Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring talented authors who post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a dedicated bunch that enjoys books and reading as much as you do. Today we have a tasty looking picture to spark our imaginations. My snippet is from a vintage romance… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Cookies
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Mythic Monday: Maia
MAIA Mother of Hermes! and still youthful Maia! John Keats With winter harshness behind us and intolerable summer heat not yet a reality, we greet the loveliest month of spring. Maia was a Greek goddess who, naturally, also appeared in the Roman pantheon. She was the daughter of the Titan Atlas, renowned for carrying the… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Maia
Vintage Friday: Crimson Rhubarb
CRIMSON RHUBARB My mother would be 100 years old this year, and my grandmother would be 136. Seeing those numbers just now created an aha moment. My mother was about the same age when I was born as my grandmother was when my mother was born—both in their mid-thirties. My mother was in the middle area… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Crimson Rhubarb
Mythic Monday: 13 Little Known Nature Deities
13 LITTLE KNOWN NATURE DEITIES The ancients were closer to nature than we. Nightime was dark, seriously dark, untempered by street lamps, store lights, and the steady hum of our modern need for twilight. Only the communal fire offered safety from the terrors looming outside the common grounds. Unlike we, who tend to consider humans… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 13 Little Known Nature Deities
Mythic Monday: Why You Need Pillywiggins
Pillywiggins Spring fever has struck hard this year. Half the folks I know are currently digging in their gardens or sprucing up their lawnscape. Everyone’s goal is to add vibrant colors and pleasurable scents to their outside space. It’s good feng shui, and it’s good for the soul. Maybe you have a green thumb as… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Why You Need Pillywiggins
Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714
Cheese-Cake 1714 Recently I’ve begun writing a romance set in the Georgian Period, which includes but starts a century before the popular Regency Period. I’m working on the book slowly as part of the Tuesday Tales blogging group, where we write snippets to word and picture prompts. This goes well with my fascination with old… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714
Mythic Monday: 11 Reasons to Love Your Library
Libraries—why do we love them? Let’s start way back with once upon a time. The goddess Seshat exerted a powerful civilizing influence on ancient Egypt. Her name means “female scribe,” and she was known as the mistress of libraries and secretary of heaven. Over 3,000 years ago Ramses II inscribed his library in Thebes, Egypt… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 11 Reasons to Love Your Library
Vintage Friday: Words of Wisdom 500 BCE
When one sees eternity in things that pass away and infinity in finite things, then one has pure knowledge. ~Bhagavad Gita What do you think of these ancient words from Hindu scripture, spoken by Krishna? Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Romance
Tuesday Tales: Writing Door
Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog where diverse authors post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. Today our writing prompt is a picture of a marvelously intriguing door. The snippet is from a new historical romance set in the early Georgian period. Please enjoy it and then visit… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Door
Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Algiz
Algiz Divination is a way to focus on what matters. It allows us to gain insight into the ripe possibilities of the moment and is best used as a type of meditative effort. With their symbolism and kinship with long ago Germanic cultures, runes are a fascinating method. From the bag of runes, we close… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Algiz