Brad Pitt’s new action-comedy is full of fun characters, violence, dark humor, and is completely entertaining! I can’t wait to see it again! The first time we saw the new “Bullet Train” movie trailer a few months ago, we expected that it was going to be a wild ride. Having…

I first spied him carrying chairs across the lawn to the area where the tables and food were being set up for the graduation party. He was dressed like a typical Midwestern teenage boy: jeans, t-shirt, Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers, a trucker cap atop his buzz cut, and a loose-fitting…

Extremely high temperatures are forecast all over North America for the rest of the week. Here in Seattle, temps in the mid-nineties are expected. Many homes and businesses don’t have air conditioning, and staying cool often requires creativity. Our window air conditioners struggle to keep up on particularly steamy days…

I haven’t lived there in more than 32 years, but today I am so very PROUD to share the PRIDE that I have in my hometown of St. Johns, Michigan. This weekend, the small, rural, Midwestern, agricultural town where I grew up (population 7920,) hosted their second annual PRIDEFEST!

“To Infinity!” Any kid born since 1990 knows how to finish the catch phrase of Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, who first appeared in the 1995 Pixar classic, TOY STORY. “And Beyond!” My own son was two and a half when the original Toy Story film was released. That meant that…

Today was just one roller-coaster day in my roller-coaster life. Well, not just one day. Today was an “anniversary” and I mostly made it through. Today would have been my mother’s 75th birthday. I wrote about it in a gut-wrenching letter that I wrote “to her” for a “Mother’s Day…

One of my favorite memories from Halloween past involves making papier-mâché masks with my dad & brother when I was a kindergartner. Looking back, it’s really impressive that my father undertook such an ambitious project with his children who were only five and two years old. …

I’ve produced enough written material during these past few months to finally feel comfortable calling myself a writer. Considering that I’ve made around $140 from reads, bonuses and tips since joining Vocal four months ago, I can even call myself a “professional writer”. …