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Dating Red Flags: Tales of Barkers, Wannabe Actors, and the One I Married

August 11, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Cheapo: You might remember that viral Facebook post about a trucker’s list of 30 places women supposedly don’t want to go on a first date. The Cheesecake Factory topped the list. I'm sure … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: dating, first date, red flags

Marriage, Blisters, and the Great Blow or Suck Debate

July 21, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Because nothing says “I love you” like arguing about cleaning the garage in 99° heat Every couple has moments that test the strength of their union. Ours came on a hot summer afternoon in the form … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: cleaning, family, humor, marriage

Dinner with Elmore Leonard (sort of)

April 28, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

portrait of writer Elmore Leonard hangs on a restaurant wall in Michigan

A side of grits and a portrait of the Dickens of Detroit The specials at a local restaurant the other evening were called "A Taste of New Orleans," and my Blackened Twin Filets Diablo with jumbo … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: Detroit writer, Elmore Leonard, remembering Elmore Leonard

Yous got the last laugh: How my husband’s favorite pronoun was vindicated

March 17, 2025 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

black t-shirt with the word YOUS in white letters

Who are yous really? The first time I heard my husband refer to the people in our household collectively as "yous" I laughed out loud. I'd never heard the word. He insisted it was a real word, and, … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: grammar, non-standard English, plural of you, vindication, ya'll, you guys, yous

Unraveling the Mystery of a Glug in Cooking

December 2, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

How much really is a glug? Here I am, in the middle of prepping, reading the above recipe. I'm not particularly fond of cooking to start with. I don't have time nor the desire to research what a … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life Tagged With: cooking, Language, recipes

Talking with myself

January 8, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Weird habit or normal? I confess: I replay or create conversations aloud. I expound. I pontificate. I argue. I talk in the bathroom. I talk when folding laundry. I talk when walking the dogs. I … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Humor in Everyday Life, Notes on Life Tagged With: self-talk

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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Writing life, line by line