Global Issues… Celebrate Women’s History Month Together #celebratewomenshistory 27 Mar 202526 Mar 2025 Quick, name three women from history who made a significant impact your life today. Now, click comment below, and share who they are and how their efforts changed your life.…
My Books… The story unfolds 16 Oct 2024 Are you there? https://videopress.com/v/oSl19XgF?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The Bent Tree Path: A Secret Trail of Tears
Attempts at Humor… Witty Comebacks 26 Jul 202427 Jul 2024 A few years back, I wrote a blog post or two (actually 14 so far) about humor (search my category called Attempts at Humor). But I'm just not that funny.…
Blog Events… A Kid at Heart? 1 Nov 2023 Wordpress Prompt: What does it mean to be a kid at heart?For All Saints Day: November 1, 2023 Ideal, to be a child at heart. Delighted. Lighthearted. Venturing seas uncharted.…
Reflections Are you akin to kindness? 5 Oct 2023 @DenesiaChristine Captured this fallen beauty, 2023 It’s not news; as far as history traces our interactions, we humans have had troubles with one another. We get ourselves tied in knots…
Relationships Healthy Relationships: Real or Fiction? 24 May 2023 What do you think? Are healthy relationships a myth, an ideal, or achievable? What ARE healthy relationships, anyway? No decent novel anywhere--ever--features a protagonist with ideal relationships. Think of it.…
My Books Creating QR Codes for FREE! 1 May 2023 Did you know you can create your own QR code without having to purchase it? Totally. Free. At first search, it seems everyone wants to sell you one, which is…
My Books New QR Code for My Road to Recovery 24 Apr 2023 Have you been using Canva? I absolutely love it! Not only did I use it to create my book cover, graphics and related marketing materials, but just created my own…
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…
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…
DP challenge… Serenity 21 Jan 2015 This week's photo challenge: Serenity I've heard it said that serenity is most noticed in the midst of turmoil and chaos. Yes, there is a certain tried and true…
Not the Sort of Things People Talk About for fellow survivors 19 Jan 201519 Jan 2015 Wow. An amazing manifesto for survivors of abuse found tonight on Wordpress. I am reblogging for her to save it, and to pass it on! Please feel free to do…
Reflections Hang on. Or, Let go. 14 Jan 2015 Walking out from yoga class tonight, I stopped. A beautiful clutch of autumn leaves held on, unashamed to be the last among all that was gray and dismal. It…
Global Issues… Has Anybody? 24 Aug 201422 Mar 2016 "Has anybody told you today?" "Well, just in case, I'm telling you again: I love you." It was his trademark; his brand, calling card. If you saw Mickey, you…
Not the Sort of Things People Talk About Reblog of my Daughter’s Amazing Post Today 10 Feb 2014 You've read here about my daughter a bit, and you've seen some of my daughter's photography. Now, be blown away with her most recent post: http://theopenbench.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-yellow-brick-road.html She is amazing. I love…
Poetry… Generational Torch-Bearing 16 Oct 201326 Apr 2014 Coming home from a precious, short visit with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter this weekend, there was plenty of time alone in the car to think. As I considered some…
DP challenge… Faulty Fault Lines–When Bad Things Happen to Little People 13 Sep 20136 Mar 2016 Janie smiled through her tears and put her arms around Stella. “How do you do it, Stella? You always seem to find a way to help me put things in…
Not the Sort of Things People Talk About New Menu Topic 9 Sep 2013 "My dear," she whispered as she peered down over her bifocals to the little one fearfully looking up to her for help, "These are not the sort of things people talk…
Motivations Birth of a Blog: Heart to Heart 24 May 201326 Apr 2014 Somewhere around my fiftieth birthday I started thinking seriously about what I could still achieve in the fifteen to twenty years I had left in the work force, and hoping…
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