Food for Thought

Jayne Lisbeth

Dec 20 min read

Food for Thought blog

This month's post, https://www.jaynelisbeth.com/post/the-art-of-gift-wrapping explores what the ways you wrap gifts says about you!

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Jayne Lisbeth

Dec 16 min read

The Art of Gift Wrapping

I have spent the entire day wrapping gifts. I have wrapped my Christmas Cranberry Relish and special hand crafted or “store bought” gifts...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Nov 177 min read

I Stand Here Ironing

I decided to do something different in this Food for Thought. The writers group I've mentioned previously has contributed another round...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Oct 208 min read

What Fresh Hell is This

I am sharing that wonderful, witty statement, “ What Fresh Hell is This?” It is one of my favorite quotes from the most respected and...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Sep 15 min read

Age Appropriate

Cyndi Lauper performing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun..." I went "shopping in my closet," as my dear friend, Fran, used to say. I needed an...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Aug 44 min read

To Write or Not to Write

To write or not to write has been a question that comes to me only when I am not writing. Usually, I am in the active phase of self-doubt...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Jul 147 min read

Unexpected Connections

Of late, I have been obsessed with the value and the difficulties of positive communication. Thoughts go through my mind with no...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Jun 95 min read

A Desk of One's Own

Author's Note: I am resurrecting this short story I wrote in 2011, when researching my journals for my memoir, which eventually became...

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Jayne Lisbeth

May 56 min read

Sandwiching

CBS News recently aired a weeklong special on “Sandwiching.” I wondered if this was some series on new sandwich ideas, kinky sex antics....

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Jayne Lisbeth

Apr 74 min read

The Story behind Raising the Dead

As part of my Virtual Book Tour, which can be viewed (cut and paste) at: https://tinyurl.com/4ehtmk9a I was asked to write "The Story...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Mar 217 min read

Dish Towel Tales

As I was working on one of my favorite tasks, hanging wash out to dry on my clothesline, I began to reflect on my collection of dish...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Feb 184 min read

Post Valentines Day Love Lessons

We have a returning guest, a sweet little warbler. She usually comes with her mate but this year she returned alone. She knew all the...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Jan 284 min read

Shouldering On

Throughout my childhood I had always been a tomboy. I played with the boys even though I was often relegated to watching their battles...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Dec 17, 20236 min read

The Art of Reclusiveness

With age there is the realization that I am becoming more and more of a recluse. I have respect for other friends who have adopted the...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Nov 16, 20234 min read

Words

Words. They rule my life and the lives of us all; how we use them; how we express ourselves . The choices we make in our communication...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Oct 25, 20234 min read

My UFO Story

UFO Highway, Area 51, Rachel, Nevada In honor of Halloween and strange unexplainable experiences, I decided to share this life event of...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Oct 1, 20234 min read

A Love Letter to My Readers

I was recently asked by a friend and fellow writer, “What is your process of writing? How did you get published?” This opened up a...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Sep 9, 20234 min read

What did I do wrong?

Recently I had that special, cherished, looked-forward to experience: lunch with a dear friend. Jean and I met in 1991. She immediately...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Aug 13, 20235 min read

Marketing Strategies

The thrilling release of my second book, Raising the Dead, has filled me with enormous joy. And, excruciating, gut-wrenching fear. My box...

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Jayne Lisbeth

Aug 7, 20231 min read

RAISING THE DEAD HAS RISEN!!

Dear faithful readers, writers, friends, I am thrilled to announce that my second internationally published book has just been released! ...

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