Monthly Archives: June 2011

Dining Alfresco in West Jefferson

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Last night my husband and I went to Lansing, North Carolina to look at a Rocky Mountain gaited horse. We liked it very much but had a few questions about it since we have only had Appaloosas and Quarter horses. … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday ‘She Writes’

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Happy second birthday She Writes, an organization of writers – both published and not. She Writes turns two on June 29. Women from around the world congregate here online to help each other and share their own struggles and musings. … Continue reading →

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God and a 357 Magnum

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

When we first starting looking for land in Virginia, we met a nice lady who had her own real estate agency. She was a little older than us, quite petite, with a short crop of very blonde hair and a … Continue reading →

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If Time Travel Were Possible…

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Last night I watched ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’, a movie about a man who is able to travel around in time, his wife, and the consequences of his gift or curse – however you look at it. There are moments … Continue reading →

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Traveling New Zealand’s North Island

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

I arrived in New Zealand via Charlotte to Chicago to Los Angeles to Auckland. Whew! A group of Kiwis – what New Zealanders call themselves – were returning home from a European tour and I was fortunate enough to be … Continue reading →

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Dinner in Auckland, New Zealand

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

If you are looking for a breathtaking spectacular place for dinner – one that competes with The Eiffel Tower in Paris – travel down under to Auckland, New Zealand. There atop of the amazing Sky Tower on the corner of … Continue reading →

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Finding My Voice

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

When people discover that I write, they inevitably ask me what I write about. And I usually answer – everything! I write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, suspense, romance, travel stories, humor, women’s literature, irony, etc. Every time I am asked to … Continue reading →

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Essoyes and the Giant Machines

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

The town was nearly deserted – its few hundred residents away at school, work, or shopping in a distant village. Besides a small grocer, bakery, bank, butcher, pizzeria, art studios, tourist office, post office, hotel, church, museum, and a restaurant, … Continue reading →

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Channeling Ernest Hemingway

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Ernest Hemingway’s first wife lost all of his work at one point in their lives – every handwritten note, every diligently typed page and carbon copy. She was taking a train to meet him and thought he might want to … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Today is the Summer Solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of sunlight – over fourteen hours! The word ‘solstice’ is a latin combination of the word for sun ‘sol’ and to stand still ‘stice’. As the … Continue reading →

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