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Author Archives: Tonette Joyce
Down to (Rich) Earth
This week The Hound asked: If you could spend one evening in a multi-millionaire’s home:1. what’s the first thing you’d want to see?2. what would you expect to find? NOT expect to find?3. what could ruin that experience (of spending … Continue reading
Posted in America, art, authors, Daily life, descriptions, experiences, lifestyles, memories, personal libraries, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce
Tagged gardens, homes, Housekeepers, lifestyles, medica rooms, millionaires, Millionaires' homes, parlors, party houses, personal staff, powder rooms
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Repeat, Read, Repeat
It’s Free Week and I want to revisit something that although I have addressed in the past, it has come up a few times quite recently here on 4F,1H: You can’t judge books by their TV shows or movies, (and … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, blogging, book review, book series, Books, characters, chicken, collections, contemporary, cozy mystery, descriptions, free week, libraries, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, Patricia Kiyono, protagonists, Random thoughts, reading, reading preferences, series, Tonette Joyce, TV, TV series, writers
Tagged Agatha Raisin, Changing books for movies, changing books for TV, Forrest Gump, Hamish Macbeth, M.C.Beaton, OPTIONING written works, Rosie Dunne, The Poor Relations, The Time Traveler's Wife, translating books to movies, translating books to TV, Writing for movies, Writing for TV, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
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Spirits of Christmas Past
The two best Christmas gifts we ever received??? This is a hard one. As I said last week, my mother made my early childhood Christmases magical. Aside from the inevitable doll, nothing really stands out. I remember each of the … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, childhood, Christmas, experiences, Family, gifts, holidays, lifestyles, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged Christmas dishes, Christmas dolls, figurines, presents
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New Stars, Old Stars
Just a short post today because I had not anticipated how what should have been a simple procedure turned out to be a drawn-out recovery from oral surgery. Had I realized, I would have gotten my post done earlier, like … Continue reading
Posted in America, book series, characters, classics, descriptions, dialogue, Family, favorite books, memories, movies, procrastination, reading, reading preferences, Tonette Joyce, TV series, using talents, writers, writing
Tagged Andor, Boba Fett, discussing writing, Disney, Disney Plus Famous actors, GOOD acting, Obi-Wan Kenobi, reading together, Star Wars, Star Wars series, Watching together
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Christmas, Once Again
“How does/did your family countdown to Christmas? Did/do you have any special family traditions?” Ch-ch-ch-changes! My mother decorated early. We always got a huge Christmas tree, one carefully selected and as close to prefect as possible. Seriously, my generally tight-fisted, … Continue reading
Posted in America, blessings, Christmas, Christmas books, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, favorites, food, guests, Holiday, holidays, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, movies, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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