Tuesday Tales: Kestrel 3-24-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Today’s prompt is catch. The snippet is from a dystopian work. Please visit the other fabulous authors at Tuesday Tales. Kestrel jumped out as soon as the car stopped, before Sam could open the… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Kestrel 3-24-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Mythic Monday: Pisces Goddess Amphitrite

As the Wheel of the Year continues to wind, and days lengthen toward spring in late February and in March, we entered the realm of sun in Pisces. The essence of this station involves imagination, dreams, illusion, and connection with the great maternal spirit and source of the soul. I honor the Greek goddess Amphitrite… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Pisces Goddess Amphitrite

Vintage Friday: Flower Fairies 1923

All around us spring is showing her exuberance with greening leaves and gorgeous new colors on display. “Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, the periwinkle trailed its wreaths; and ’tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes.” William Wordsworth Please enjoy this wonderful tribute to spring with Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Flower Fairies 1923

Tuesday Tales: Lucien Silver 3-17-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Today’s prompt is random. The resulting snippet is based on supporting characters from a previous story. Please visit the other fabulous authors at Tuesday Tales. Her scent ribboned around him, sliding over his skin… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Lucien Silver 3-17-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Mythic Monday: Keats’ La Belle

Please enjoy one of the world’s most beautiful poems—by the inimitable John Keats, La Belle Dame Sans Merci  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL-L8ExX3kQ O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing. O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms! So haggard and so woe-begone? The squirrel’s granary is full,… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Keats’ La Belle

Vintage Friday: 13 Bullets for Death of a Dude 1969

Happy Friday the 13th! DEATH OF A DUDE Author – Rex Stout First Published – 1969 Genre — Mystery Setting – Montana – Lily Rowan’s ranch Protagonist – Archie Goodwin – gumshoe and Nero Wolfe’s right-hand man Heroine – Lily Rowan – She’s not the heroine as a heroine would appear in a romance, but… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 13 Bullets for Death of a Dude 1969

Vintage Friday: Molasses Spice Cookies 1872

In the 19th century homemakers quite commonly used vinegar in cookie baking. Its chemical reaction with baking soda results in cookies having a lighter consistency. MOLASSES SPICE COOKIES Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter 1/3 cup shortening (not butter) 2/3 cup sugar 2/3 cup molasses 2 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour ¾ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Molasses Spice Cookies 1872

Tuesday Tales: Shale 3-2-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Today’s prompt is address, and the snippet is from a work in progress temporarily called by the heroine’s name, Shale. Please visit the other fabulous authors at Tuesday Tales. The ornate doors opened to… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Shale 3-2-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Mythic Monday: Spock the Sage by Flossie Benton Rogers

    In Jungian psychology, as well as in literature and myth, the sage is one of the basic archetypes depicting our struggle toward individuation and wholeness of being. The sage is the elder who has reached a level of objectivity and wisdom through years of observation, experience, and self-examination. His vista is broad. He… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Spock the Sage by Flossie Benton Rogers