Elena Tucker·Apr 25Lonely like the wolfI can’t tell you the first time I howled. I was probably around 14 or 15 years old. I walked to the nearby park. It was not a full moon, I…A response icon3A response icon3
Elena Tucker·Mar 7The bracelet debacle: a crafts and cocktails cautionary taleWe all have strengths and weaknesses. We don’t know how far we can stretch, how much our weaknesses can turn into strengths, until we push…A response icon2A response icon2
Elena Tucker·Jan 2Last day of the year perspectives- Is there anything more pathetic than the last day of the year? Look at it. It looks like a wet rat. So many unrealized hopes and…A response icon1A response icon1
Elena Tucker·Dec 21, 2025The places we know …From a prompt in The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad, from the section on Seeing and Knowing.A response icon3A response icon3
Elena Tucker·Dec 15, 2025The parade will be here soon.It was a victory — an epic victory they shall one day sing songs about. I know you know the kind of songs I’m talking about. I’m talking…A response icon2A response icon2
Elena Tucker·Dec 5, 2025A tribute to my beloved mystery series.This blog is based on characters from Alexander McCall Smith’s The №1 Ladies’ Detective Agency characters. It was also written with the…A response icon1A response icon1
Elena Tucker·Nov 6, 2025Grief again.Grief is a strange thing. It is not linear. Although proximity to tragedy can alter grief’s intensity, grief really doesn’t follow any…
Elena Tucker·Oct 21, 2025How to bring about world peace.This blog is an experiment. I will write a blog on how I write a blog.A response icon1A response icon1
Elena Tucker·Sep 22, 2025August is the meanest month.April is the cruelest month, breeding/Lilacs out of dead land, mixing/Memory and desire, stirring/Dull roots with spring rain,” — opening…A response icon1A response icon1
