Category Archives: Words of Wisdom

My Pleasures Are Many

But I Don’t Feel the Least Bit Guilty About Them By Jeff Salter Topic: What’s your favorite guilty pleasure? Well, I’ll reveal some of my so-called “guilty pleasures” a bit further down in this blog… but, for now, let me … Continue reading

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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

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The Fabulous Mr. Ed

Our Tuesday Fox asked, “Who is the person (besides your parents) who had the biggest impact on your life?” I’ve often acknowledged the many excellent teachers who have shaped my life, from elementary grades through graduate school. There have been … Continue reading

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Leaf By Niggle

I thought that I had exhausted all of the Tolkien available, but while perusing audiobooks a short time ago  I ran across this story and it hit straight to my heart. It struck me so much that although I have … Continue reading

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Serious Series Suggestions

About a week ago a question was posed in a Facebook writer’s group:  “Can you give me any advice on writing a series?”  I weighed in, then I thought that, in a longer version, it might make a good post … Continue reading Continue reading

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Big Points That I Have Learned in Life

What have I learned so far in life? A great deal I have had many people around me, I have lived in many places, and as my mother would say, I’m no spring chicken. In fact, I seem to now … Continue reading

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Power of the Flower

This week, our newest fox asked us, “What have you learned about life so far?” It’s sometimes difficult for me to grasp the fact that I’m at the age my grandmother was while I was in grade school. At the … Continue reading

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Don’t Stop Believing

This week: What (if anything) drains/blocks your potential productivity? How does it do so? What can you do to correct this? Not much stops my creativity; in fact, adversity generally increases my retreat into ‘what ifs’, ‘how abouts’ and straight … Continue reading

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I Wish I’d Known…

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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