Reader. Writer. Lover of good music and good food. Word nerd. — Hi! My name is Lynn. I’m 48 years old and I’m a mom to two handsome young men. I’m also ‘Nana’ to my 6 year old granddaughter who inspires me like none other. I was born in Sumter, South Carolina, the youngest of three (I have two older brothers), and…

November Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Collecting Smiles!” — Getting a cleaning at the dentist. After a crown from a past root canal and part of that molar recently broke off, I made a dentist appointment before any more problems occurred. I just wanted that one tooth fixed, but it’s turning into more time than I’ve ever wanted to spend in a dentist’s chair, mainly…

Six songs that get me every time — I can never pass up a music-related challenge, or a tag from a writer who knows their music. One such writer is Anthony Overs. I only knew of one of the bands he mentions, but I quickly found myself learning about new songs/artists and liking them. You can check out…

October Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Collections” — It’s the leaning tower of books. It’s weird how certain collections make me cringe while others make me happy. I used to have a huge aversion to collections because my mother would collect things for no apparent reason. Her love of books is the one common interest we have, and for that I’m grateful, even if…

How podcasts feed my book addiction — Earlier this year, I decided I’d start listening to podcasts. When I looked for some on reading/writing, I discovered that, at some point, I’d already selected two but had only briefly listened to one and never started the other. So I set out to change this. My absolute favorite podcast…

October Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Collections” — Six nutcrackers all in a row. Unless you count all my books and music, I don’t really have collections. The one other thing I have started to collect is nutcrackers. I’ve had a thing for them for a while, and finally bought myself a set of ornaments for the tree this year. Every time I saw…

In dusty warehouses and somewhat revived record stores — Recently, David Acaster tagged me in a story about where he buys his music. You can visit this most entertaining read here: The Independent Record Store A day out in Louth buying records and seeing a music legendmedium.com I miss the days of true music stores, of going to Sam Goody in the mall or Hastings Books & Records across town. Hastings was where I could…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Comfort” — So many books, so little time. That stack of books up there…it’s one I made when I couldn’t decide which books to get. In the end, I purchased three of the titles — Cheddar off Dead, A Fatal Footnote, and And Then There Were Crumbs. If I could’ve purchased the whole stack, I would’ve, but I…