by Gail Cushman | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
People often ask how I came up with the name “Wrinkly Bits.” It’s an odd name for a book series but it isn’t really complicated. I was born in 1946, a year after World War II ended, one of the first baby boomers. The term baby boomer is usually defined as those born...
by Gail Cushman | Jun 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have a short name, four letters, one syllable, easy to roll off your tongue. Gail. But I’ve been called a lot of things through the years. My two brothers and my father had nicknames for me, which I won’t mention because the Facebook police might lock me up. I think...
by Gail Cushman | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Boise is growing by leaps and bounds and with it, big changes are happening. I have always said, “Change is good,” because generally good things emerge with change, but now I’m not so sure. The acres of corn and other grain that grew in fields in and around Boise now...
by Gail Cushman | Jun 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week my life took a new direction, which can be good, but I’m puzzling a bit about this twist and turn. It seems my life is not my own, which makes me cranky. I’m used to sitting in front of my window watching my neighbors stroll by, some with dogs, some with...
by Gail Cushman | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Blog by Gail Cushman As you know, my grandmother often said, “There’s a bus leaving tomorrow, I might as well be on it,” so I got on a bus this week. Accompanied by a dozen other “women of a certain age,” except for one, who was about age forty,...