by Wanda Fischer | Mar 21, 2024 | Day in the Life, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Remembrance, Uncategorized, Women's History, Writing
Today is National Common Courtesy Day. I don’t know why today is any different from yesterday or tomorrow. Every day should be common courtesy day. What is common courtesy, anyway? I don’t know how it’s defined in the dictionary. I know how my mother...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 20, 2024 | Day in the Life, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Remembrance, Uncategorized
I hang around with this terrific bunch of authors who are part of the Rave Reviews Book Club. They’re all storytellers, in one way or another. Even those who write non-fiction are telling a story, because they have to collect facts and organize them in a way...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 19, 2024 | Day in the Life, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Uncategorized, writer
Since it’s National Backyard Day, I dedicate this day to my dachshund, Oscar. He’s the one who uses the backyard more than any of the occupants of this house. We adopted Oscar five days before the pandemic lockdown took place. He was ten years old at the...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 18, 2024 | Day in the Life, Friends, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Remembrance, Uncategorized
The Mamas and Papas had a song called “Monday, Monday” in the 1970s. One of the lines was “Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day…” Lots of things happen on Mondays, though. Today, I am supposed to rehearsefor a singing engagement...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 17, 2024 | Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Remembrance, Uncategorized
Here we are, on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17–a day to celebrate St. Patrick, the wearin’ of the green, lots of Irish music that, to me, as a folk music DJ, doesn’t sound Irish (but it’s what they play in pubs today), and even green beer...