About Tonette Joyce
Tonette was a once-fledgling lyricists-bookkeeper, turned cook/baker/restaurateur and is now exploring different writing venues,(with a stage play recently completed). She has had poetry and nonfiction articles published in the last few years. Tonette has been married to her only serious boyfriend for more than thirty years and she is, as one person described her, family-oriented almost to a fault. Never mind how others have described her, she is,(shall we say), a sometime traditionalist of eclectic tastes.She has another blog : "Tonette Joyce:Food,Friends,Family" here at WordPress.She and guests share tips and recipes for easy entertaining and helps people to be ready for almost anything.
Have you ever read the “Foxfire” books? They started out as a periodical in the late 1960s and by the early 1970s, the articles were compiled into books, as more and more information was gathered. This all came to be … Continue reading →
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Tagged Appalachia., Appalachian skills, Foxfire books, Georgia, History of Appalachian people, Mountain knowledge and skills, Roanoke Colony, Skills, Walter Raleigh
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Favorite game to play as a child? As an adult? We were a game-playing family when I was growing up; I think in the 50s and 60s just about everyone was. When I was really young we lived in an … Continue reading →
Posted in America, big plans, Books, childhood, creativity, Daily life, Dealing with stress, experiences, Family, friends, helping others, hobbies, Life, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, movies, shyness, Tonette Joyce, using talents
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Tagged Black Jack, Candyland, card games, Casino, Chess, Chinese jump rope, Electronic Football, games, Harry Potter, James Bond, Jeopardy, Monopoly, Parcheesi, Password, Pinochle, Playing with others, Poker, Rummy, Scene It, Scrabble, Spiderman, Wordle, Yatzee
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I used to say that I liked to read everything but romance, but falling in with the Hound, Foxes and their friends changed that. I narrowed it down to say that I enjoyed everything but Regency, and now I have … Continue reading →
Posted in book series, Books, characters, cozy mystery, descriptions, Family, historical, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, Mystery stories, novels, plots, reading, romance, romantic suspense, series, Tonette Joyce, using talents, villains
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Tagged he Poor Relations series, Lady Fortescue, M.C. Beaton, Marion Chesney, Regency stories
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Is there a place that you have traveled to when you were younger that you wish you could visit again? You can pretty much read Elaine’s Wednesday post, with some of Patty’s from Monday and Angie’s from Tuesday, since they … Continue reading →
Posted in America, characters, childhood, Children's books, classics, descriptions, experiences, Family, futuristic, helping others, imagination, inspiration, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, reviews, shyness, summer, Tonette Joyce, traditions, Travel
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Tagged Baltimore, Ellicott City Maryland, New York City 1965 World's Fair, Suburbs, The Enchanted Forest, travel
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“What book changed how you see the world and why?” My first thought is: “What book hasn’t? I have had many arguments with non-fiction-only readers who say that novels, poetry, etc. are a waste of time and don’t enrich your … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, America, battles, biographies, book review, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, disability, experiences, Family, helping others, history, honors, inspirational people, inspirational stories, jobs, Life, medical, Miscellaneous, non-fiction, novels, reading, reading preferences, research, short biographies, Tonette Joyce, tribute, using talents
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Tagged American women veterans, Morale workers in Vietnam, WAFs, Women in War, Women Veterans, Wounded veterans, WWII
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“Went With the Wind” was the title of the hilarious Carol Burnett lampoon of the famous Civil War saga, but Margaret Mitchell or her editors would probably would have named the book that today. Why? Because “gone” seems to be … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, America, classics, Dealing with stress, descriptions, editing, helping others, imagination, language, Miscellaneous, phrases, self-improvement, Tonette Joyce, Words
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Tagged Bring/Take, Gone, Have/Got, Less/Fewer, Take/Bring, Went With the Wind
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Looking at the photos on your phone (or camera, if you still use one), what place or type of event do you tend to photograph most often? Honestly, if you look at my phone, you’ll see a lot of unintentional … Continue reading →
Posted in big plans, blessings, collections, Daily life, experiences, Family, food, helping others, holidays, imagination, inspiration, memories, pets, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, Visuals
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Tagged Camera rolls, family pictures, Photos, pix
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With all that has been going on in the world, (and I watch a lot of different news sources), with what is going on with the family, (it changes by hour), and with what is going on with my new … Continue reading →
Posted in America, audiobooks, authors, book review, Books, characters, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, Family, foreign languages, foreign publications, friends, Friendship, helping others, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, medical, Miscellaneous, movies, Random thoughts, reader interview, reading, teaching, Tonette Joyce, using talents
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Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, comedy, Doing one's best, Fun read, Graeme Simsion, POV, The Rosie Project
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Do you have favorite spots in nature, such as a view, the wood, a sea or lake shore? (I am rather sorry that this topic/post rather overlaps with one just a couple of weeks ago.) The ocean was generally my … Continue reading →
Posted in chicken, Daily life, Dealing with stress, descriptions, experiences, Family, imagination, Life, memories, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, Travel
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Tagged backyards, birds, forests, lakes, mountains, ocean, parks, streams, tree canopies, trees, wildlife
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The past week or so has been a really busy, an unfortunately busy, one for me. I had to take The Sister, who is never really ill, to the hospital; I stayed up all night there with her, then they … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, battles, blessings, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, helping others, inspirational people, Life, medical, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged Medical care, medical tests good experiences with medical staff
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Four Foxes, One Hound 