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SWARD
Wild Word Friday! SWARD is one of those words seldom heard in modern English. As a noun, it’s used to designate a grass-covered area or a field. As a verb it means to cover or become covered with grass. SWARD traces its roots to an Anglo-Saxon word, sweard, which means a skin or hide. In…
About People You Don’t Like
I’m rewriting a scene in the third draft of my novel PRODIGY. The scene introduces two FBI agents. They’re minor characters, and I never get into their thoughts. One of them is an okay, likable guy, but the other is really irritating. My problem? I just can’t picture the irritating one. His hair color, his eyes, nose,…
August 2013 #2 Free Book Winner!
Congratulations to Debbie Abel, the winner of our 2nd August 2013 Free Book! Debbie, I’ll be sending Michael K. Reynolds’ IN GOLDEN SPLENDOR to you this next week! Blessings! Sue
Dirt & Bones: Pottery and Playdough
Last fall my husband dug up a bit of what he calls “gumbo” and what area potters call “Pickford clay.” I ran a few Facebook posts about it as I tempered it with sand and molded it into a sort-of cup. My attempts are far from being good work, but the process helped me understand…
Eastern European Research Trip – Homeward Bound
The Athenee Palace Hilton of Bucharest. Wow! Motel 6 is usually more our style, but I could get used to Hilton. And, of course, fresh flowers! A large room and comfy bed: And a view of Bucharest! It seems like a touch of home to find a Gideon Bible in the bedside table. We have…
All of these sunsets (so far anyway) are taken from the front deck at our house, Patti. And yes, the Neil is my husband Neil. He’s had some outdoor photographs published in Japan, but nothing in the US, because he’s submitted nothing in the US. We were in Japan on a book tour and I showed his photographs to a magazine editor there, and they used them!
I look forward to the sky photos. You have some gorgeous sunsets! Where was this taken? Is Neil your husband?