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Category Archives: inspirational stories
Sunset Stays
After a short break, something jarred the desire to hear more sci-fi. As usual, what I found were more interpersonal relationships, suspense, and mystery than hard-core sci-fi, which is fine, really. Maybe it was because The Husband and I have … Continue reading →
Posted in America, audiobooks, authors, big plans, blessings, book review, Books, characters, contemporary, creativity, descriptions, Faith-centered stories, Family, HEA/HFN, imagination, inspirational stories, lifestyles, marriage, Miscellaneous, Narration, novels, reviews, Science Fiction, short stories, Tonette Joyce, writers
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Tagged Craig A. Falconer, inspirational stories, Murder, Murder she wrote, Science Fiction, Stories of redemption, Sunset Stays
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“Socially” Acceptable
I thought of the topic of the week, “How do you use social media and how has it changed”, when I found myself on one platform more and more, one that I never expected to connect with folks through: YouTube. … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, America, audiobooks, authors, battles, big plans, blessings, blogging, book review, Books, careers, collections, creativity, decisions, descriptions, experiences, Family, favorites, food, foreign language, foreign languages, foreign publications, friends, Friendship, history, hobbies, holidays, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, interview, language, libraries, Life, lifestyles, Lists, Miscellaneous, movies, Music, musicians, Narration, new skills, non-fiction, novels, paranormal, performances, personal libraries, pets, poetry, pronunciations, publishing, Random thoughts, reader interview, reading, reading preferences, recipe, reviews, self-improvement, shopping, short stories, shyness, teaching, time management, Tonette Joyce, translations, using talents, weather, writers, writing
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Tagged blogs, Facebook, Instagram, MySpace, Pintrest, Snapchat, Twitter, U.S. Weather Service, Vlogs, weather, Whatsapp, youtube
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Visiting Old Friends
Oh, that I had the time! But there is a help for that, so that I can revisit those that moved me, changed me and those that introduced me to life-long friends. Before I could read, I had my aunt and … Continue reading →
Posted in Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, blessings, Books, characters, childhood, Children's books, classics, Clean Writing, Daily life, descriptions, dialogue, Family, favorite books, favorites, friends, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, Kindle, language, Life, memories, novels, personal libraries, phrases, plots, poetry, Random thoughts, short stories, time management, Tonette Joyce, Words of Wisdom, writers, writing
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Tagged Julius Caesar, Lord of the Rings books, Mary Poppins, multitasking, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bishop's Beggar, The Narnia books, The Secret Garden, Thhe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The Dickens, I Say!
This is not a ‘review’ week, but this one won’t wait. It’s about a story that all of you know, one that I thought that I did in its entirety. I also thought that I had read the complete story, … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, big plans, book review, Books, characters, Christmas, Christmas books, classics, creating scenes, decisions, descriptions, editing, Faith-centered stories, free week, helping others, history, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, Life, movies, novels, publishing, reading, titles, Tonette Joyce, traditions, winter, writers
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, FULL verion of A Christmas Carol, Missing exerpts from A Christmas Carol
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We Need a Little Christmas, Right This Very Minute
(I may have said all of this before, but for once, I am not taking time to check. Bear with me.) I was always opposed to Christmas decorations and Christmas music before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving, but in the last … Continue reading →
Posted in advice, big plans, blessings, Books, Christmas, Christmas books, decisions, descriptions, experiences, Family, favorites, food, free week, Holiday, holidays, inspiration, inspirational stories, Kindle, libraries, lifestyles, memories, movies, novels, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, traditions, winter, Words
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Tagged Christmas books, Christmas movies, Christmas traditions, Has Gruber, Nakatomi Tower
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T’was the Month Before Christmas…
Topic this week:Do you have a favorite Christmas holiday novel? What about your favorite movie? Do you restrict reading/viewing of Christmas/holiday themed books/movies to the holiday season? We’ve covered holiday movies in the recent past, but I am game! Yes, … Continue reading →
Posted in America, Anthologies, Books, childhood, Christmas, Christmas books, classics, Compilations, cozy mystery, Faith-centered stories, food, holidays, inspiration, inspirational stories, lifestyles, memories, movies, reading preferences, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Christmas books, Christmas in the Clouds, Christmas Mice, Christmas movies, Christmas stories, Claymation Christmas, Die Hard, It's a Wonderful Life, Michail Baryshnikov, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Night Before Christmas, The Nutcracker, The Twelve Dates of Christmas, While You Were Sleeping, Wiggles Christmas
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Women Veterans
“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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Review: The Rosie Project
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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Carefree
This week it was asked: What is your fondest childhood memory? It is very funny that just last week thoughts occurred to me of lazy summer days and sometimes how carefree my life was. It wasn’t all the time. … Continue reading →
Posted in America, childhood, Christmas, Daily life, experiences, Family, historical, holidays, inspirational stories, Life, memories, movies, summer, Tonette Joyce, traditions
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Tagged carefree childhood days, Childhood Summers, Christmas magic, Christmas trees, family gatherings, holiday aromas, relatives, Thanksgiving
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Quo Vadis?
Once again, family took my time and attention and I ran late for a review, until nearly 1 AM yesterday morning my time when, just before bed, I checked in to see if the latest post by The Hound had gone … Continue reading →
Posted in Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, characters, classics, descriptions, Faith-centered stories, historical, imagination, inspiration, inspirational stories, memories, movies, novels, paperback books, protagonists, reading, reviews, Tonette Joyce, translations, writers
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Tagged Dumbed-down stories, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Plagiarism, Quo Vadis, Rip-offs, Stories of Rome, Stories of the beginning of Christianity, The Robe, The Spear
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