Note: Bug Bytes are simple snippets, quick thoughts. Thanks for reading. I have a problem around home decorating. Namely, I obsess about every little object in my house. In the evenings, while I’m
Archives for August 2019
JaniceBeetleBooks.com Is Live
It was over eight years ago that Paul Mundy of Easthampton, Massachusetts, called me to ask if I would help him create a book in memory of his late wife. He had written a series of poems about her and
Bug Byte: Using a Keurig for the First Time
Note: Bug Bytes are simple snippets, quick thoughts. Thanks for reading. I resisted the Keurig craze when the machines were new and popular. I thought the one-serving pod system was overpriced,
John Stifler: A Colleague, Friend, and Fellow Running-Writer
I’ve known John Stifler for many years. We both wrote for the Daily Hampshire Gazette in the late 1980s. I was in John’s creative writing workshop several decades ago. We were neighbors for a time,
Bug Bytes
When I’m working out in the mornings, I have thoughts that make me laugh out loud and thoughts that make me cry. I do my deepest thinking and feeling at this time of day. I often think about
Letting my Phone Take Charge
My phone has taken on a new role. I’ve appointed it my security advisor while I’m driving. It may literally save me—and others—from myself.