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
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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
Tuesday Tales: Writing Bum
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 bum. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. With a gulp, Rachel swallowed cookie. “What is it? What do you remember?” My… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Bum
Secrets of Pharaoh #Akhenaten
Thy dawning is beautiful in the horizon of heaven, O living Aten, beginning of life. Transformation came to ancient Egypt when Pharaoh Akhenaten banished the old gods and established monotheism around 1350 BCE. The priestly caste lost its power and prestige. Thebes and other royal destinations no longer served as the Paris and Riviera of… Continue reading Secrets of Pharaoh #Akhenaten
Tuesday Tales: Writing Flower
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 flower. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. They, a male and female: Arms waved and gestured in rhythmic sequence. Mouths opened… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Flower
Tuesday Tales: Writing Fingernail
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 fingernail. Enjoy the other talented authors of Tuesday Tales. She held up the earthworm, her honey-colored eyes crinkling with a hint of mischief.… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Fingernail