May 2, 2020

What is positivity, and why is it important to have a positive attitude? There’s 930 quotes on Goodreads tagged ‘positivity’ and 1741 tagged ‘positive’. That’s quite a fair bit, and certainly enough to convince anyone that positivity is a valued attitude. The American poet, memoirist, singer, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s words still ring…

April 24, 2020

This blog post comes to you courtesy of Ink-Stained-Wordsmiths this week’s prompt “identity”, combined with the group discussions of new beginnings and/or introducing yourself. While I’ve not sought to publicize it in every discussion, neither is it a secret that I’m writing under a penname. Laura Maybrooke. Why did I choose to do so, and…