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Jennifer Laurence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games ~ new essay & movie review on Underwords

Writers write even without the promise of publication A truism for most writers, I think. Whenever I get more than usually interested in something, my first thought is to write about it. I think it’s my natural inclination to share this intriguing or funny or insightful or powerful whatever-it-was with others, so that they can [...]

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The way back machine . . .

I was actually thinking, when I began typing that title, of the way back into writing regularly that I’ve been pursuing this week on this self-imposed retreat ~ writing that isn’t for classes or on student papers or for project overviews, etc. writing that is for me because it’s fun and it makes me feel [...]

The Dawn Simulator Alarm Clock – Tips For Choosing the Right One

The Dawn Simulator Alarm Clock has to be one of the brightest (you should pardon the pun) ideas of this century. Designed to work with your body’s natural rhythms to wake you up in the morning (or whenever it is you need to get up), rain or shine, daylight or dark outside, regardless of the [...]