fiction – Lisa Binsfeld author

An Ode to Firsts

And making peace with life’s clutter Ahhh… January, the first month of the year. Decorations are down, the house feels clean and open, the last of the cookies have vacated the premises along with your college-aged kid. In checkout lines, austere magazine covers beckon, promising a worry-free future where matching bins and stacking pantryware andContinueContinue reading “An Ode to Firsts”

Year-end Musings

And – Ta-daaah! – My Book Cover December. I both love it and dread it. Do you? A few of the things I love: The Phoenix weather. After a fickle November, where the high might be 90 or 60, December settles into long stretches of days hovering around 70 degrees. Just nippy enough for a sweaterContinueContinue reading “Year-end Musings”

Ask and you shall… give

The reciprocal joy of asking a favor Raise your hand if you like to help people. I know I do. Now, raise your hand if the idea of asking for help can send you into a guilty, stomach-churning spiral: Should I? Shouldn’t I? If I ask, will this person think less of me? On this one, I am goingContinueContinue reading “Ask and you shall… give”

How To Train Your Human, part 2

Now, a few words from Ella on the subject Humans. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. Well, maybe you brawny German Shepherds and Dobermans, or you scrapy mutts would stand a fighting chance out on the streets, but when you’re a seven-pound piece of fluff living in a town teeming with speeding carsContinueContinue reading “How To Train Your Human, part 2”