CJ's Writer Thoughts

My Dad, Joe Parrish I woke up this morning feeling homesick for my dad. It was only 4:30 in the morning though, and way too early to cal...

Owen Between the two of us, Robert and I have four children.  All live in four different states, which is why at first we choose to li...

Rusty and Kathleen I have a poet friend I've known for almost forever.  His name is Rusty Daily and he and his wife, Kathleen, live ...

"Life is unfair, and it’s not fair that life is unfair." ~Edward Abbey, 1927~1989 Why is it ... Someday, when I get to h...

Authors and Speakers:  Do Not List Your Appearance Schedules Online This article is being written to all who do, or are planning to do,...

Who the heck is CJ Heck? With a bored sigh, you probably think, "Oh, she writes children's poetry ... just like hundreds of ot...

Heartbeats  What if we're born with  a predetermined number of heartbeats  and, when they're gone,  we're gone? ...

Fresh Lemonade With my coffee this morning, I was thinking about one day when I still lived in Pennsylvania.  It was summer and I was d...