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Do you garden at all? When I was in Colorado, I had a townhouse. It had a fair-sized yard, but the back was two-thirds deck and the rest was generally shady, which was great for the kids playing, but not great … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, battles, big plans, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, descriptions, experiences, Family, food, goals, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, Random thoughts, spring, summer, Tonette Joyce, using talents, Validation, weather
Tagged gardening, growing vegetables
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Is There FAIRness in the World?
Is there a place that you have traveled to when you were younger that you wish you could visit again? You can pretty much read Elaine’s Wednesday post, with some of Patty’s from Monday and Angie’s from Tuesday, since they … Continue reading
Posted in America, characters, childhood, Children's books, classics, descriptions, experiences, Family, futuristic, helping others, imagination, inspiration, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, reviews, shyness, summer, Tonette Joyce, traditions, Travel
Tagged Baltimore, Ellicott City Maryland, New York City 1965 World's Fair, Suburbs, The Enchanted Forest, travel
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Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Our Friday Fox asked, “If a weather-related reason caused you to have unexpected guests stranded at your house, how would you keep them entertained? What would you do if the electricity was also down?” I don’t often have overnight guests, … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Life, Patricia Kiyono, spring, summer, weather, What if, winter
Tagged alternate plans, coping, don't sweat the small stuff, making do, stranded guests
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Summertime, and the Writin’ Is Easy…Not
How has the uniqueness of the Summer of 2020 affected our writings so far? With me, it’s been devastating, Back in April, I posted on trying to get my act together for a ‘new normal’. I realize that phrase has … Continue reading
What’s Keeping You Busy This Week?
“FREE” week! Yeah, right! I’m anything BUT free this week. School starts for the Granddaughters, with the last trips to Cheer and practices before the school busses step up and be the shuttle instead of the grandparents. Last ‘last-minute’ gathering … Continue reading
Posted in big plans, blessings, Books, characters, clothing, decisions, experiences, Family, free week, helping others, Life, summer, time management, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged babies, furniture, grandchildren, marriage, sons
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Heartstrings
A whirlwind around me again lately and here I was without an idea about writing for this ‘free’ week. By Tuesday I was so busy, I couldn’t even worry about it; I had a number of errands to do in … Continue reading
Posted in art, big plans, blessings, careers, decisions, experiences, Family, free week, goals, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, musicians, performances, Preparing for writing, Random thoughts, summer, Tonette Joyce, using talents
Tagged antiques, grandchildren, Luthiers, Violins
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Has Anyone Seen My Summer?
This week, our resident hound supplied our writing prompt: “Is there a particular season or month (or time of year) in which your writing seems more productive?” Up until this year, my most productive writing month was summer. It’s no … Continue reading
Posted in Patricia Kiyono, summer, writing
Tagged family, life gets in the way, roadblocks, seasons
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