About You! November is one of those months that I both love and dread. I love that November (in the US anyway) means Thanksgiving, the beginning of holiday celebrations, a time that reminds us to be grateful. I dread that the days are short and often gray, that the trees are bare and that November…
Wild Word Friday. I could tell you that our English word HEART (the actual physical heart) comes from the Middle English herte and the Angle Saxon word heorte, which springs from the very ancient Indo-European base word kerd, and that all of them mean HEART. But you won’t find a better definition of HEART than this…
Last year, I received an email from folksinger Ann Rowland http://www.annandwillrowland.com/ who asked if I’d be interested in joining her and David Roth http://www.davidrothmusic.com/ also a folksinger, as a presenter at the North of 45 Writers’ Retreat in May 2011. I said YES! I am so glad I said YES. My husband is so glad I…
Today my father is 84! I’m always a bit amazed when I think over Dad’s life experiences. He was born in Arkansas, back when it was still a very normal thing for Arkansas farmers to use mules, not tractors. He remembers his great grandfather who was a veteran of the Civil War – and a POW (and…
A funny thing happened to me on the way to… Isn’t that how a lot of stories begin? So, a funny thing happened to me at my annual physical checkup. Always a hoot, right? Especially when your doctor tells you that he wants you to have a few more tests. Then things get scary fast. So…
When I began writing these posts for Polilla Writes, I thought I would have enough material for about a year, maybe a year and a half. It turns out that I’m much more verbose than I ever dreamed! However, the time has come for me to conclude the “Writing The Third Dimension” series. What a…
To our Veterans and Military Personnel : Thank you more than words can ever say. God bless you, Neil and Sue Harrison
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