My Corn-Fed, Deep Fried Okie Romance – Part 12
How very odd, you may think, that I write a section about being alone. But the alone time is what grew me and prepared me. I didn’t know it then, but I can see it now. — That summer was everything....
View ArticleIt doesn’t take much to throw me off kilter
And apparently last week’s excitement on the street was enough. I’ve had lots of things I’ve wanted to say, but the stress of that situation, coupled with the intense heat, gah…it’s like something out...
View ArticleClear as the dawn
(i love this photo that i took in the Bahamas because the little white bits on the flower look like tiny stitches) ♥ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh...
View Article50 of My Favorite Films — 25-21
We’re halfway through! 25. Mrs. Dalloway I don’t know what I feel. I know that I loved her once and that it stayed with me all my life and colored everything. I sought this film out because I thought...
View ArticleRitualistic Seasonal TV Watching: A Study of Human Behavior
“Why does anyone have a web page? Too much time…not enough friends…justifying owning a computer.” Noel Crane had it figured out long ago. (If you know who Noel Crane is without googling his name or...
View ArticleFree Kindle Book Round-up for NaNoWriMo!
Right now there are quite a few Kindle books about writing available for free — just in time for NaNoWriMo! If you can tear yourself away from your writing, you might want to check out these titles....
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Since I last updated I have been following the doctor’s orders and taking a double dose of the big probiotic and my symptoms are gone. THANK YOU, LORD! I was really worried that I might have some...
View ArticleWhere the grass is greener
We survived that nasty business yesterday afternoon, but it was a closer shave than I’m comfortable with. Let me tell you — one of the first things I heard when I moved to this town is that tornadoes...
View ArticleThe gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity
Theme from Malèna by Ennio Morricone =http://www.elizabeth-michelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Malena ♥ The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenalin but is, rather,...
View ArticleTomato Update
Some of you may be aware that I was fighting a nasty bunch of aphids that had invaded my small container garden of tomatoes. Well, I am happy to report that I believe I have thwarted my enemy’s plans....
View ArticleI thank you God…
i thank You God for this most amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything wich is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am...
View ArticleRead-A-Thon Picks
Quick notes on why I chose my books. Homeplace by Beth Massie – I picked this up a while back because it’s listed as new Southern Gothic and I eat that stuff up. The short synopsis makes it sound...
View Article50 of My Favorite Films — 25-21
We’re halfway through! 25. Mrs. Dalloway I don’t know what I feel. I know that I loved her once and that it stayed with me all my life and colored everything. I sought this film out because I thought...
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