Tag Archives: wit

Listen More and Talk Less

Posted on October 11, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Let everyone be swift to listen, and slow to speak.” ~James 1:19 “For it is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt.” ~Maurice Switzer “Silence is the language … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Block

Posted on January 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Ellie Thompson. Ellie shares her home in England with a cat named Peanut and a “sometimes demented electric wheelchair” named Brian. Her “poetry, musings, and memoirs–true tales of my life” are nothing if not … Continue reading →

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smellybean

Posted on October 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Lynn of a poem in my pocket. Iowa-farm-dwelling Lynn describes herself as a “wonder-er, woman, wife, mother of men, grandmama, player, pray-er, poet.” That same blend of lower-case teasing and covert reverence runs through … Continue reading →

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Strange Hallucinations … an Unlucky Actor … and a Chimpanzee Painter

Posted on April 6, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Carolyn of Nuggets of Gold. Carolyn’s blogger handle is “Joy Roses,” and for a good reason: she emanates joy, with a healthy side of humor. This wife and mother of two teenagers began journaling … Continue reading →

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You Say You Want a Resolution…

Posted on December 29, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Murdoch Mouse of The Twisting Tale. Mr. Mouse (his real name? no idea) freely mixes “fiction and poetry in as many forms as possible” to create a sometimes mirthful, sometimes profound, always engaging “bag … Continue reading →

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Above the Park

Posted on July 14, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is John Malone of Big Blue Mouth. John is an Australian poet, as well as a teacher of poetry and creative writing. He describes the focus of his blog site succinctly (like his writing) as … Continue reading →

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The Last Blog – and Twinkle ⭐️

Posted on February 17, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is ewhyard of Mum’s the word. Ewhyard lives in Colchester, Britain’s oldest town, though she’s spent considerable time in Wales, as well. I have no idea which, if any, part of her her blogger name … Continue reading →

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The pandemic update from Britain: hope, hype, and a tiger running loose

Posted on May 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Ellen Hawley of Notes from the U.K. A New York-born transplant to picturesque Cornwall, England, Ellen is the author of three popular seriocomic novels. The same mix of facts and whimsy shows up in … Continue reading →

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“Alexa, will you please forgive us?”

Posted on June 19, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Phillip Mullins of the oddly named blog site Phillip Mullins. Actually, Phillip, does have a theme: it’s science, technology (he formerly called his site “Second Rate Scientist”), family, kids, faith, life and… Well, OK, … Continue reading →

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Writing – Self-Publishing and Self-Doubt

Posted on February 6, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Andrew Reynolds, who blogs under the title (and sometimes above it) of Andrew’s View of the Week. Andrew, whose stated goal is to become an “unsuccessful blogger,” writes bluntly, insightfully, and often wittily, about … Continue reading →

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