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Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. I’m continuing with Listen to the Stones. This week, our word prompt is BURNED. Carrying it back to the sofa, she reached for the amulet once more. Raven, wide awake, sat beside her. Marina turned the pendant over and held the magnifying glass above it. The handle seemed toContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word BURNED”

Hard to believe that summer is slowly coming to an end, but the signs are here. Leaves are slowly starting to turn red, a sure sign that fall is getting closer every day. I can’t complain. Summer has been good to me, although the storms did take down a few trees. I’m hoping fall andContinue reading “IWSG Monthly Blog August”

Wow! August is here already. It’s been a busy summer with home renovations, but I’ve still managed to get some writing done. This week, the authors of Tuesday Tales are writing to the prompt, HOT. He shook his head. “And again at her hotel in Inverness.” He repeated what Marina had told her about lockingContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word HOT”

Back in 1996, I challenged my English class to write a poem based on a disaster. While I can’t share theirs with you, I can share the one I wrote. The disaster I used was the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Little did I know an evenContinue reading “Another Poem, This One from 1996”

Well, just like that July is almost over. Soon, we’ll slip into the dog days of summer. How have you enjoyed yourself? Have you traveled or did you indulge in a stay vacation? I’ve done a bit of both. This week, the TT authors are working with the word prompt, COLD. I’m continuing with ListenContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word COLD”

Long before I decided to write short stories and novels, I tried my skills at writing poetry. My eldest son was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his second year of university. If you know anything about mental illness, then you know that the patient isn’t the only one who suffers. Once released form the hospital, heContinue reading “A Venture into Poetry, 1994”

My bathroom is almost finished. The new white vanity has been delayed, but this one will be going in my husband’s bathroom come September when we complete the second part of our bathroom upgrades. I love it! I’ve taken a bath and a shower in my new tub, used the jets and the mood light,Continue reading “Bathroom Reno Update: It’s Finished–Almost”

Good morning. I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but summer is definitely here this year, with plenty of hot, sunny days. The humidity is high, but so far we’ve escaped the thunderstorms storms that have threatened our area. We got rain form the remnants of Beryl, but it wasn’t asContinue reading “Tuesday Tales: From the Word TOUCH”