I had the treat of getting to go to a book club meeting last week. One of the members contacted me and since the meeting was in a neighboring town, Taylorsville, I was able to make the drive to share their book talk. The picture is of a few of the ladies in the club. I always take my camera …
Spring is the perfect season for Easter when everything is putting out new leaves and new flowers and beginning anew. We had a fantastic Easter day here with the weather. My grandkids were all here and it was great that they were able to be outside playing. And of course the Easter egg hunt is always better when they don’t …
~~We had a beautiful day here in Kentucky country today. The sun was shining; the mercury was rising in the thermometers; the flowers were blooming; fishing worms were getting drowned; and sweaters were getting shucked. Spring is here and so now it must be time for a good case of Spring Fever. ~~Do you have it? What is it? A …
~~The electronic age has shortened our attention spans. That and the remote control. Remember when you had to get up out of the chair and go change the television station or adjust the volume. There weren’t but three or at most four stations to change to, so most of the time whatever came on was good enough if you were …
~~I hate doing my income taxes. I used to prepare the forms myself and that’s hard to do with your fingers crossed hoping you’re not taking one of those deductions that invites audits or that you’ll miss an allowed deduction that might have saved you big time bucks. I mean I diligently tried to fill the tax forms out correctly …
~~Spring has officially sprung. It’s one of my four favorite seasons. That’s narrowing it down, isn’t it? Of course by the end of winter, spring is more than welcome and can definitely be a favorite time. The snow and cold of winter are all right for a short visit but this year winter out stayed its welcome. So spring was …
~~When you have the computer blues sometimes you need to hunt a reason to smile. At least my pencil never crashes. -Author Unknown The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. – Author Unknown Never let a computer know you’re in a hurry. – Author Unknown User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean “idiot.” – Dave …
~~ How do you decide to buy a book or check one out of the library or even pick one out of your own to be read pile? Of course the cover entices us from the bookstore shelves or from the book catalogues. The right cover catches the eye and says pick me up. Sort of like the chocolate bars …
“You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.”“What mood is that?”“Last minute panic!” That’s a Calvin & Hobbes quote, fictional characters in a comic series created by Bill Watterson. ~~I’ve always admired people who can come up with something funny everyday in the comic strips. Every day! Even if maybe you …
Journal vs. Blog; Blog vs. Journal. Journal – a daily record of happenings. Blog – the word’s not even in my old dictionary. ~~I’ve been writing in journals ever since I was a teenager, but I don’t think I ever wrote it as a daily record of the happenings in my life. I kept a record of my writing life, …