Another excerpt from my book in progress: A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. Enjoy…. On a recent visit with my grandchildren, I noticed a pattern of behavior that is apparently passed from generation to generation like the balding gene. My oldest granddaughter had been given a chore to do, as was her younger brother, …
There is a great discussion of the new guidelines for breast cancer screening over at the blog “Riding With the Top Down”. Kathleen Eagle shared her views on the subject and a lot of women have added theirs. It is worth the read, but I was disappointed that she included a picture of a woman …
…or are there other women out there that wish the media would stop showing pictures of women getting mammograms any time there is a story about breast cancer? Last Saturday The Dallas Morning News had a story about the controversy over the new guidelines for when women should start having mammograms and how often the …
Maryann: Please join me in welcoming guest blogger, LK Hunsaker. Hi Maryann! It’s great to be here to talk with you and your readers today. Since your blog focuses on the absurdities of life, I thought I’d talk about Pushing Boundaries with Trauma and Genre. I’m a big fan of mainstream/literary fiction: those authors who …
I hope you will come back tomorrow when my guest author, LK Hunsaker, blogs about Pushing Boundaries with Trauma and Genre LK is doing a blog tour to introduce readers to her latest book, Off the Moon: a literary romance that will be released November 27th. “Riveting” Ryan Reynauld is immersed in a world of …
As I was updating WinnsboroToday.com this morning I ran across this item on Fox News:Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop. Froehlich is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the …
Here is another offering from my friend, Tracy Farr. This was first published in WinnsboroToday.com over a year ago, but is funny enough to get a new audience. Enjoy…. A while back, Hillary Clinton suggested that every baby born in America be given a $5,000 savings bond to be used when they turn 18. That’s …
I’ve been rereading Sue Monk Kidd’s The Mermaid Chair the past few days. It is one of those books that has many life lessons, and I always enjoy going back to revisit them. One that is particularly meaningful to me is the following explanation of God. It comes from Brother Thomas, a monk who has …
It’s been a while since I posted an excerpt from the book I’m working on, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck, which is a humorous memoir. I first introduced the book back in June… and I can’t believe I still haven’t finished it. Yikes!! The following is from the chapter about being sick and …
…even when it means changing your darling words that you worked so hard on. Just the other day I received my edited manuscript for my book that will come out next year, and I have been going through the suggestions made by my editor. It is amazing how much it helps to have another person …
