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.
(I know, I am late. You would not believe the week I had.) This week: What’s your favorite guilty pleasure? I’m such a good girl, no, really, I am! I take simple pleasures where I can get them, as life … Continue reading →
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What song would be my ‘theme’? Good gracious, this has been a really tough topic. I have honestly tried to live a quiet life, but there are always some problems popping up that were unforeseen, or burdens that were placed … Continue reading →
Posted in blessings, creativity, decisions, descriptions, experiences, Family, imagination, inspiration, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, movies, Music, titles, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged life themes, songs, themes
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Finding myself needing to rest, I decided to start a limited series I had saved as a ‘watch later’ and never got around to. It was the 2016 version of “Doctor Thorne”, and I am so glad that I did … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Simple Twist of Fate, Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickins, Downton Abbey, Dr.Throne, Edward Franklin, Ethan Hawke, Gabriel Byrne, George Eliot, Gosford Park, Gwenyth Paltrow, Ian McShane, Jane Austen, Julian Fellowes, Mary Ann Evans, Sense and Sensibility, Silas Marner, Steve Martin, Tom Hollander
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(Now you may have James Brown stuck in your head, as I do.) Here I go again, another topic attributed to me where I have no idea why I proposed it. Have you ever had an encounter with a baby … Continue reading →
Posted in America, animals, big plans, Daily life, experiences, Family, friends, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, pets, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged bunnies, possums, wild animal babies, wild birds
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I have a strange phenomenon in my neighborhood. There are a few dogs and cats that come into my yard who let me talk to them, and even start to approach them, but if I say their names, they … Continue reading →
Posted in America, animals, Daily life, experiences, free week, Miscellaneous, misunderstandings, pets, Random thoughts, shyness, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged friendly pets, neighbor's pets, Neighbors, pet's names
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hat is the last movie you watched? The last I saw in a theater was either the last Harry Potter movie or the last of the original string of Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean movies. As you can tell, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Flashy-thingy, Men in Black, Noisy Cricket, SiobhanFallon, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith
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Julia Valentine, a.k.a., “Miss Worm” I met Julia online when we were on live chats. We were of the same mind about some matters, and we are both cat lovers; (we teamed up on one chatter who dared to disparage … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arundel Castle, Chichester Cathedral, England, English writers, Fishbourne Roman Palace, Hampshire England, HMS Victory, Julia Valentine, Miss Worm, Portsmouth HIstoric Docks, Sussex, Weald &Downland Open Air Museum
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This week’s topic: Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories? To be honest I quickly, (and wrongfully), assumed that it meant to consider making sequels to some of our stories. I really had no idea … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, amazon, Anna Karenina, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, Magazine publications, serialized stories, Serialized stories in blogs, Serialized stories on YouTube, Serialzation
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Well, actually, it’s Good Friday, but I let myself store too many things in what would be used as a ‘guest’ room, and a few weeks ago my 18-year-old grandkid found that where she was staying was not working out … Continue reading →
Posted in America, big plans, blessings, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, food, free week, guests, helping others, holidays, Life, memories, procrastination, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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Tagged boxing, Easter, Family moving in, family visits, Good Friday, rearranging, telegrams, Thanksgiving
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We are once again discussing movies. I think we have said a great deal about movies over the years, but I do love movies. Most of my family was keen on movies when I was growing up; my mother used to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bette Davis, Family Man, Feel-good movies, Geoff Rodkey, James Earl Jones, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Laws of Attraction, Matthew Modine, Nicholas Cage, Pierce Brosnan, R.I.P.D., Robin Williams, RV movie, Tea Leoni, Waht the Deaf Man Heard
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