In honor of my mother’s birthday this week, the highlight is on one of her top favorite Hollywood stars, Johnny Mack Brown. He appeared in over 160 movies, including 127 westerns, and embodied the ultimate ruggedly handsome cowboy. Prior to his stardom in B grade cowboy westerns, Brown appeared in numerous films with stars… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Green Is the Color
Author: Flossie Benton Rogers
Paranormal romance author who loves to shake the edges of reality.
Tuesday Tales: Writing Grab
Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Our prompt today is grab. The snippet is from a paranormal romance being reworked for submission. Please visit the other talented authors at Tuesday Tales. His heated gaze flowed around her, tamping down her… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Grab
Mythic Monday: 17 St. Patrick Quirks
Later this week we don our green in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of the Emerald Isle. As a girl, my mother and I always got new green dresses for the occasion. At her restaurant, as many items as possible were dyed green, including the draft beer. At school, anyone not wearing green… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 17 St. Patrick Quirks
Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1966
As a girl I waited tables in my mother’s restaurant situated near a crossing of the Withlacoochee River. Besides tips and people watching, one of my favorite pastimes was playing the juke box. The Irish Rovers’ music made my Celtic heart sing. Do you remember their song, The Unicorn? Shel Silverstein wrote the lyrics a… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1966
Mythic Monday: 5 Incense That Will Make You Soar
INCENSE Do you enjoy using aromatherapy in any of its forms—such as incense, candles, or room fresheners? I like all of them and have loved burning incense since the heyday of Nehru jackets and sitars. My husband always kept us well stocked with quality incense, and some of the temple blends, such as Song of… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 5 Incense That Will Make You Soar
Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1963
Just last week I found out the world lost 1960s singer Lesley Gore on February 16, 2015. I don’t know how I missed her passing, but February is usually a tough month for me from the standpoint of sinus / throat health. I may have been “out of it.” Her songs were an important part… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1963
Mythic Monday: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Leap Year
In the Western world, the calendar is based on the number of days it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun. However, one earth orbit around the sun does not take an exact number of days. It takes 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 16 seconds. Before Julius Caesar, the Romans observed… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Leap Year
Vintage Friday: Words of Wisdom 1952
What do these words mean to you? In my mind they mean to have faith and believe you can do something with your whole being–like a pole vaulter who seems to magically rise in the air and sail over the bar. Act as if you can do it, proceed as if you can do… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Words of Wisdom 1952
Mythic Monday: Numerology Master Numbers
Numerology is based on the concept that everything in the universe resonates to a unique vibration that can be described by the meaning and attributes of numbers. This ancient divinatory art dissects names, words, birthdates, colors, and the symbols that make up our world. If you think about it, what is a name but a… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Numerology Master Numbers
Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for A Thousand Miles Away
A THOUSAND MILES AWAY Author – Dorothy Cork First Published – 1978 Genre – Vintage Romance Setting – Quindalup, a hideaway near Ansell in the gorges of northwest Australia. Hero – Larry Sandfort, 35 year old entrepreneurial owner of a mining company and a sheep station called Mullamulla Downs. Heroine – Farrell Fitzgerald, a naïve… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for A Thousand Miles Away