Do you need all those RV goodies?
This time I'm writing about RV goodies that some of us want, some of us need, and some of us simply can't live without. Just like a home, owners can define and personalize their living space and lifestyle by the add-ons. And RV add-ons can be just as expensive as home accessories and improvements.
Our neighbors next door just added a new screen room to their motorhome today. Now they can sit outside, bug free. Only thing is, there are no bugs where we’re parked in Arizona. This is the most bug-free place I’ve ever been. Screen rooms are nice in places where the air is thick with mosquitoes, flies, and other airborne nuisances, but these screened porches are also nice for creating a private space outdoors. And they're only one type of goody that RVers can add to their homes on wheels.
Some items are required for comfort and safety, but some are "gotta have its," and not necessities. Still, they add a lot to the RVing experience. Some other goodies are "over-the tops" that simply make life more pleasurable.
We’ve added a few gotta have-its to our RV, too. We have an outdoor rug that matches the coach so that as little dirt as possible is tracked indoors onto our carpets. We have awnings all around, which not only shade the windows, but also allow us to leave windows and the door open when it rains for air circulation. Awnings are definitely requirements for us.
Tire-covers are required items. They protect the tires from ultraviolet rays and help them last longer. Most RV tires never get enough mileage on them to wear out. Instead, the sun cracks the sidewalls and the tires usually fail long before the tread wears down. That’s why it’s recommended to replace tires at least every seven years, even if the tread looks fine. Tire covers help extend the life of tires.
A screen covers our front windshield and side driving compartment windows while we’re parked to help filter the sun and for the extra privacy they provide during daytime hours. It does little at night with lights on in the motorhome, so would fall under the heading of a gotta have-it.
We also installed a folding shade on the inside of the windshield that can block the sun on bright days, or can provide complete privacy. We discovered these shades after leaving the car parked in the hot sun while at shopping centers during our first season in Arizona. The driver can simply grab each side of the shade and fasten it together with the snap and loop fastener attachment. Then when we got ready to drive, it’s simple to unfasten the shade in the center and let it snap back into position on each side. When it’s folded back, it takes less than an inch of storage space, so it definitely doesn’t cause a hazard by blocking the view. In fact, it isn’t even noticeable.
We finally bought one for the motorhome, and have had one installed on the three cars we’ve owned since first spending our first winter in Arizona. They’re definitely requirements for anyone who lives or spends time in hot, sunny climates.
We can see a motorhome from our site right now that has screens attached to the outside of all its windows. These are custom made and help cut the glare on windows while providing privacy during the daytime. To us, these would definitely fall under the heading of over-the-top extravagances.
Then there are the lawn chairs. Every season it seems, a new, more comfortable model comes out, and some RVers rush out to purchase the latest thing. It’s the same with barbeque grills. Some RV Parks furnish them, but after we saw someone put his sewer hose on top of a grill, we realized having our own was a requirement. But some RVers rush out to buy the newest model every year. We found one small enough to haul around in its own carrying case, and we’re sticking with it.
There are so many other items RVers can spend extra cash on, like a cover for the stovetop that keeps it from rattling while driving down the road. It also provides a little extra work space when the stove isn’t in use. However, the times when I’m cooking are the times when I need extra countertop space. Then I have to find a place somewhere out of the way to store the heavy wooden cover so it doesn’t crack somebody’s ankle if it falls over as they walk by. I guess when we bought it, it was one of those gotta have-its. It does do a good job of hiding a dirty stovetop when company drops by unexpectedly!
Other accessories are mostly decorative. But to most women, those are requirements simply because they make the RV more homelike. Consider cookware and dishes. You gotta have them, so why not buy pretty ones? I bought expensive dinnerware similar to the old Melmac of the ‘50s, but thin like china, while we were in Canada. Next I purchased placemats, napkins, and cute decorative napkin rings that coordinated. I still use the dishes, but I couldn’t locate the rest of those other little gotta have-its if my life depended on it. Guests get paper napkins if they’re lucky. If I’m out of those, they’re offered a paper towel to dab their mouths and protect their laps. And napkin rings? Anyone out there need some cute, colorful parrot napkin rings when I find them?
All semblance of “class” disappeared from view in this RV after only a few months on the road!
Next on the RVer’s list are the various vehicles to get around an RV Park like bicycles, over-sized tricycles, Segways, scooters, 4-wheelers, etc. Prices on these things can set you back a few thousand dollars. Hoofing it is a lot cheaper, even with the price of new walking shoes every so often, and walking helps keep weight under control (the RV's and yours). Or so I'm told!
If you’re buying a new RV, realize that your first trip to a camping store will probably set you back some big bucks after you spot items you can’t live or travel without. You’ll quickly create your own list of requirements, gotta-have its, and over-the-tops to outfit your home on the road.
Next you’ll be renting a storage locker to store all the stuff you bought for your new lifestyle, but soon realized was taking up too much space. It’s a lesson all RVers learn sooner or later, some much later than sooner. Travel in your RV for awhile and observe what other RVers have and use. Ask them how important various items are, and why. You’ll save lots of money if you determine what you can’t live without before loading your RV down with a lot of gotta have-its and over-the-tops that will add weight to your RV and that you’ll never use.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Today's Articles
- Progress on book and readers’ contributions
Book blog address: http://lookingbackboomersrememberhistory.blogspot.com and http://boomersrememberhistory.blogspot.com - RVing to explore history
- A bit about grammar
Contributors to Looking Back who are also Subscribers
There are some wonderfully talented writers among the list of subscribers to this newsletter (there are probably a lot more, but I haven’t seen everyone’s writing. I would like to pay tribute to them. In all, 19 people sent in 22 essays and 2 poems that recalled history from World War II to Hurricane Katrina. One even sent an essay about one of the future challenges I wrote about concerning health problems that we face in the new Century—eating disorders. That disorder seems to be a growing trend, and a worrisome one for all parents of teenagers, especially girls.
The book’s contributors are listed in alphabetical order:
Dave Beckes wrote a great article about what it was like to have been brought up in a segregated world, then to suddenly join the integrated society of military life. Dave manages to capture a snapshot of being exposed to people different from him after he joined the military during the Vietnam War, and recalls how racism sometimes filtered into their lives even while in faraway ports. He also poignantly describes serving aboard ship just off the coast of Vietnam, and how he hesitated to get acquainted with some Marines onboard after one he became friendly with failed to returned from a mission into the thick of war.
Bill Chatham recalls in his essay that he wasn’t all that interested in history until he had raised “four new history deficient people.” Then he remembers someone saying one day, “Everyone remembers where they were the day Kennedy died,” and he realized he did. He recalls sharing some significant historic moments while gathered around a card table with friends, and how that helped him realize the importance of all he had lived through.
Nola Rae Lewis remembers graduating from high school just as World War II ended, and then meeting her husband in college, which he was attending as a veteran returning from the War. She relates the contribution to their lives of the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act, which was passed to help those who fought in that War return to civilian life. She recalls that the Veteran’s education bill paid for her husband’s education, and a Veteran’s Administration loan helped them buy their first home.
Maria Russell remembers the devastating effect of Hurricane Katrina. She and her husband had just settled down in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi after years of living aboard a boat and traveling along the coasts of the United States while raising their kids. Hurricane Katrina destroyed their two-year-old home, leaving nothing but a couple of pilings standing. She recalls returning after having evacuated ahead of the storm, and helping neighbors clean up, then getting a 5th-wheel and truck and once again becoming nomads. Maria also recalls a bit of humor as well as the generosity of ordinary people when she went into a store to purchase a cosmetic product following the hurricane.
Rev. Barry Zavah captures the essence of growing up as a baby boomer in an “Ozzie and Harriett world,” then in less than a decade, being confronted with a drastically different existence. In his words, “ America went from the music of Little Stevie Wonder and The Beach Boys to acid rock; bobby sox to mini-skirts; June Cleaver to woman’s lib; segregation to black power; turbo props to moon landings.” On television, he witnessed images of the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, riots, and assassinations, all within the space of a decade. He recalls a lifetime of a Boomer’s memories in his essay.
If I’ve left anyone out, please let me know.
The wonder of it all
One of my main reasons for writing this book was because I realized the influence television has had on the Boomer generation, and the effects of seeing all the startling images flashed on screens in living rooms, night after night. Those around from the ‘40s to the ‘70s witnessed the violence, turbulence, political upheaval, and other disturbing scenes that seemed without end. And then we watched with amazement as the first astronauts landed on the moon and stepped out onto its surface. What a thrill to see that historic moment!
The world has changed drastically since the ‘40s. Who would have thought following World War II that in only a few years, our domestic tranquility would be challenged by issues like integration and civil rights?
Integration was a big deal for those of us born before the early ‘70s and who had previously lived segregated lives. And yes, I realize there are still areas of our country that are segregated to this day! But even those people who live in segregated communities are used to now seeing all races living, working together, and getting along in movies and on TV. I can remember when there was a huge uproar in the ‘60s because a white female singer, Petula Clark, touched the arm of black singer, Harry Belafonte, while performing on television together. That was the first physical contact between a man and woman of opposite sexes on television.
In the book, I cover the integration crisis at Little Rock Central High School because I was a student there at the time. We students weren’t concerned that black kids would be going to school with us. Our lives focused on ourselves, like most teenagers. Clothes (poodle skirts or matching sweaters and straight skirts, penny loafers or saddle oxfords, and bobby sox) and hair (ponytails and duck tails) consumed the attention of the girls.
I doubt that the boys were thinking much about what to wear, but their hair was obviously a concern because they all began sporting flat tops and crewcuts. Most had sports on their mind, just like now. We were all captured by the new music, rock ‘n’ roll, and anxious to learn the newest dance craze. We went to the drive-in movies to watch the latest movies under the stars and to mingle with friends at the snack bar. That was our lives, in a nutshell. I’m sure some kids I went to school with were racists, but in a mix of more than 2000 students, I didn’t know them personally and didn’t witness any violence.
To suddenly be confronted with mobs of racists outside the school seeking to prevent integration was horrifying to most of us, just as it was to the nation and world that watched the scenes unfold on television. But we students kept our mouths shut because we were afraid—of what, we weren’t sure. We didn’t even talk among ourselves about the conflict. Emotionally, we were still children, prematurely faced with grown-up realities that most of us had never been exposed to, or had expected to face. This drama hadn’t been listed in our instruction book for growing up.
But, we made it through, just like most of our generation who didn’t either get killed in Vietnam or wasted by drugs in the ‘60s. Now, some of us are talking about what happened back then at Central High, and in the world at large. The crisis at Central changed my life, and I write about that. Two excellent essays appear in the book about Central High that year of 1957/58.
Because of television, everyone living now was a part of history as no other generation in history has been. We were sometimes ashamed, sometimes astonished, and sometimes horrified and saddened by what we saw, but I somehow think it strengthened those of us who survived it all.
The book is at the publisher’s and I’ve already approved the cover design. The design is outstanding, and I think all the contributors will be pleased when they see it. Many different stories appear in the book, and some come from different viewpoints. But then, they all reflect the diversity and fortitude of Americans at large. That’s what makes this country great! We lived it, we survived it, and now our stories are about to come out in print!
I’ll email subscribers when it is printed and ready for sale.
There are some wonderfully talented writers among the list of subscribers to this newsletter (there are probably a lot more, but I haven’t seen everyone’s writing. I would like to pay tribute to them. In all, 19 people sent in 22 essays and 2 poems that recalled history from World War II to Hurricane Katrina. One even sent an essay about one of the future challenges I wrote about concerning health problems that we face in the new Century—eating disorders. That disorder seems to be a growing trend, and a worrisome one for all parents of teenagers, especially girls.
The book’s contributors are listed in alphabetical order:
Dave Beckes wrote a great article about what it was like to have been brought up in a segregated world, then to suddenly join the integrated society of military life. Dave manages to capture a snapshot of being exposed to people different from him after he joined the military during the Vietnam War, and recalls how racism sometimes filtered into their lives even while in faraway ports. He also poignantly describes serving aboard ship just off the coast of Vietnam, and how he hesitated to get acquainted with some Marines onboard after one he became friendly with failed to returned from a mission into the thick of war.
Bill Chatham recalls in his essay that he wasn’t all that interested in history until he had raised “four new history deficient people.” Then he remembers someone saying one day, “Everyone remembers where they were the day Kennedy died,” and he realized he did. He recalls sharing some significant historic moments while gathered around a card table with friends, and how that helped him realize the importance of all he had lived through.
Nola Rae Lewis remembers graduating from high school just as World War II ended, and then meeting her husband in college, which he was attending as a veteran returning from the War. She relates the contribution to their lives of the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act, which was passed to help those who fought in that War return to civilian life. She recalls that the Veteran’s education bill paid for her husband’s education, and a Veteran’s Administration loan helped them buy their first home.
Maria Russell remembers the devastating effect of Hurricane Katrina. She and her husband had just settled down in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi after years of living aboard a boat and traveling along the coasts of the United States while raising their kids. Hurricane Katrina destroyed their two-year-old home, leaving nothing but a couple of pilings standing. She recalls returning after having evacuated ahead of the storm, and helping neighbors clean up, then getting a 5th-wheel and truck and once again becoming nomads. Maria also recalls a bit of humor as well as the generosity of ordinary people when she went into a store to purchase a cosmetic product following the hurricane.
Rev. Barry Zavah captures the essence of growing up as a baby boomer in an “Ozzie and Harriett world,” then in less than a decade, being confronted with a drastically different existence. In his words, “ America went from the music of Little Stevie Wonder and The Beach Boys to acid rock; bobby sox to mini-skirts; June Cleaver to woman’s lib; segregation to black power; turbo props to moon landings.” On television, he witnessed images of the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, riots, and assassinations, all within the space of a decade. He recalls a lifetime of a Boomer’s memories in his essay.
If I’ve left anyone out, please let me know.
The wonder of it all
One of my main reasons for writing this book was because I realized the influence television has had on the Boomer generation, and the effects of seeing all the startling images flashed on screens in living rooms, night after night. Those around from the ‘40s to the ‘70s witnessed the violence, turbulence, political upheaval, and other disturbing scenes that seemed without end. And then we watched with amazement as the first astronauts landed on the moon and stepped out onto its surface. What a thrill to see that historic moment!
The world has changed drastically since the ‘40s. Who would have thought following World War II that in only a few years, our domestic tranquility would be challenged by issues like integration and civil rights?
Integration was a big deal for those of us born before the early ‘70s and who had previously lived segregated lives. And yes, I realize there are still areas of our country that are segregated to this day! But even those people who live in segregated communities are used to now seeing all races living, working together, and getting along in movies and on TV. I can remember when there was a huge uproar in the ‘60s because a white female singer, Petula Clark, touched the arm of black singer, Harry Belafonte, while performing on television together. That was the first physical contact between a man and woman of opposite sexes on television.
In the book, I cover the integration crisis at Little Rock Central High School because I was a student there at the time. We students weren’t concerned that black kids would be going to school with us. Our lives focused on ourselves, like most teenagers. Clothes (poodle skirts or matching sweaters and straight skirts, penny loafers or saddle oxfords, and bobby sox) and hair (ponytails and duck tails) consumed the attention of the girls.
I doubt that the boys were thinking much about what to wear, but their hair was obviously a concern because they all began sporting flat tops and crewcuts. Most had sports on their mind, just like now. We were all captured by the new music, rock ‘n’ roll, and anxious to learn the newest dance craze. We went to the drive-in movies to watch the latest movies under the stars and to mingle with friends at the snack bar. That was our lives, in a nutshell. I’m sure some kids I went to school with were racists, but in a mix of more than 2000 students, I didn’t know them personally and didn’t witness any violence.
To suddenly be confronted with mobs of racists outside the school seeking to prevent integration was horrifying to most of us, just as it was to the nation and world that watched the scenes unfold on television. But we students kept our mouths shut because we were afraid—of what, we weren’t sure. We didn’t even talk among ourselves about the conflict. Emotionally, we were still children, prematurely faced with grown-up realities that most of us had never been exposed to, or had expected to face. This drama hadn’t been listed in our instruction book for growing up.
But, we made it through, just like most of our generation who didn’t either get killed in Vietnam or wasted by drugs in the ‘60s. Now, some of us are talking about what happened back then at Central High, and in the world at large. The crisis at Central changed my life, and I write about that. Two excellent essays appear in the book about Central High that year of 1957/58.
Because of television, everyone living now was a part of history as no other generation in history has been. We were sometimes ashamed, sometimes astonished, and sometimes horrified and saddened by what we saw, but I somehow think it strengthened those of us who survived it all.
The book is at the publisher’s and I’ve already approved the cover design. The design is outstanding, and I think all the contributors will be pleased when they see it. Many different stories appear in the book, and some come from different viewpoints. But then, they all reflect the diversity and fortitude of Americans at large. That’s what makes this country great! We lived it, we survived it, and now our stories are about to come out in print!
I’ll email subscribers when it is printed and ready for sale.
Standing on this spot in Big Hole Montana where the Nez Perce Indians were ambushed by the U.S. Army early one morning before dawn, visitors can still feel the terror and horror of that battle. More than 100 years later, the wind howling through their abandoned camp sounds like the screams and moans of the women, children, and elders who were killed that day. In spite of the surprise raid, the Nez Perce managed to defeat the troops on this spot. Many lived to fight another day after a long march through a portion of what is now Yellowstone and up through Montana in bitter cold as they faced starvation.
Searching for History in Your RV
One of the best uses we’ve found for our motorhome is exploring historic sites. We’ve all read about the Wild West; places like Tombstone, Virginia City, the Black Hills of South Dakota. We’ve heard about the Oregon Trail and the people who followed it west to new homes and lives. We know about the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere’s ride through the area warning settlers that the British were coming.
There’s so much history in this country that didn’t have much meaning to me until I started traveling in an RV. We had made plenty of trips across the country on vacations, but mostly we were rushing to visit relatives, then rushing back to wherever my husband was stationed at the time.
It wasn’t until the early ‘90s that we finally found time to meander and talk to people we met. In 1993 or 1994 I was directed to a man to interview in Mountain View, Arkansas for an article I was writing about the area’s music and attractions. That man quickly became a friend and a fountain of information about the Civil War and other interesting stories from the past. You see, when I met him, he was already in his mid-eighties and had known his grandfather, who was born before the Civil War. Suddenly history was alive, and I was hooked.
Next I met an elderly woman who also lived in Northern Arkansas, and did she ever have some stories to tell. I was sent to her to find out about some of my ancestors who had settled that area, but I learned a whole lot more. She was active in politics and served on Clinton’s presidential election committee, even at her advanced age. And she knew a whole lot about history. Now I was really hooked on history.
Now, every trip we make involves checking out historic sites, no matter whether it is famous or a lesser known place. We’ve walked the streets of Tombstone. We’ve visited Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood. We followed the Freedom Trail in Boston and saw where the tea was dumped. We went aboard the U.S.S. Constitution while it was being restored in Boston Harbor. We climbed to the top of Washington’s Memorial in D.C. (no longer allowed—too many people suffered heart attacks climbing the 800 breath-robbing steps). We visited Dealey Plaza in Dallas where President Kennedy was assassinated. These visits gave us a close-up perspective on those events, but a couple of historic sites really moved us.
We visited Northeastern Oregon because my family had settled there in 1878. While there, I became curious about the story of Chief Joseph and his people, the Nez Perce Indians who had called that area home before the land was taken from them by the government. We followed their trail to Big Hole, Montana, where the U.S. Cavalry ambushed them early one morning before dawn and killed numerous women, children, and elders. You see, they had already left their homeland headed for Canada after being forced out when their treaty was voided. The story gets even worse before they finally surrendered and were forbidden to ever return to their beloved homeland.
This was one of the most horrifying stories I’ve ever encountered, but it made me realize that behind every historic event are real people whose lives are affected. I felt similar sadness when I explored the Civil War Battlefield in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Enemies, some of them relatives and former friends of each other, fought face-to-face battles over principles that are difficult to understand now. Traveling through the Battlefield and imagining the hardships they faced, as well as the terror that reigned on the townsfolk, was almost more than I could bear—even after almost 150 years.
That sums up why traveling to the sites where history is made is so educational. It gives an up-close perspective when you can stand on the ground where historic figures stood. You can almost hear the battles. You can almost see the wounded and feel their pain. Your stomach growls in sympathy and you want to cry out when you learn that the townspeople and Rebel soldiers at Vicksburg were reduced to eating shoe leather before the siege on the city finally ended. How did this happen in a civilized country, among civilized people?
Traveling gives you a personal perspective that makes history hard to forget, and makes you realize how lucky you are to be living now. It instructs you to understand that as a civilized country, we must never let issues divide us so deeply again. And that’s what learning history is all about, in the first place. It teaches lessons for the future so the same types of mistakes are never repeated.
If you have an RV and haven’t yet explored some historic sites, think about making that your next RVing adventure. There are sites all across the country, so a long trek shouldn’t be necessary. Simply hop in the RV, turn the key, and drive down the road a piece where you’re sure to find something significant from the past, no matter where you live.
A Bit About Grammar
I’ve written about this subject before, but I may have made a slight mistake on one point. I said that periods and commas should always go inside quotation marks. Well, it seems the world has passed me by, and me without a clue that I wasn’t “hip”. I kept wondering why I saw so many people putting the punctuation outside the quote marks. I’ve even seen it a few times in publications, but I just figured the editors were ignorant. Yeah, that’s it, they were ignorant. Certainly it wasn’t me.
When I had Looking Back edited, the editor asked me if I didn’t want to put some of my punctuation marks outside the quotes. I quickly answered, “No way! Why would I want to do that?” Well, she tells me, this has become an accepted way to do it now because it makes more sense to some people. Whether it was the failure of teachers to teach proper grammar, or lazy people who didn’t learn the rules, I don’t know. But just like some of the other rules that have changed in recent years, it is now acceptable to put commas and periods outside the quotation marks on occasion, as listed below.
It is acceptable when you include a word or phrase inside quotation marks at the end of a sentence, but that is not a direct quote.
Example, outside: He claimed he was a “General”.
Example, inside: He said, “I am a General.”
Okay, now that I’ve told you this, I can say that I honestly can’t do it. I can still hear the English teachers screaming at us to learn the rule about commas and periods going inside the quotation marks. So I left my punctuation as I had been taught in my new book, Looking Back. If that marks me as old-fashioned or behind the times, so be it. Until I have a magazine editor say something about it, I will continue to punctuate the traditional way.
And I realize rules do change. I can remember in school learning to use commas everywhere. There were a million rules about using commas. Then one day, it became acceptable to basically only use commas to separate clauses in places where you would pause in speech. That was a lot easier for me, I’ll admit, but I still use more than many other writers. Sometimes if you’re not careful, carefully worded sentences can turn into long, confusing run-on sentences that have to be read several times to make sense.
So here is a place where you can go for help when you’re confused about a grammar point. A site called Ask the Grammar Lady is operated by a former teacher. You can go to her website, or direct your grammar questions to: p.acton@mchsi.com.
Best of luck with all your writing adventures.
I’ve written about this subject before, but I may have made a slight mistake on one point. I said that periods and commas should always go inside quotation marks. Well, it seems the world has passed me by, and me without a clue that I wasn’t “hip”. I kept wondering why I saw so many people putting the punctuation outside the quote marks. I’ve even seen it a few times in publications, but I just figured the editors were ignorant. Yeah, that’s it, they were ignorant. Certainly it wasn’t me.
When I had Looking Back edited, the editor asked me if I didn’t want to put some of my punctuation marks outside the quotes. I quickly answered, “No way! Why would I want to do that?” Well, she tells me, this has become an accepted way to do it now because it makes more sense to some people. Whether it was the failure of teachers to teach proper grammar, or lazy people who didn’t learn the rules, I don’t know. But just like some of the other rules that have changed in recent years, it is now acceptable to put commas and periods outside the quotation marks on occasion, as listed below.
It is acceptable when you include a word or phrase inside quotation marks at the end of a sentence, but that is not a direct quote.
Example, outside: He claimed he was a “General”.
Example, inside: He said, “I am a General.”
Okay, now that I’ve told you this, I can say that I honestly can’t do it. I can still hear the English teachers screaming at us to learn the rule about commas and periods going inside the quotation marks. So I left my punctuation as I had been taught in my new book, Looking Back. If that marks me as old-fashioned or behind the times, so be it. Until I have a magazine editor say something about it, I will continue to punctuate the traditional way.
And I realize rules do change. I can remember in school learning to use commas everywhere. There were a million rules about using commas. Then one day, it became acceptable to basically only use commas to separate clauses in places where you would pause in speech. That was a lot easier for me, I’ll admit, but I still use more than many other writers. Sometimes if you’re not careful, carefully worded sentences can turn into long, confusing run-on sentences that have to be read several times to make sense.
So here is a place where you can go for help when you’re confused about a grammar point. A site called Ask the Grammar Lady is operated by a former teacher. You can go to her website, or direct your grammar questions to: p.acton@mchsi.com.
Best of luck with all your writing adventures.
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