Why grammar and punctuation are important There are three basic types of communication: verbal, non-verbal, and written. Linguistically speaking, as long as you can understand me and I can understand you,

What kind of card do you buy a man who is dying? source My parents are getting to the point in their life where if they aren't thinking about their own mortality, they are thinking about the mortality

Happy Sunday Fellow Steemians, I wanted to share some information about a project @markrmorrisjr is heading-up. It's called the Minnow Votes Project, and its ultimate goal is to increase minnow visibility

Writing is an art. It is not a science. There are very few absolutes in writing, and whether or not a particular piece of writing is good is subjective - largely depending on the person{s} reading said

source I've written a little about how I had the desire to get back into the blogging game before I found out about Steemit, and I want to share that with you tonight. But before we get to the reasons

Here is my paragraph for @markrmorrisjr's contest. Credit and ownership of the picture below belongs to him. I have only included for visual reference to accompany my paragraph. Sam smiled as she scrambled

Selling yourself. When I was in the world of academia, this was fairly easy for me. I worked hard and the results spoke for themselves. My professors knew that I was a talented writer and literary critic

For a long time, I've wanted to discuss the ups and downs of corporate life, but I've never found a good platform for doing so. It recently occurred to me that it might be a great thing to blog about on

When you're smaller than most other creatures in the world, it's expected that you be a little wary of them. This is especially true when you've never met a creature so much bigger than you before. As

Hi fellow Steemians, After reading @givonwayne's harrowing post about how using all his bandwidth landed him in Steemit jail for a little while and then reading some of the super helpful comments, I realized

Happy Saturday to you all! I've seen a lot of Steemians post pictures of their snowy weather, and it made me want to share some too. Because we live in the Deep South, we don't get a lot of snow. This

As I child, we had this thing like a digital pocket translator/pocket dictionary. I don't know why we got it, how we got it, or what it was used for beyond my playtime. Like this but much more 90s. Source

I am an introvert - like the borderline-unfriendly-because-I-am-so-quiet kind of introvert. I'm not actually unfriendly; you just have to give me a little time and a little space to prove that. I have

Ten years ago this past December I withdrew myself from the university I attended at the time. I only realized it has been ten years just a couple of weeks ago. It's hard to believe that in another year

In my introductory post, I mentioned that my favorite book is The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I thought I'd take a few minutes and talk a little bit about why it's my favorite book. This is my

Her Highness sits on her bed in the floor and stares at me with a mixture of confusion, sadness, and indignation. "Why will you not let me on the couch?" she seems to silently say. Eventually,

I am ridiculously opposed to spoilers. I have cut people off mid-sentence when I thought they were about to spoil a book, a movie, or a TV show. It's extremely rare for me to say I'm okay with something

I've been active on Steemit almost a week now. It has been an invigorating and overwhelming experience. I haven't actively blogged in longer than I'd care to admit, and I've wanted to get back into the

Most recently, I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. This post-apocalyptic novel follows the journey of a father and son duo as they traverse the now barren landscape of what was the United States of America

This is our dog Pixie. Pixie has been with me now for almost 11 years. She's a rescue; so, we don't know exactly how old she is, but we estimate she's around 11 1/2. Pixie has a huge personality and is