Legends, Lore, and More
Hey, everyone. It's been a while since I wrote a Mystery Monday post. A few days ago, I was reminded of a mystery that happened right in my back yard. I wrote the original post several years ago. With it being October and nearing Halloween, I decided to repost. Hope you enjoy it. Goblins and... Continue Reading →
I'm breaking from the mystery theme of the month today but this was on my mind. A few days ago, I received a phone call from my brother. The conversation began with something like this: "I know it was around this time of year..." He didn't have to finish the sentence for me to know... Continue Reading →
I can't remember the exact occasion when I heard the Beatles on the radio. It was probably sometime in early 1964. My older brother was a big music fan and therefore, I was introduced to several singers and groups from that era. I was a big fan of the Four Seasons - until The... Continue Reading →
It's hard to believe that sixteen years have passed since that fateful day in 2001. For as long as I live, I'll never forget the feeling I had when I first heard the news of the planes hitting the Twin Towers. Sitting in my office at work, I turned on the radio seconds later to... Continue Reading →
One of the first things I learned as a writer is, "Write What You Know." Okay, I can see the importance of that when writing non-fiction. For instance, I once thought I would write a book based on my experience of being a cancer survivor's wife. I planned to write about our experiences throughout my... Continue Reading →
A few photos from 2015. The cover for The Stranger, the stage at the Ringo Starr concert, the Space Shuttle Discovery, and a civil-war cannonball, lodged in the wall of a mansion at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Once again the time has come for us to bid farewell to another year. Wasn’t it only yesterday we welcomed... Continue Reading →
Unforeseen circumstances prevented me from writing and blogging last week. Better late than never, this week I continue my series of posts about the months of the year. In the original Roman calendar, March was the first month of the year. Its name comes from the Roman god of war—Mars. March is the month in... Continue Reading →
On February 7, 1964, four young men from Britain stepped off a plane at John F. Kennedy airport in New York City. Two days later, they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show to what was at that time the largest television viewing audience in history. I don’t remember the first Beatles’ song I heard, where... Continue Reading →
In an online writer’s group the other day, one writer stated she loved the sound of the keyboard clicking as she wrote. A few of us admitted to liking the sound of typewriter keys, but agreed we wouldn’t want to use one for our writing. Yet I’ve heard other writers say they prefer a typewriter... Continue Reading →
Goblins and great pumpkins. Trick-or-treat and haunted houses. Bats flying about and witches on broomsticks. Halloween is always a good time for an old-fashioned ghost story. Not that I believe in ghosts. My encounters with the unexplained are due more to an over-active imagination. Such as the time I thought I saw a werewolf. Or... Continue Reading →
Long before I realized I wanted to be a writer, I loved stories. Before I learned to read, some of my favorite childhood memories are the times when my Mom would tell me a story. I’m not talking about fairy tells, although there were certainly some of those. I wanted to hear true life experiences... Continue Reading →
Toward the end of first grade, I learned my friend Debbie was moving away. I came home from school and cried. My mom explained that throughout life, people would come and go. Friends would move away, new ones would come. And she was right. Although I never saw Debbie again, I still have friends from... Continue Reading →
A few days ago, I read a post on Lisa Hall Wilson’s blog in which she wrote about her family background. She asked readers to join her, using a template titled, “I am from.” My writing is taking a bit different direction (more about that next week and in my upcoming newsletter), so this post... Continue Reading →
I'm participating in the writing contest, You are a Writer, hosted by Bryan Hutchinson at Positive Writer. This is my story: It began with a journey—an incredible journey. For many years, I couldn’t pinpoint the exact time when I knew I wanted to be a writer. I thought it had happened as a seventeen-year-old high... Continue Reading →
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