Click on The Literary Origins of Valentine’s Day for an interesting conversation about the origins of Valentine’s Day. Although I was a literature student in my youth, I confess that the fact that a “Saint Valentine’s Day” has been bandied about for centuries, possibly popularized by none other than good […]
I do what I can to get work done. That doesn’t mean any one thing, though. It just means I try everything. On a daily basis. (From “An Interview with David Anthony Durham” in The Writer’s Chronicle, Volume 46, Number 4, February 2014) Gent confessed in a new preface he […]
Usually, Friday the 13th is a lucky day for me. At least, it’s a day I don’t dread. I love black cats and I make it a point to walk under ladders, so celebrating Friday the 13th is just another way to thumb my nose at superstition. Except for this […]
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I got zapped by the big bug zapper. It was awesome. They discovered a brain metastasis. It was not awesome. I got a great prognosis of 95% chance of full recovery. It was awesome. I go back next week for results. I hate waiting.…
Originally posted on helenvalentina:
Flickr Chinese Dragon Year Statue (Photo credit: epSos.de) I wish for you a dragon’s fire To breathe freedom to you To raise you up on crystal wings Far away from darker lands It seems the purest souls Are tested most these days As though in exchange…
I want to share a very special birthday gift from a very special person. We work together at my day job and we both love to knit and sew. She’s given me many of her “prototypes” as gifts, sometimes spur-of-the-moment gifts, sometimes for an occasion like my birthday. This is […]
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
From Wandering Writes They live close to our heart Though we have never met Friends from the ether Connected by words Read off the screen Somehow we found each other And decided to hang out Creating bonds of virtual light That dot the social…
Originally posted on Writings of a Mrs :
So very true.
Inspiring post from RunningtoHerDreams: “You can do anything you want to do. So set a goal and just keep putting one foot in front of the other, keep moving forward. It may, or may not take a while, but I promise you, you will reach that goal.”
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