When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. ~ Dinah Maria Mulock. * I noticed that quote this morning on Twitter. Just one of dozens of messages downloading on my screen every minute or so, it caught my eye because charity has been on my…
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Holiday Blog Hopping … and Disappearing Days!
A terrible thing happened this morning when I got up. I looked at the calendar. That’s “terrible” because I saw the date and realized I’d done it again. I’d lost whole days, maybe weeks, into some vacuum of space time continuum, or something…whatever it is that makes time simply disappear! Somehow in my brain, days…
Holiday Blog Hopping … and Busy, Busy, Busy!
Today is the third day of our Holiday Blog Hop, and it’s Saturday! For many of us who work Monday through Friday, this is one of two days out of the week to get all those pesky errands done (shopping, cleaning). And this time of year we add all our holiday activities on top of…
Holiday Blog Hopping … and Food!
Thanks to everyone who either stopped by or left a comment yesterday. I love hearing what other people think. 🙂 Winners to my contest will be announced on December 26. As I might have mentioned, I’ve decided to talk about holiday themes throughout this event. Yesterday’s topic was favorite holiday music. Normally I would have…
Holiday Blog Hopping
Hi, everyone! Welcome to the Holiday Blog Hop, and your chance to win prizes like free books and gifts cards…and a grand prize of a KINDLE FIRE! Each day I’ll be holding a random drawing to give away a copy of my ebook novella, Adrienne’s Ghost. At the end of the “hop,” I’ll be drawing…
My sister, the wine snob
My sister is a wine snob. Before you take me to task for saying such an uncharitable thing in this season of love and peace, that’s her characterization, not mine. She revealed this to me only yesterday, at this “advanced” stage of our relationship, as we discussed my recent experience with the beverage. Up to…
Six Sentence Sunday ~ 12/11
Happy Six Sentence Sunday, everyone! This week I’m back to Jack and Rachael, but back to the beginning, to Jack’s first glimpse of Rachael. (I just love those first sightings!) He’s channel surfing with the remote in his hand, starts to click, then sees her on the screen. __________________________ Before he could depress the button,…
I think I’ve got it!
I think I know how Eliza Doolittle felt on that fateful day when Professor ‘Enry ‘Iggins finally taught her how to vocalize her H’s! It’s that thrill of discovery, that shock of pleasure over a found 5-dollar bill. It comes unexpectedly, often when least expected—that sensation of sheer joy and rightness with the moment. Or…
Six Sentence Sunday ~ 12/4
Hello and welcome to Six Sentence Sunday, where writers share bits and pieces of their works. This week I thought I’d take a break from Jack and Rachael to share six from a short story I’m writing for a little girl whom coworkers and I “adopted” for Christmas. She’s 7 years old, loves playing dress-up,…
Come on, people…get a grip!
As I write this, it’s a couple hours into “Cyber Monday,” the great on-line shop-a-looza that follows Black Friday and (something new this year!) Black Saturday…you know, your last chance to shave a few bucks off the perfect gifts for your loved ones, office mates, classmates and teachers…whomever among your circle of acquaintances needs “gifting”…until…