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Category Archives: Music
The Gift of Time
Our Wednesday Fox asked, “What are the two best Christmas presents you ever received?” My first reaction was “Oh my. This sounds like a version of ‘Who’s your favorite child?’” I stewed about this topic for a good hour, trying … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, childhood, experiences, Family, holidays, memories, Music, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged Christmas, favorites, gifts, time spent together, wish list
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Song Sung Blue
Our resident hound asked, “What color best describes you? Why that color?” I’ve always been drawn to the color blue. The particular shade of blue that I choose as my favorite depends on the time of day, my mood, and … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Dealing with stress, experiences, favorites, inspiration, Music, Patricia Kiyono, Random thoughts, The Author Life
Tagged blue, colors, Neil Diamond, pramatism, preferences, Song Sung Blue
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Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
(I’m back after being ill and I just hope that I make sense! I have no idea why it posted in italics.) This week: If you had to get rid of most of your belongings in order to move into a … Continue reading
Posted in advice, authors, blessings, Books, collections, Daily life, decisions, experiences, Family, favorite books, favorites, food, goals, hobbies, imagination, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, Lists, memories, Miscellaneous, Music, personal libraries, poetry, procrastination, reading, recipe, series, time management, Tonette Joyce, traditions, using talents, What if, Words, writing
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Short Affirmation
We had covered our favorite books from our childhoods in several posts. We will be discussing books to which we have been introduced by our kid children and grandchildren soon, because when I thought of the topic, my colleagues here … Continue reading
Guest: Author Robert Coburn
Facebook Friend, Robert Coburn, is here for a guest post, forgoing a Q&A for a narrative. Let’s hear about his life directly from the man: I was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. Shortly after graduating from high school, I … Continue reading
Posted in America, author interview, author's life, book covers, book series, Books, careers, contemporary, experiences, Guest, Guest author, Guest author post, hobbies, jobs, Life, Miscellaneous, Music, novels, research, Tonette Joyce, using talents, writers
Tagged Advertising, Helicopters, Jack Hunter Mysteries, Locations in novels, Piloting airplanes, Robert Coburn
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Guest: Wyatt Schroeder, Book Reviewer, Author Interviewer, Gaming and Book Vlogger
We’ve had not only authors as guests, but readers, narrators, editors, publishers and we’ve talked about all phases of writing work and enjoyment, so I decided to broaden the scope a bit this month. My guest today is Wyatt Schroeder, … Continue reading
Posted in America, Angela Schroeder, authors, big plans, blessings, blogging, book review, Books, childhood, Children's books, Daily life, decisions, experiences, Family, favorite books, friends, Friendship, goals, Goodreads Challenge, Guest, Guest Blogs, hobbies, holidays, imagination, inspiration, inspirational people, interview, Life, Middle Grade Books, Music, musicians, personal libraries, pets, Random thoughts, reader interview, reading preferences, recipe, reviews, sports, teaching, time management, Tonette Joyce, traditions, youth
Tagged Bedtime With Wyatt, blogging.Pearl City Reader, book reading, Doc Holiday, family, Gluten-free eating, Goodreads, Grandparents, homeschooling, Jesse james, LaVar Burton Reads, Pearl City Gamer, Reading Rainbow, reading videos, Violin, Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Schroeder
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Makin’ Music With My Friends
Happy New Year! The past ten months have presented many challenges for most of us. I’m fortunate in that I’m able to connect with my loved ones electronically, and it’s enough for me. Although my routine has changed sharply and … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, Daily life, Dealing with stress, experiences, hobbies, Life, Music, Patricia Kiyono, using talents
Tagged After the virus, Back to normal, someday, Things I miss
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Lost in Translation?
Two weeks ago I did a mishmash of a ‘review’ about two, (at least), books and touched on the fact that they were translated. Something that had been nagging in the back of my head for many decades came to … Continue reading
Posted in America, Books, characters, dialogue, experiences, imagination, inspiration, memories, Music, novels, poetry, reading, Tonette Joyce, writers, writing
Tagged Boris Pasternak, choosing words in translation, coining words and phrases, Ernest Hemingway, Lyrics Shakespeare, play on words, Shrek, subtitles, translations, William Shakespeare
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Yes, That Really Happened
Our question for this week is, “Have you used something that happened to you in real life in any of your stories? Did you change it at all?” I’ve often remarked that each of my female protagonists shares something with … Continue reading
Guest: Author Debbie De Louise
I am pleased to welcome a new friend, Debbie De Louise, who found me via mutual friends. I’m always looking for new faces to bring here, so I asked Debbie to join me for an interview as soon as I … Continue reading
Posted in author interview, author's life, book covers, book review, Books, careers, Guest, Guest author, hobbies, imagination, interview, Kindle, libraries, lifestyles, Miscellaneous, Music, pets, social media, Tonette Joyce, Travel, using talents, writing
Tagged A Stone's Throw, At, cats, Cloudy Rainbow, Cobble Cove Mysteries, Debbie De Louise, librarians, Library Cats, Lighthouses, Long Island, New York, Sea Scope, Sisters in Crime, The Missing Mistletoe, The Path to the Rainbow Bridge
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