by Ryn Gargulinski | Aug 29, 2023 | Stories, writing
You know those amazing people who seem to be a walking catalog of phenomenal ideas? They rock, right? Well, not only do I know one of these people, but I know one who transforms her spectacular ideas into the best writing workshops north of Antarctica. Her name is...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Sep 28, 2022 | Stories
Hurricane Ian may be whipping around instilling terror and flooding, but the first thing he brought my way was unbridled crankiness. And defiance. Crankiness because of the boxed-in darkness that has become our house once we put up the hurricane shutters. (Yes,...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Jul 23, 2022 | Stories
I used to live in a dilapidated New York City building where sewer rats climbed up through the drain to fight in the shower. Thanks to recovery, I now live in paradise. Yeah, we still have rats. But they’re pack rats that have so far stayed outside (knock wood). And...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Apr 7, 2022 | Stories
Happiness and Joy During Turbulent Times: Ryn Gargulinski (Rynski) On How To Live With Joie De Vivre, Even When It Feels Like The Whole World Is Pulling You Down Want to be happy? Then stop just wishing around. The key to happiness is… Action. Thinking your way...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Dec 12, 2021 | Stories
Every time I think of my old decked-out car, I think of George. No, George was not a mechanic at the local garage. He was a business advisor at Tucson SCORE. And my car wasn’t decked out to go 800 miles an hour—or I would have surely speeded my way out of my driver’s...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 9, 2018 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, death, poetry, writing
Gotta ban guns. Gotta ban knives. Gotta ban sticks. They all take lives. Gotta ban bats. Gotta ban rocks. Gotta ban lasers and tasers that shock. Gotta ban pepper spray. Gotta ban stones. They go with the sticks and break all your bones. Gotta ban...