Ain’t Nobody Happy.I’m a firm believer in this. Luckily, it makes me happy to make others happy. In all honesty, I believe this proclamation is about more than what’s simply stated. I think this message translates across platforms and genders. It’s not specifically about “mamas” nor is it as easy (or complicated) as “happy”. And
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For those of you who recognized ‘DREN’, you are my people. Old. For those of you unfamiliar, let me catch you up–A long, long, long, and even longer, time ago, there was a TV show called Happy Days. Now, I’m able to add that ‘even longer’ because although Happy Days aired from 1974 to 1984,
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I have this thought process I call lilypadding, where I start at a certain point with a thought, an idea, or a memory, and fifty-seven or so thoughts later, I am at a seemingly unrelated place. Do you do this, too?I kind of believe we all do, in our own way. So, this morning, as
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I’m excited to share that I’ve signed up for a four-part online writing series with ed2go through Kishwaukee Community College. I like to claim that I am a good student, but it’s been a very long time since I was a student. I’d say I hope it’s just like riding a bike, but it’s also
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It’s Super Bowl Monday!The day after the BIG GAME (which ran late and was still rather lame).Don’t care about that? It’s Darwin Day!Cheers to the radical theories of a British scientist.Don’t think that interests you? It’s National Hug Day!Surely, a day worth celebrating!But you need more… How about Carnival Monday?The Monday before Ash Wednesday rife
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Please note, this is the fourth in the series. I still only provide three new things. I love learning and realize that, although six degrees of six degrees puts me in the ballpark of ‘knowing’ a lot of things, there is much for me still to discover. I’m not claiming to be smart–or dumb, I’m
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I am not alone in believing January is the longest month. Professionals cite things like post-holiday blues and limited daylight for this feeling. We expend so much time, money, and energy on the excitement, expectations, and stress of the holidays and wrapping up the old year, it can be overwhelming and downright exhausting to start
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Barely into the new year and we’ve already suffered a familial loss. Dave’s Aunt Laurie passed last week. Although we hadn’t seen Laurie in over ten years, a result of collateral damage, her passing greatly saddens me. She was an excellent elementary school teacher who never had children of her own but was inspiring and
MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR 