This Was the Week That Was
Jill Zeller
September 14, 2022
Originally published January, 2021 I’ve nabbed the title for today’s blog from an very old satirical TV show that only members of a certain generation
Author : Jill Zeller
Author of numerous novels and short stories, Jill Zeller is a Left Coast writer, 2nd generation Californian, retired registered nurse, and obsessed gardener. She lives in Oregon with her patient husband, 2 silly English mastiffs and 2 rescue cats—the silliest of all.
Chocolate as a Weapon
Jill Zeller
September 4, 2022
Originally published April, 2021 by Jill Zeller I wanted to find out if chocolate had ever been used to kill someone, outside of adding poison
Exploring Plot Options
Jill Zeller
August 28, 2022
Originally published November, 2017 by Jill Zeller My husband and I, with the assistance of an Australian red blend, discussed a story idea. He writes,
It’s All in the Cards
Jill Zeller
August 21, 2022
Originally published September, 2017 by Jill Zeller Do you have a tarot deck? I have three, but this in no way compares to friends of
The Reluctant Traveller Visits Hill House
Jill Zeller
August 17, 2022
Originally published October, 2017 by Jill Zeller I’m watching my favorite Halloween movie as I write this. Directed by Robert Wise, Claire Bloom’s clothes by
The Unnamed Narrator and Jane
Jill Zeller
August 14, 2022
Originally published July 2017 by Jill Zeller We’re talking about Rebecca and Jane Eyre. Two naïve young women come to live in huge, lavish English
Place Names: An Observation of Culture
Jill Zeller
July 25, 2022
Originally published Fall, 2017 The husband and I begin conversations, as we often do, that travels down many highways, side roads and dirt paths. Last
A Ride on the Angel Bus
Jill Zeller
July 11, 2022
Originally published April, 2020. [Ironically, the serial I started back then lapsed—I wrote myself to a point where I got lost, and until I find
The Reluctant Traveller in Den Haag
Jill Zeller
June 30, 2022
(Originally published April 2017) Another trip to South Africa brought me back through Amsterdam. I discovered some common sense somewhere and decided to have a
The Reluctant Traveler: Mozambique
Jill Zeller
June 27, 2022
Originally published April, 2017 by Jill Zeller It is March, 2017. I am in Mozambique—Maputo, the capital city to be precise—at a fancy hotel on
If you love animals . . .
Jill Zeller
June 13, 2022
Originally published May, 2018 What do an environmental consultant, a wildlife scientist and a physicist have in common? They all have written books. And good
Synesthesia
Jill Zeller
June 8, 2022
(Originally posted oh, I don’t know–a while ago.) Letters have colors. A year is in the shape of an oval. A week starts out like
Yinzer Emeritus
Jill Zeller
May 25, 2022
I’ve been following the midterm elections with the fervor of someone seeing a traffic accident happening in real time. I can’t take my eyes away.
