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.
Do you shop at what they call “Big Box” stores? When I lived where there was a great many choices for shopping, I avoided Walmart at all costs. I went there twice, and I think that both times were to … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, big plans, chicken, shopping, creativity, Daily life, decisions, descriptions, experiences, Family, food, free week, goals, guests, helping others, Life, Lists, Miscellaneous, Random thoughts, shopping, time management, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged BIG BOX STORES, Costco, Prices, rising prices of foods, Sam's Club, shopping, Value
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Months ago I offered this question:Do you enjoy reading about other writers, their bios and writing processes? Once again, my fellow bloggers here added a fresh element that I did not foresee, in as much as most addressed ‘biographies’ in … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, author interview, autobiographies, biographies, careers, creativity, editing, experiences, helping others, HOw not to write biographies, how to write, imagination, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, Preparing for writing, Random thoughts, short biographies, Stephen King On Writing, Stephen King., The Author Life, Tonette Joyce, writers
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My sister had a quirky friend who was trying to describe where something was in a nearby town. It was next to the “Oddfellows’ Hall” but she didn’t really know about them and said that the place was “next to … Continue reading →
Posted in America, big plans, blessings, careers, creativity, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, food, Friendship, helping others, hobbies, imagination, Life, Lists, marriage, new skills, self-improvement, shopping, Tonette Joyce, using talents, weather
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Tagged Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Lawrence Brown, Lost in the Pond, Oddfellows, pajamas at Walmart, rain, Superbowl
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THIS WEEK: At some point in your past, was there a year – or a significant period of time – that you consider your “favorite” time (or, at least, one of your favorites)? What was going on? I put … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, America, authors, battles, big plans, blessings, careers, creativity, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, friends, helping others, hobbies, imagination, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, new skills, poetry, procrastination, self-improvement, Tonette Joyce, youth
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Tagged Denver, friends online, gardening, good times, Kentucky, Kentucky., N.Va., peace, pride, Survival, writing
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Have you ever started to read a book, story, article, watched a movie or TV show where you realized that the writer had another agenda other than telling a story? In the guise of a story, they only want to … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Posted in advice, America, authors, blessings, blogging, Books, decisions, experiences, Faith-centered stories, Family, free week, helping others, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, misunderstandings, movies, Random thoughts, reading, reviews, Tonette Joyce, traditions, TV series, using talents
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Tagged cults, family, personal attacks, religions., Respect for other people's faiths, sects
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“Do you dream often? Do you remember your dreams?” I dream all the time. I used to remember my convoluted dreams in detail and relate them to the long-suffering Husband, who would shake his head. (He almost never remembers his dreams … Continue reading →
Posted in blessings, characters, Daily life, descriptions, experiences, Faith-centered stories, Family, friends, Friendship, imagination, inspirational people, Life, memories, poetry, Tonette Joyce, using talents
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Tagged dreams, Loved ones 'passing thrugh', taking photographs, visits from loved ones
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We have a rule not to be overtly political here at Four Foxes, One Hound and I agree with. None of us are ever in possession of all of the facts and there are many facets to many problems which … Continue reading →
Posted in Miscellaneous
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Tagged Churchill Downs, George Takei, German-American internment camps, Gov. Ralph Lawrence Carr, Graphic novel, immigrants, Japanese-American internment camps, Ky Derby, Sen. Daniel Inouye, They Called Us Enemy, WWII
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“What are some challenges you’ve encountered that you were unsure you could handle but then surprised yourself?” Where do I start??? It seems that every time I have thought, “I don’t know how that person did that/does that, I could … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, big plans, childhood, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, friends, guests, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, shyness, teaching, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged Blame the victim, dealing with emotional pain, dealing with physical pain, dealing with trauma, dealing wth stress, Family trauma, Finding inner strength, personal strength, Surviving
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I wanted to talk about apologies. Do you have trouble making apologies?Had you ever had people around you who would not, or could not, apologize? I have had people in my life who found it very hard to apologize. They … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, battles, blessings, Daily life, decisions, experiences, Family, food, free week, friends, Friendship, helping others, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, misunderstandings
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Tagged apologies, apple pie, Neighbors
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This Week: Have your footwear choices changed as your life, or lifestyle, has changed? In summer I wore flip-flops, but I don’t think that I ever got in a car wearing them. I did walk up the hill past four … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, Autumn, blessings, childhood, Daily life, descriptions, disability, experiences, Family, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce
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Tagged Cobbies, Comfortable shoes, experiences, heeled-shoes, high heels, KMart, Mary Janes, shoes, sketchers, Sneakers, Thom McAn, walking shoes
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