DEEPLY SLEEPLESS Beverly Van Pelt

Guitarist Patrick Golden (The Piscean Creed, Bog Iron, Vulture King) performed the US National Anthem at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, CA ahead of the Monterey Bay Football Club match on October 25, 2025. The evening was marked heavy fog which…

Cynthia Gregory 10 minute Writing Exercise – no punctuation              PROMPT: Party Line METAPHOR

So much input all the time It’s the Party Line phone lines I remember the TV commercials when I was a little little kid you could call…

Cynthia Gregory 15 minute Writing Exercise       PROMPT: After the end

After the end credits roll, what happens to the movie. Sometimes the audience claps, sometimes they sit in silence, they always get up and leave, leaving behind their trash –…

Cynthia Gregory 5 minutes Writing Exercise – no punctuation              Prompt: Intuition

In mid speech I suddenly looked out the window why I don’t know something alerted me something said Hey Look and I looked there on the approach was my…

Cynthia Gregory 10 minute Writing Exercise           PROMPT: Moment of Truth

As I walked through the doors into the doctor’s office, I started to shake violently. It was the proverbial “moment of truth”. 

Checking IN at the front desk, the assistant…

Cynthia Gregory 5 minutes Writing Exercise       PROMPT: Sacred Space

We were all crammed into the small elevator on the way up to the cramped, small office where every cubicle was already occupied. Everyone scrambled for the Board Room each hoping…

Cynthia Gregory 5 minutes Writing Exercise   Prompt: Crimson

Crimson Peak. A luscious movie by Guillermo del Toro. Victorian Gothic. Just what we love to spend time doing together – watching dark, lavish films. 

We met in film school. Can it…

I found this very wide tie in this luxurious Athens blue and Olympus gold. Made me feel like a total boss today! I needed this in the most Gothic Gourmet way.

It turns out that I am overdue to my…

BIRTHDAY CARD: AI depiction of Beverly Van Pelt as “Bev with the Pearl Earring” next to the portrait of “Girl with the Pearl Earring”

For my birthday, I received this surprising and lovely card from my surprising and lovely inlaws…

Any recommendations for accounting / check writing software? Turns out this is the year for an upgrade on several levels and this is a really important one. Is there a software that you like? Why do you like it? Can…

We're on a Cruise!

4-night Cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. Going to share a few shots of us on vacation.

ENSENDA, MEXICO

Dress designer: Universal Thread Goods Company (Old Navy); Shoes: Baretraps (Macy's)

The morning started out overcast for the third…

We're on a Cruise!

4-night Cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. Going to share a few shots of us on vacation.

CATALINA ISLAND

This pic shows how happy we are!

26 years ago, on our last cruise, we chose not to go…