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Friday Funday Food for Friends!

We’re entering the time of the year when many of us celebrate holidays that always offer too much food … hard to stick to any diet we’ve…

Nov 13, 2020

Friday Funday Food for Friends!

Nov 13, 2020

A Fearful Friday Funday!

Hey, folks! You know Halloween is tomorrow night, right? Goblins, ghosts, gruesome gnomes … at least there used to be. Best guess is that…

Oct 30, 2020

A Fearful Friday Funday!

Oct 30, 2020

Simple pleasures …

I grew up in a family with a mother and a dad who were polar opposites in nearly every way. My mother was only 7 when her own mother died…

Sep 21, 2020

Simple pleasures …

Sep 21, 2020

One day more of overeating.

Quarantining is the new thing. We’re all told to stay in place. We are going slightly batty. We find food to stuff our face!

Apr 9, 2020

One day more of overeating.

Apr 9, 2020

Another Friday Funday with Furry Friends

I don’t know about you, dear readers, but sometimes I don’t know what day it is! Right now, with our schedules so interrupted, with our…

Apr 3, 2020

Another Friday Funday with Furry Friends

Apr 3, 2020

What Are We All So Frightened Of?

What are we all so frightened of?

Mar 11, 2020

What Are We All So Frightened Of?

Mar 11, 2020

Words Have Power

I’ve written many articles on communication, largely because I’m so often surprised at how we think we’ve communicated … but haven’t…

Mar 5, 2020

Words Have Power

Mar 5, 2020

Seriously? I’m an Editor?

Yup, I guess so. But I still laugh to myself and probably always will … When did I become an editor? Oh, right. When a good friend —…

Mar 4, 2020

Seriously? I’m an Editor?

Mar 4, 2020

The First Frigid Friday Funday of 2020

OK, I know the planet is warming; there’s enough evidence to convince me. Our December and January were way above average recently, and…

Jan 17, 2020

The First Frigid Friday Funday of 2020

Jan 17, 2020

Are We Doing Enough Good?

I read an excellent short post by Bruce Kasanoff (Am I Doing Enough Good?) this morning about doing enough good for others.

Jan 7, 2020

Are We Doing Enough Good?

Jan 7, 2020

A Quiz on 3 American Punctuation Rules

There are three punctuation marks that make many writers crazy: commas, colons, and quotation marks, and this post is intended to help a…

Jan 6, 2020

A Quiz on 3 American Punctuation Rules

Jan 6, 2020

Friday Funday: Once a Pun a Time

You all know how much I love puns, right? I probably couldn’t make one up if my life depunded on it, but I surely to respect those whose…

Jan 3, 2020

Friday Funday: Once a Pun a Time

Jan 3, 2020

What Does an Editor Do, Anyway?

Authors usually know they need another pair of eyes once they’ve gotten their thoughts together in a draft form. But they can become…

Jan 2, 2020

What Does an Editor Do, Anyway?

Jan 2, 2020

Friday Funday: Twas the Night After …

World citizens celebrate more than a dozen religious holidays this time of year, although two of the best-known are Christmas and Chanukah…

Dec 27, 2019

Friday Funday: Twas the Night After …

Dec 27, 2019

We’re Almost Finished with the Friday Fundays for 2019!

WHERE. DID. THE. YEAR. GO????????????

Dec 20, 2019

We’re Almost Finished with the Friday Fundays for 2019!

Dec 20, 2019

Where have all the hyphens gone? Long time passing …

First posted December 2014, again in 2016, updated 2019 . . . why? Because from what I keep seeing, it’s worth reminding everyone who uses…

Dec 19, 2019

Where have all the hyphens gone? Long time passing …

Dec 19, 2019

Is THIS Missing from your Articles?

Are you among those who seem to get little value from LI or other social media platforms?

Dec 14, 2019

Is THIS Missing from your Articles?

Dec 14, 2019

I Hope Yule Love the Friday Funday Pics Today!

The problem — such a problem, right? — is the number of holidays we celebrate at this time of the year! Growing up as I did, the two I was…

Dec 13, 2019

I Hope Yule Love the Friday Funday Pics Today!

Dec 13, 2019

Apostrophes Mark the Spot!

First published October 2016 — long overdue for a recall!

Dec 9, 2019

Apostrophes Mark the Spot!

Dec 9, 2019

Friday Family Funday T’day Humor

OK, so you survived Thanksgiving — the American version. Family came to your house, or you all went to their house.

Nov 29, 2019

Friday Family Funday T’day Humor

Nov 29, 2019

Susan Rooks

Susan Rooks

The Grammar Goddess | Editor | Corporate Educator Cruciverbalist | Happy Woman | Let me find and fix your typos before you publish. | www.GrammarGoddess.com

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