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So I took the plunge and entered a $2000 prize poetry contest. I am waiting on my post to be reviewed. It cost me a buck to enter the contest. I missed that the first time around an even posted this as a free entry contest. By the time I realized it had cost me […]
So I’m seeking an agent for two of my books that I’ve put a lot of work into. I know one of them is ready but the other I’m hesitating on, wondering what I can do to make it better I always get like this in the editing phase of a book–what can be bettter, […]
I am strong when I am on your shoulders….you raise me up to more than I can be. That’s how I feel about my Facebook friends. When I’m having a bad time, I can post about it and get the support II need that I don’t always get at home. Lynn is wonderful, don’t get […]
My daughter went to college and got a specialty in diversity particularly as it pertains to underserved communities such as racial and LGBTQ+ individuals. Since she is in school for this working on her Master’s degree, I have been talking to her about her classes and information about how underserved communities are represented in media, […]
When the night is fast asleep, but my heart is well awake All my thoughts, they trouble me, and it’s more than I can take…. There’s so much going on right now, and I’m not okay. I’m depressed and despondent. I wait ever day for that time on the clock when I can go to […]
Many of you know, but some of you might not, that I have five parrots. They are: Conner, a female green cheek conure with the pineapple mutation (GCC) Woz, a 30 year old male orange winged amazon parrot Bob, a 30 year old male orange winged amazon parrot and Woz’s nest mate brother Hatch, a […]
So today I got a letter in the mail with a plastic card in it that had all the information about my bioprosthetic heart valve that I have. It had the serial number of the valve and the size and MRI information. I’m supposed to carry that card with me everywhere I go and show […]
I don’t always feel like writing, but when you do it for a living, you have to write sometimes, even when you don’t feel like it. I’m in a lot of pain every day, and that’s not conductive to good writing, or any writing for that matter, but I’ve found that sometimes writing takes my […]
So you see, I just had open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve that had previous been replaced with the TAVR procedure. I had a sternotomy where they crack the chest and cut me from the neck down to mid-chest. The wound didn’t heal completely, so I currently have a small hole in my […]
When they rip holes on your walls, you find interesting things, like insulation and cords and wood panels and inside of window seats, sometimes you find a beer can. From the date of this Miller Lite can, it’s about 30 years old. Isn’t that the craziest thing to find in the bellows of your house? […]
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