Linda K Sienkiewicz

Writing life, line by line

English Words We Often Mispronounce

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Talk to the hand... English is a weird and complicated language. Even the most fluent speakers get tripped up pronouncing certain words on occasion (don't get me started on written grammar!) Perfect speech isn't really a thing. I came across an amusing post on Babbel of twelve words that even seasoned speakers mispronounce. See how well you do with them! The Tricky Twelve 1. … [Read more...]

Ins and Outs of Pelvic Floor Therapy

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Choose wisely: Did you know pelvic floor therapy is recommended before considering surgery for uterine prolapse? I didn’t even know there was such a thing until recently. But when I searched for information online, I found plenty of articles written by health providers. I wanted to hear from a woman who actually had gone for this specialized therapy. Now that I've been going for PT, here is … [Read more...]

What, Why, How: Jacob Strunk and “horror adjacent” stories

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What: The form I keep coming back to, the longest on-again-off-again relationship of my life, is the short story. I’ve written longer works, certainly – a novel, graphic novel, novellas, a couple dozen feature screenplays – and will again, but the short form to me is the most free, allows the most experimentation, and carries with it a weight of immediacy that can get lost in the pages of a … [Read more...]

Funky junky recycled fun

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Repurposed from Mom: I saved a few blouses and sweaters from my late mother's wardrobe. One blouse in particular interested me. The Parisian-themed print was pretty, but the blouse itself was outdated. It had shoulder pads, and it was cropped short with elastic around the waist, like a jacket. Yet it was a lovely lightweight rayon material. I loved that it had different buttons, … [Read more...]

The Buster Brown Shoes that I hated and loved

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Orthopedic shoes: As a kid in the early sixties, I wore Buster Brown orthopedic shoes because my ankles rolled inward and my feet were flat as pancakes. The shoes had padding around a stiff heel cup to keep your foot from rolling. And it worked, too. Buster Brown shoes were constructed of the thickest, toughest leather imaginable. They took weeks to break in. Parents wanted their kid's … [Read more...]