The Writings of Barbara Casey ...bridging the sacred & temporal
The Hunger Games Trilogy Book Review
I read The Hunger Games trilogy from two perspectives: that of senior citizen... and also a 1960s hippie. I was impressed on both counts. I may be a senior citizen now, but I'm also a counterculture hippie-type person from the 60s. So I read and then...
The Crash of 2016 by Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann reviews the "cycles of crisis" in the U.S. since the American Revolution In The Crash of 2016, Thom Hartmann documents why it is no longer wise to put faith in most elected politicians, or in our once-trusted institutions, especially the public media,...
Placing Punctuation with Quotation Marks
Do commas, periods, colons, semi-colons, exclamation points and question marks go before or after quotation marks? There are many different ways to use quotation marks and, in this tutorial, we'll look at sentence punctuation in relationship to quotations. In other...
Which Word is Correct?
When to Use "Lie" versus "Lay" A common word usage question is when to use "lie" versus "lay." Here's a quick tutorial with the meanings and rules for lie and lay. Lie: One usage of the verb “lie” means “to recline” I am going to lie down on the sofa for awhile. Watch...
Rules for the Most Common Spelling Mistakes
Spelling Rule for "Your" versus "You're" Here's a quickie tutorial for one of the most common spelling mistakes: knowing the spelling rule for “your” versus “you’re.” Your is the second person singular adjective that relates to something “you” possess: Your...