Category Archives: inspiration

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

On this Free Week, I will finish the thought I began a couple of months ago on an audiobook I listened to on YouTube; one that had me enthralled. It was the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. As I have … Continue reading →

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Brave, Courageous and Bold

Posted on March 16, 2018 by

This week’s topic is the advice we would give to our younger selves. That’s easy. There are two which would have made my life much better and they are linked: “Be brave”. “Rely on yourself”. I still have to battle … Continue reading →

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I Wish I’d Known…

Posted on March 11, 2018 by

Topic of the week: What advice do you wish you’d been given when you were younger? This is a question I posed. I must have put it in the queue a long time ago, because I honestly don’t remember what … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Karen Rose Smith

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

When I started reading Karen Rose Smith’s new mystery, “Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes”, I knew I wanted to ask her to be my guest. Little did I know that the new book in her new series was nearly her … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Patricia Gulley

Posted on January 12, 2018 by

Like so many of my guests, Patricia and I met on Facebook through writer friends. Also, like a number of my guests, Patricia originally hales from my mother’s neck of the woods, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. To learn more about her, … Continue reading →

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Guest: Author Sandy James

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

Today I’d like to welcome author Sandy James, with whom I have become Facebook Friends through mutual friends. Glad to finally have you here, Sandy! Thanks so much for having me!! Sandy is a prolific, award-winning writer of romances. She … Continue reading →

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