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Two Steps Back, One Spring Forward
I don’t know about you, but when Spring begins peeking through the gray fog (I have that many days where I am), I get a renewed sense of purpose. I begin thinking about all the things I had meant to do before now, wondering how they got pushed back down on my ever-present, ever-evolving “To-Do” … Continue reading
The “Tag, You’re It Challenge” – A Fellow Blogger Gives Her Answers!
Click on the link below to see how one of my fellow bloggers/friends, Chitra Yamada responded to my questions. Brigitte’s Questions. Chika (as I call her) answered my challenge questions from my earlier blog — thanks dear friend! Visit and bookmark her blog here….very interesting and fascinating stuff. Her prose is elegant, sure and powerful — the … Continue reading
What’s in a Name?
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet said: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Translation: Names aren’t so important, a rose would still smell as sweet even if it were called something else. Oh, but I beg to differ. Names are very important, especially … Continue reading
I Dream of a Cottage in France…
The picture accompanying this blog is from a “poem” that I wrote over ten years ago. I purchased an inexpensive plague from a craft store and wrote the passage on a piece of parchment paper. I then burned the edges of the paper, glued it on the wooden plague and shellacked it. I’ve carried this … Continue reading
Never Give Up…Five Things to Do When You’re Stuck
Whether you write for a living, work outside the home or manage a household, there are times when you wonder why you keep writing. Writing creatively, for the sake of it and because well, your awesome fiction should be in print, damn it. I do. This writing biz is not for sissies and it’s certainly … Continue reading
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