“Four billion brains and every single one is different.” My father made that statement whenever anyone did something in not quite the same way he might have… Read more “Fish Bite Toe Me”
Author: nmusolf
I am a writer, wife and mom living in southern Minnesota. I have written fiction and non-fiction and my work has also appeared in numerous Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Woman's World magazine, the Chicago Tribune and the Christian Science Monitor.
Good girls just wanna be bad
I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about politics or global warming or anything else remotely relevant to today’s world. Why get depressed over things I… Read more “Good girls just wanna be bad”
Little metal houses for you and me. Well, really only for me.
My husband and I bought a new house today. A two story Colonial with three bedrooms, two fireplaces and a very sharp rec room complete with a… Read more “Little metal houses for you and me. Well, really only for me.”
Where Have You Gone, Marcus Welby?
Being a child of the 1960’s, I know television messed with my head in ways that I will probably never be able to truly fathom. The tail… Read more “Where Have You Gone, Marcus Welby?”
The First Gift Given
It wasn’t until the movie “10” came out in 1979 that the previously fairly subtle system of men rating women’s looks by assigning them a number from… Read more “The First Gift Given”
An Apartment of One’s Own
“I love living alone. I feel like the queen of my own little castle.” Those were the words my son’s girlfriend posted on Facebook after moving into… Read more “An Apartment of One’s Own”
Better early than never
My husband and I share a lot of things. A love of cats, cafe au lait, and bad Burt Reynolds movies (a redundancy, I know) to name… Read more “Better early than never”
