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I'm Barb. I write about change. Those niggling alterations that creep into our lives until we laugh at ourselves. And if you don't think change is funny, pull out your high school year book and give it a look-see. Check out "About" in the header if you want to know more.
Newest Release
A Growing-Up tale told in clandestine radio broadcasts.
BK Froman (a.k.a. Kris Knorr)
Funny, Blunt WWII Tale of Owning the Past
Change: The Knothole of Normal
A Sparkling Comic Disregard for Change
The Two Pan Series: See BOOKS in header
Two Pan 2
You Know You Want To Read This
Another Great Group
Category Archives: Writing
What We Leave At the Grave
Recently, I was doing some research for a story and strolling through a cemetery when I encountered a clear plastic box at the foot of a grave. The box was the size you’d store pencils in, but I could easily … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Appreciation, Change, Humor, Writing
Tagged Bobby Jones, Graves, Groundskeeper, rabbit's foot, Stones on a grave, Thankful, Thanksgiving, Weird, Weird relatives, What we leave behind
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Tell Me It Isn’t So
So a few days ago, I’m at the post office mailing three packages. The twenty-plus-year-old behind the counter asks the usual question. “Anything perishable, fragile, etc. etc.?” “Nope. Only books,” I say. She stops and looks at the size of … Continue reading
Frankly My Dear….Put on Your Bloomers and Get to Work
Speaking of change…(which I do often), a couple times a month I work at an adventure clothing store. Mostly I chitter-chat, and listen to others’ tales. It’s a writer’s haven for character studies. But every now and then, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Change, Humor, Women, Writing
Tagged Civil War, hoopskirts, Piecework, Rhet Butler, Robert E. Lee, Rosie the Riveter, Scarlett OHara, Women at War, Working, wounded warriors
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Changes in The Last Send-Off
I’ve been absent in the name of research, spending time with morticians and gravediggers. Thank heavens no one died. It was for a novel …not a horror novel. It’s a coming of age story, but one of the things that … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Humor, Writing
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Power to the Inspiration-Challenged
February Blaaaaaaahs. So a writer-friend suggested that we attend Zumba classes. Good exercise. Blood to the brain. Juice up the vertebrae. It’ll help our creative whats-its. We chose the “Basic” level of classes to attend. The level of expertise didn’t … Continue reading
Women, Booze and the Homefront: 1943
“More of your women characters should drink,” a friend told me as we were discussing the World War II research I’ve done for my next book. “After all…those harried women were keeping up the homefront, raising a pack of kids … Continue reading
Funerals: Know Before You Go
Three times in my life I’ve shopped for a casket and all the accessories that come with a funeral . Each occasion was out of need, which isn’t always the best time to make well-thought out decisions. I must’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Choices, Humor, Life, Worries, Writing
Tagged Caskets, Change, Cremains, Death, Funeral, Heaven, Old Age, Rental Caskets, Things to Do for the Deceased, What to do with Cremains
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How to Be Famous in Your Own Mind
As usual, we look at change past and present. Here’s a current change you may have missed: Ann Rutherford: ‘Gone with the Wind’ actress dies at 94 “Who?” you say? Ann Rutherford, one of the last surviving cast members of … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Humor, Life, Writing
Tagged Ann rutherford, Change, gone with the wind, life, memoir, movie, Scoarlett O'Hara
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Shingles….AAAAHH..OOOGA!! AAAHH..OOGA!!
What A Misleading Sign. It intimates that a person should avoid the disease, like one should avoid climbing their roof because both might be risky. Years ago (before children), Cowboy Fan and I dashed to Mexico for an adventure, visiting … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Traveling, Writing
Tagged disease, herpes zoster, life, nerve endings, Shingles
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Increase Your Average. Plant Your Lips on It
I’ll answer the radioactive banana question at the end, but first…. Today’s little shocker is: On average, a human will spend two weeks kissing in his/her lifetime. This is according to Snapple who inserts such highly researched statistics under their … Continue reading
