Attempts at Humor… Publishing (A First-Timer’s View) in 19 Easy-ish Steps (LOL) 7 Apr 20237 Apr 2023 As my faithful readers know, my forthcoming novel, A Bent Tree Path, is taking a long time (understatement of the century) to prepare! It's with beta readers now, and I…
Reflections My Road to Recovery 25 Mar 20237 Apr 2023 Coming Soon! Will add link when published! A 12-Week Guided Journal for Inner Healing Hey friends! New book by yours truly coming soon! Follow for updates on release date. Comment…
Reflections… Some Cherokee Tidbits 3 Feb 20233 Feb 2023 A few years ago, I had the privilege to travel in and around Cherokee, North Carolina. My daughter and I chose to spend a morning at the Museum of the…
Global Issues… Helplessness, Learned Dependency and the Art of Compassion 25 Jan 2023 A few years ago, an older man in a wheelchair approached my husband, granddaughter and me as we walked across the street toward a playground. He started out as if…
Blog Events… 2022: People of Earth Sharing Hopes, Dreams, Promises Against All Odds 2 Jan 2022 We got our hopes up that 2021 would be better than 2020. That we could stop wearing masks. Get together again. Go on vacation again. But she wasn't so kind,…
Blog Events 2022: Hopes, Promises and Dreams 30 Dec 202129 Dec 2021 Let’s get ready for those new year resolutions! Here at Heart to Heart, we’re drawing 2021 to a close by hosting a prompt/roundup for all of us Wordpress bloggers and…
Do-Overs Do-Overs 28 Dec 202129 Dec 2021 Ever wish someone would yell, "Cut!" and you'd get a chance to do the scene over? Maybe you lost your temper. Maybe you felt the fool after spilling your guts.…
Reflections… “But it’s not COVID. . . “ 22 Dec 2021 This season, I've heard it again and again. I've heard myself say it. "It's not COVID" has become the new catchphrase. It means relax. It means don't worry. It means…
Motivations… Serenity Prayer 2.0 16 Dec 202117 Dec 2021 A little update to the old standby, this prayer spilled from my heart one day. I pulled over to jot it down. Here it is, in case you might need…
The Bent Tree Path… Blue-pencil Time 8 Jul 2021 So many of us here, who follow each other's blogs, are writers who want to publish. Others are writers who just want a place to express, create, share and sometimes…
Reflections All is not Sweet 7 Jan 2021 Yesterday's violence at the US Capitol saddens me. My last post was for Old Glory. That glory, has it faded, or are we jaded? Listen to one side, it sounds…
Freedom vs Fear Glory, Old Glory 4 Nov 20204 Nov 2020 No matter what happens, to me, our flag stands for freedom. Saw this beautiful reminder on my evening walk tonight. Timely. Take heart.
Freedom vs Fear… Drop Your Mask? 1 Nov 20201 Nov 2020 The US is buzzing with political opinion, judgments, and even mud-slinging about masks. Wear it. Drop it. It's gotten so bad here that folks can almost tell if you're republican…
Global Issues… Embracing Diversity 24 Oct 202024 Oct 2020 As we approach election day in the USA, this previous post from 2017 seems especially relevant. Click on the link below and please, weigh in with your comments. For those…
Reflections… Developing a Mission Statement for Fiction Novel 13 May 2020 You can help me decide! Here are a few shorter sentences that I'm developing to help guide revision of the upcoming novel, The Bent Tree Path. Here's your chance to…
Other Ventures… Writing Through COVID-19 6 May 20206 May 2020 Hello Faithful Readers! First, my apologies for leaving you so long! Writing is a hobby for me, and sometimes I fall into placing my beloved hobbies last on my list…
Motivations… Elusive Pleasures Part 5 19 Nov 2018 This is the last of a five-part series on Elusive Pleasures, in which we’re exploring losses, their associated neural connections and ways to adapt to changes and renew pleasure. In…
Midlife Blitz… Elusive Pleasures: 10 Ways to Feel Better! 4 Jun 201824 Oct 2020 What if you could do some simple brain exercises to get more pleasure in your life? Would you be interested? What? Exercise my brain? How in the world do I…
Motivations… Elusive Pleasures: Get the Feeling Back! 24 Jun 20171 Sep 2018 How can we get our brains to release that much-needed pleasure response again? We’ve looked at how easy it is to lose a good feeling. A simple change in sensation…
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