I'm not really all that grouchy today, but I sort of feel like, you know, I could be, if I amass enough minor irritants - such as the phone call I just got from my mother-in-law, with the latest health alert. You know we're off to a good start when she starts off the story, the one that caused her to drop everything and call me right that second, with "there was this girl down in Georgia who..." But I aspire higher than mother-in-law rants, so I embarked on a search for writing inspiration... read more