Tuesday Tales: Writing Fish

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring authors posting excerpts from works in progress based on word and picture prompts. I’m pleased you stopped by today. This week’s word prompt is fish. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. That night I found myself running a little behind schedule. Even though I had… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Fish

A Warm May Welcome

Mother of Hermes! and still youthful Maia! John Keats With the many weeks of sheltering in place, flowers in the yard are truly a blessing– the sight and particularly the scent. When I open the front or back door, the world is filled with the perfume of jasmine–mysterious, sweet, and tantalizing. Springtime energy abounds. The… Continue reading A Warm May Welcome

#RRBC Review: Time’s Pendulum Swings Again

4 Stars for TIME’S PENDULUM SWINGS AGAIN Author – Joy M. Lilley First Published – 2016 Genre – Romance Setting – England Heroine – Jenny, a British nurse Hero – Seb, a Nepalese physician Major Theme – Exploration of the complexities of a love relationship involving racial, cultural, and class differences, as well as emotional… Continue reading #RRBC Review: Time’s Pendulum Swings Again

Tuesday Tales: Writing Dance

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring authors posting excerpts from works in progress based on word and picture prompts. I’m pleased you stopped by today. This week’s word prompt is dance. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. The boy had startled me, coming over the hill so unexpectedly. It took a… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Dance

Tuesday Tales: Writing Square

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring authors posting excerpts from works in progress based on word and picture prompts. I’m pleased you stopped by today. This week’s word prompt is square. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. It seemed odd to see fresh tire tracks out this way. I cracked open… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Square

1920s Honey Mace Cookies

Even though a hundred years have passed since the 1920s, cookies of the time are still the bee’s knees! Today we consider a lesser known spice. Mace comes from the same evergreen tree as the more familiar spice, nutmeg. Whereas nutmeg is the pit of the fruit, mace is derived from the outer covering of… Continue reading 1920s Honey Mace Cookies

Tuesday Tales: Writing Goldfinch

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring authors posting excerpts from works in progress based on word and picture prompts. I’m pleased you stopped by today. This is picture prompt week, and I selected goldfinch. It is such a gorgeous yellow! We continue here with my mystery. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Goldfinch

#RoaringTwenties Margie #1960

In 1960, television shows set in the 1920s roared across the small screen. One of them featured teenagers as the main attraction, depicting the life of a lively high school girl named Margie. It was adapted from a 1946 movie starring Jeanne Crain. Like the later Patty Duke Show, Margie featured the main character’s family,… Continue reading #RoaringTwenties Margie #1960

Tuesday Tales: Writing Pink

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring authors posting excerpts from works in progress based on word and picture prompts. I’m pleased you stopped by today. This week’s word prompt is pink. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. A tiny smile played upon Epona’s lips as she set forth to the Pink… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Pink

Mind Your Goddess on Katherine Smits Blog

How is everyone doing? I hope you are safe and well. I am writing, editing, crocheting, and spending time (usually on text or phone) with my family. At some point, I’ll snap some photos of my crochet projects. I’m not that great a crocheter, but I love it so much. Exciting news! Mind Your Goddess… Continue reading Mind Your Goddess on Katherine Smits Blog