by Patti Miinch | Jun 11, 2020 | hypocrisy, hypocrites, Patti Miinch, stop the hypocrisy
We’ve become a nation of hypocrites. Adults decry bullying, demanding schools “do something”, while at the same time engaging in bullying on social media and among their peers.We complain about the proliferation of fake news yet share without fact-checking...
by Patti Miinch | May 28, 2020 | books, Challenge Yourself, Patti Miinch, reading, reading challenge
That image — all those books in one place — makes me smile. I love books, books, and more books!That’s why I was so excited back in December to find not only 1, but 2, Facebook reading challenge groups. Both had a list of categories — book published...
by Patti Miinch | May 14, 2020 | books, dominoes, Scripture, The Domino Effect
My grandma taught me how to play dominoes, the basic kind where each player tries to make the dots on all the “end” domino-halves add up to a multiple of 5, when I was about 4 years old. Since then, I’ve learned several other domino games, and I enjoy playing every...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 30, 2020 | Cathy Baker, journaling, Journaling with a List, list, Patti Miinch, topical
I don’t remember when I first began keeping a journal, but I do know that by the time I was in fourth grade, I was recording my thoughts almost every day. I journaled just before going to bed. I’d retrieve my journal from its current hiding place and my favorite...
by Patti Miinch | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Where’s the romance?”The literary agent sitting across leaned forward slightly, looked at me quizzically, and waited for my answer. “Actually, there is no romance. It’s a book about a woman who learns to find happiness despite the lack of...
