Fired Up for Summer
The Spring ritual remains the same. We open up the sun porch, uncover the furniture, put potting soil in the planters and check the gas grill. But this year held a surprise. Our beloved grill […]
Author: Donna Cavanagh
Donna Cavanagh is founder of HumorOutcasts.com (HO) and the partner publishing company, HumorOutcasts Press which now includes the labels Shorehouse Books and Corner Office Books (HOPress-Shorehousebooks.com). As "den mother" to the more than 100 aspiring and accomplished writers, producers, comics and authors, Cavanagh's goal is to allow creativity to flow. She is a former journalist who made an unscheduled stop into humor more than 20 years ago. Her syndicated columns helped her gain a national audience when her work landed in the pages of First Magazine and USA Today. She teaches the how-to lessons of humor and publishing at conferences and workshops throughout the country including The Philadelphia Writers' Conference and Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. The author of four humor books, Cavanagh hopes her latest book, How to Write and Share Humor: Techniques to Tickle Funny Bones and Win Fans, will encourage writers not only to embrace their humor talents but show them off as well.
Our Meat Might Not Moo in the Future
Getting ready to chomp down on your first juicy burger of the barbecue season? Well, right now you know where that meat came from, but in a few years, that might not be the case. […]
Will Video Poker Make me Rich?
I live about an hour or so from Atlantic City. I only realized I lived that close about three years ago. Usually, if I headed to the beach, I headed to the water and sand and […]
Food, Hormones and…I forgot
I want to believe with every fiber of my being that people break into my house and steal my food. This is the best explanation I have for why my refrigerator is empty. I go […]
The Bathrobe, The Mother-in-Law and Coffee
It was lunchtime and I was tired of working, so I ran to my favorite cafe to get a cup of coffee and a muffin. There was some kind of technical glitch with the coffee […]
Atheists Rescue Christian Pets
What is a devoted Christian to do? Here, the Rapture is only one day away and many Christians have yet to make survival arrangements for their little Fido or Kitty. As everyone knows, pets can’t […]
Lady Garanimals: A Million Dollar Idea
I love clothes, but I have to admit that when it comes to coordinating outfits, I am pretty much a disaster. Okay, I can match solids to prints, but I get lost when it comes […]
The Almost Demise of a Woodchuck
I live in a split-level development on a half-acre of land in suburban Philadelphia. While I may not have to worry about bears or lions showing up to devour my family, I do at times […]