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Guest Author: R. J. Fox
This week is scheduled for guest author spotlights. As vice-president of my local writers group, it’s my responsibility to seek out and arrange for speakers at our monthly meetings. Last year I read a notice about a presentation by Ann … Continue reading
Posted in Guest author, Guest author post, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged encouragement, Love and Vodka, memoir, R.J. Fox, teachers, Ukraine
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Thank You, Miss Seeley
We have another free week, and I had planned to tell you about another one of my groups of friends. Instead, I’m going to tell you about someone who had a great influence on my life. Last week I said … Continue reading
Posted in inspirational people, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged Ann Seeley, hats, inspiration, quilting, reading, teachers, Thank you, Warming Ears, writing
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When I Grow up…
This week we’ve been challenged to share our childhood dreams. I suppose I had the usual childhood fantasies about meeting Prince Charming and riding on a white horse up the mountain to a gleaming castle. I would never again be … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Patricia Kiyono
Tagged actress, authors, Career aspirations, dreams, hopes, mom, musician, princess, someday, teachers
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Mistaken Identity
The topic this week is: Have you ever been mistaken for anyone else? and I can say,” Yes, many times”. Most of the time, I was mistaken for my sister. She’s seven years older than I am and we don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Life, Miscellaneous, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce
Tagged families, Ireland, look-alikes, mistaken identity, schools, sisters, teachers, Teri Garr
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Whoo-Whoo, End of School!
We are talking about memories of the last days of school. Mine were pretty much the same all through elementary school, which for me consisted of grades first through sixth. Almost no one I knew attended Kindergarten, which were all … Continue reading
Car-ing, Not Caring
Open Week and I don’t have a guest, no stories or articles published recently,(want to see my newest rejection slip? It’s a badge of honor; I’m ‘out there’.) And I don’t want to talk about a work in progress. I … Continue reading
Posted in Tonette Joyce
Tagged automobiles, Blazer, Caprice, carburators, cars, grandchildren, grandsons, husband. Jaguar cars, internal cobustion engines, Little Old Lady From Pasadena, published articles, ragtops, rejection slips, rocket engines., science class, science teachers, sentimentality, sons, sporty cars, teachers
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What I’m Thankful For
… About Writing By Jeff Salter This week’s topic certainly narrows down the traditional list of things I’m truly thankful for (and that IS a long list, indeed). You might think that focusing solely on the aspects of … Continue reading
Posted in authors, childhood, Holiday, Jeff Salter, Jillian Chantal, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, Random thoughts, romance, writing
Tagged Astraea Press, Chick Lit Writers of the World, ChickLit Chapter, English teachers, Four Foxes One Hound, Jillian Chantal, Kay Springsteen, Mrs. Fleming, PRO Group, PRO Section, Renee Vincent, Romance Writers of America, Rosalie Sherman, Sarah Ballance, small world, Stephanie Taylor, Take Two ... on Romance, teachers, Thanksgiving, Tonya Kappes, Vivian Roycroft, Write By Salter
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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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