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Looking Back
THIS WEEK: At some point in your past, was there a year – or a significant period of time – that you consider your “favorite” time (or, at least, one of your favorites)? What was going on? I put … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, authors, battles, big plans, blessings, careers, creativity, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, friends, helping others, hobbies, imagination, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, new skills, poetry, procrastination, self-improvement, Tonette Joyce, youth
Tagged Denver, friends online, gardening, good times, Kentucky, Kentucky., N.Va., peace, pride, Survival, writing
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Guest Author Scott Collins
Today my guest is author Scott Collins. Scott and I met on Facebook through mutual friends when he asked how we find books. He also hoped to find other avenues of exposure, so I gladly offered to have him visit … Continue reading
Posted in author interview, authors, careers, childhood, Family, Guest, Guest author, imagination, interview, Life, Miscellaneous, Tonette Joyce, writing
Tagged centaurs, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado living, Dean Koontz, Denver, Facebook friends, fairies, Haggis, herb lore in literature, Highland Games, J.R.R.Tolkien, Jugged Hare, Jugged Rabbit, Middle Grade Fantasy books, Mythical creatures, Scepter, Scott Collins, Stephen King., The Hunger Games
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I’m Cool, Man
This week’s question: How do you keep cool during the dog days of summer? A/C! When I was a kid, growing up in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, we didn’t have air conditioning; no one I knew had central A/C. There … Continue reading
Trouble On the Line
The topic of the week is about mistaken identities on the phone or strange/funny wrong numbers. I nearly used up the story last week about how I was often mistaken for my sister on the phone either by all the … Continue reading
It’s Not Just the Heat…
Most of us are in the US and this week are talking about what we hate about the heat. It is the end of July and that is usually when the worst hits.(Iris is in Australia, so if you check … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Tonette Joyce, youth
Tagged air conditioning, Arizona, Colorado, Denver, discomfort, Hat weather, Hell, humid weather, humidity, Idaho, John Sebastian, Phoenix, Summer in the City, Washingto DC, Washington DC suburbs
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Weather…or Not
Winter. I waited until the last minute to write this and I think I am just going to wing it. I had in mind some things I was going to say, but winter hit with a vengeance tonight,(Thursday). Except for … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Holiday, Life, Tonette Joyce
Tagged "Call the weather" "Call the Time", backpacking, Christmas, cold weather, dangers of cold weather, DC, Denver, grandchildren, humidity, Idaho, inexperienced campers, mountain climbing, North Central Kentucky, snow, Social Studies teacher, the East, The Grand Tetons, The Mountains, The Riviera, Washington, Western Living, Wyoming
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Thank Heaven For Little Boys
Here is one time when my life was truly and suddenly in danger. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with humidity or lack thereof…I know the Hound and my Fellow Foxes know about high humidity; it makes … Continue reading
Posted in Tonette Joyce
Tagged air conditioning, carbon monoxide, cold hot suburbs, Colorado, compressed firplace logs, Denver, firplace, furnace, gas, glaciers, heaters, humidity, Natural gas, propane, sons, townhouse, windows
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The Blind Leading the Blind?
I had moved from the Washington, DC area where I grew up to southwest Idaho, (long story). My ex(?)-boyfriend came up to see us when he was in Denver for a job interview. He went back to Va. for a … Continue reading
Posted in Tonette Joyce
Tagged afraid, blind, bus, busses, car, Civil Service, Colorado, Denver, friends, gal-pal, helpful, husband, Idaho, Iowa, lost, married, medical transcriptionist, parents, priest, private academy, public transportation, roommate, shy, sightless, students, taxis, teachers, Virginia, wife
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