The anTONIa Chronicles

I like to eat. There’s just no better way to put it. I like dinner. I like lunch. I like breakfast. Basically I like every meal (though I ...

I have a confession. Growing up I always wanted a cast on my arm and underarm crutches. Don't laugh. Those two things were the epitome ...

Summer time is swiftly approaching, and no one is more excited than me. T’is the season of the blockbuster. Movies choices just tend to ...

OK boys and girls, let’s all play the imagination game. Everyone close your eyes and prepare for a few mental images. First imagine a worl...

Lately the weather has done its share of letting me know it's getting close to that special time of year again – summertime! With the ar...

I wish I was only having a bad day. Every now and then we all have a bad day. From sunup to sundown nothing seems to go right. Usually y...

Math has never been my forte. It especially went downhill after I stopped taking piano lessons in high school (playing a musical instrument ...

Sorry that my Writing Wednesday posts were on hiatus for so long. I was sick, on spring break and a tad bit lazy. Now I’m back. I owe the W...

As I type these words I am so sleepy. Am I really only 27? Some days I feel at least 67. It’s not necessarily because of aches and pains....

I promise I’ve been getting up, getting out and doing something each week. I just haven’t written about what I’m doing in two months. Here’...

Forgot to post this last week. Sometimes I wonder if there is a sign on my head that says “Losers welcome!” Most men who’ve approached me...

'Tis Leap Day and only fitting and proper I present something you shall probably not see again from me for another four years - a fictio...

Apparently I didn't post Feb. 1 on my blog. Here it is as it appeared on Facebook. The Death Angel has struck again. First he took Ett...

Sorry I didn’t post last week for Writing Wednesday. I fell asleep after reading “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” Here are two posts for t...

Several years ago for the July 29, 2009 Writing Wednesday I posted a few of my favorite things. If Oprah can do it, so can I. Unfortunately,...

I haven’t written about my memories in a few weeks, but that doesn’t mean they were non-existent. The start of January means my dry run on t...

Apples are the best remedy. We’ve all heard the old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” It wasn’t until recently I learned how...

Blocker– block·er, noun, /ˈbläkər/ blockers, plural Dictionary.com definition: A person or thing that blocks, in particular. Urbandiction...

I concluded my dry run of 52 weeks of memories with a New Year’s Eve party/bday celebration at la casa in Lake City. The evening began with ...

In just two days I will be celebrating another birthday. Yay for me! Thirty is right around the corner, but I still have a couple of years b...