Posted in Poetry

Poetry Friday: Roses for my Poetry Pals!

It’s Poetry Friday! My friend Tabatha has today’s round-up at her blog, The Opposite of Indifference. I’ve missed you, PF…

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Posted in Writing

“Word Crimes” — the Weird Al song about grammar

This song and video are for all of my fellow word nerds who wish they could take a red pen…

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Posted in My Life

My Life: Possum Town Quilters — Show & Tell

Saturday was the monthly meeting of the Possum Town Quilters. I took several pictures during “Show & Tell” by our…

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Posted in Recipes

Recipe: Summer Pasta Salad

While on vacation, I got treated to this amazing “Summer Pasta Salad.” If you don’t like a bunch of hot…

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Posted in Miscellaneous

Video: How Fabric is Made

If you like fabric and have ever wondered how the amazing colors and patterns are created, check out this video…

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Posted in Books

Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson, copyright 2013

2006 was a big year. I was in grad school. I was working hard at writing for children. I was…

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Posted in Miscellaneous My Life

The Unexpected Death of a Blog

This morning I’m struggling to come to terms with the fact that 8 years of blog content is virtually gone….

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Posted in My Life Poetry

Poetry Friday & the Cinquain Bandwagon

One of our top haiku experts is hosting Poetry Friday today!Visit Diane at Random Noodling for links.I couldn’t resist the…

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Poetry Friday

It’s Poetry Friday! Violet Nesdoly is hosting!My original cinquain fits in nicely with her bird theme!Photo of a Whitethroat Nest…

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Poetry Friday & Hawk Haiku

It’s Poetry Friday! Liz is hosting at her blog Elizabeth Steinglass.(Photo by Johnny Horne at the Fayetteville Observer.)Hungry hawkatop the…

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