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Castles!!! #throwbackthursday
Everyone loves pictures of castles! 15 years ago, my husband and I did a touristy trip to Southern England. I don’t have a proper scanner for our photos, but with the wonders of modern technology (aka my phone), I took pictures of our pictures and turned them into a photo gallery to share with my readers. This is probably why…
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Writers Who Wear Blue Stockings Get More Done…
Okay, the title of this post is somewhat misleading. However, it perfectly illustrates the point of this post, which was inspired by another silly comment I overheard. Or is that oversaw? I sometimes wonder why I hang out on writing sites. Some of them are good. Some of them are bizarre. I lurk a lot so I hear things. Funny things. Strange…
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Back to School
Perhaps one of the most insane things I did in 2012 was enroll myself in some college courses for 2013. I haven’t been enrolled in a college course since 1995, so this should be interesting. At the end of this month I begin two courses in online education (fundamentals and practical design and application) and one in plant propagation, which…
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I Dream of Ireland
Back in 1998 I took a trip to the Mt. Shannon region on Ireland’s west coast. The trip was one of those guided tours where we rode from place to place on horseback. That’s right, I toured some of the ‘wilds’ of Ireland on horseback. I was quite the equestrian back in my teens and twenties. We rode anywhere from…