Challenge: If you can guess the Christmas song that the following lyric excerpts belong to, then you win a free copy of my upcoming book I Don’t Drink Alone and Other Lies. Simply write the song to which the lyric belongs (in order) in the comments section. Challenge closes December 24th at midnight, moments before […] The post Guess the Christmas Song appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

Last year my son and his girlfriend bought me a very thick book titled 500 Writing Prompts. Whew. Not daunting at all… Well, I did delve in and the trick to not being overwhelmed was to start in the middle. It has worked for me so far. I don’t go in order of page numbers. […] The post Yikes-500 Writing Prompts appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

My last mail out I had asked my subscribers which upcoming book they would like to read of mine, given a choice of the three works currently in progress. The results are listed below in order of popularity: I Don’t Drink Alone and Other Lies-a hilarious essay collection Between Midnight and the Moon-Poetry Collection Daughter […] The post Just a Little Chat appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

It's hard to enjoy the last weeks of summer when you feel as though our world is on fire. The post Thinking About…The World Is On Fire appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

In a world of increasing Artificial Intelligence, are you missing the human touch? I am. In 1992, Bruce Springsteen penned a song titled “Human Touch”. I suppose he was ahead of his time. These days, the human touch seems to be missing, a dreadful consequence of automated life. It’s not that I’m a super social […] The post In a World of AI, Are You Missing the Human Touch? appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

Are you feeling the Magic of the season? For me, it comes and goes. I have days where I’m meh about it all. Whatever, Santa’s no big deal. And it’s just so damn dark all the time. Even though it’s been short days for almost two months, I’m still surprised when I look out the […] The post Seasonal Magic, Riddles, and a Recipe appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

WOMAN OF SOCIETY She attended charity soirees In borrowed dresses And Nobbed with the Hobbs A Woman of Society Her teeth shone brighter Than her one-karat Diamond She had exchanged For her original wedding ring She traded in friends For stepping-stones Social climbing a pastime With no concern who she treaded upon If it happened […] The post Woman of Society appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

Welcome spooky, October…looks like me trying to come up with a brilliant blog post… Well, September came and went in a flash. I didn’t write one post here and that is a first for me. I have never gone a whole month without writing something here. Should this concern me? I remember the early days […] The post October Lately appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

You are an unfinished poem Stuck in my heart, Appearing on the horizon Like an unanswered question Simple as one-two-three, Further from reality But as real as flesh on bone The lively echo of your smile Keeps me thinking, What's left incomplete Is sometimes just as sweet As the holy "amen" At the end of […] The post You Are an Unfinished Poem appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more

We’re already half way through summer. It always goes far too quickly of all the seasons. Winter? Dragging…like an ellipses. Spring? The start of a new thought; like a semicolon. Autumn? Gathering, like a comma ordering things. But summer! The exclamation of the seasons. Bright, long days, swimming, parties and other exclamatory activities! But gone […] The post Summer Reading and Reviews appeared first on Lisa Thomson~Author & Artist ..read more