by Lucy Grecu | Aug 14, 2026 | Mundane Wonder, Perspective Shift, Story Time, Two Cents
Friday! It’s Friday! You know what that means! It means that on Wednesday, I looked at my blog and went, “MMMMM maybe not…” And then I looked at it again on Thursday and went, “MMMMM I still don’t wanna!” And now we’re...
by Lucy Grecu | Jul 29, 2026 | Mundane Wonder, Perspective Shift, Story Time, Two Cents
Dead-end street I grew up in a Spanish colonial revival house. It was the very first house on the right-hand side of a dead-end street. I’d ride my scooter up and down and up and down. It felt a hundred miles long. My best friend at the time lived at the very...
by Lucy Grecu | Jul 15, 2026 | Mundane Wonder, Story Time, TV Talk, Two Cents
When I was little, I didn’t always like being a girl. Not in a hateful way, or a depressed way. I just have an older brother, and he’s really cool, so I used to think that boys were just so much cooler than girls. Boys had things easier and could do things...
by Lucy Grecu | Jun 3, 2026 | Mundane Wonder, Perspective Shift, Story Time
Long day’s end. I pulled into my driveway after a long day. Well, a long week. Although I guess it was still only Thursday. It was late—at least after 6. But winter was over, so the sky was still bright. The sun still hung in the pale blue sky. But the technical...
by Lucy Grecu | May 13, 2026 | Perspective Shift, Story Time, Two Cents
I do not like insects. Spiders. Crickets. Bees. (Oh my). You name the insect, I’m not a fan. (Yes, I know spiders are arachnids. Saying “arthropod” as a general term felt pretentious.) I see one daddy long-legs and I freeze up. If one ant even...
by Lucy Grecu | May 1, 2026 | Story Time, Writing
Flash Fiction Friday! Is that a thing? It is today. Will it happen again? Who knows! I hope so! Have you ever written flash fiction? No, I’m not talking about fan fiction about the fastest man alive. Flash fiction! Where all you’ve got is a limited amount...
Oh, I love that song! Unlike my friends from The Company, though, I never heard it in the context of…
So glad to hear that, Mattie! You're welcome for the reminder.
Hi Judy! I'll be staying in Cambridge :-)
I have the same Neverland feeling about Regina Spektor's "The Call". It was SUCH a powerful song to me when…
Wow Lucy, this hits home for me! I hate endings and uncertain futures. But thinking about eternity is a blessing…