[caption id="attachment_9772" align="alignleft" width="225"] Yankee Doodle's hat for Montgomery[/caption] Singing while self-distancing. That's what we are doing this Sunday. As a family, we've been fortunate. Since we work together we can still visit on a daily basis, still self-distancing. Our grandchildren drop by, and my grandson...
I'm an author who benefits from being an introvert. I can socialize when I have to. I do like my friends and their company, but I also enjoy being alone without having conversations with myself. I'm not that introverted. However, I do talk to the...
I've compiled a list of my top five favourite dogs in movies. We’ve all seen them, the cute puppy or the gigantic dog that steals the scene in a movie. It doesn’t matter the genre, whether it’s a romance or action because if there’s a...
[caption id="attachment_8968" align="aligncenter" width="636"] 5 Reasons For Reading Romance Novels[/caption] First of all, you should never have to explain why you read romance novels. However, you can use the following five reasons: Reading romance isn't what it used to be If you don't read romance novels, you probably...
Sharing with you Firstly, I want to share 5 things to know about service dogs, our four-legged heroes. They are not pets. Service dogs have a job to do. Do not distract them. Service dogs are expensive. It costs $1,500 to raise a puppy in its...
[caption id="attachment_9283" align="alignleft" width="960"] Don't let rejection get you down.[/caption] Celebrating Rejection One of my writing groups awards chocolates for successes. We celebrate requests for manuscripts, getting an agent or publisher, publishing a book, finishing writing a book, finishing a chapter. We celebrate any success we can...
What's on your bucket lists? Bucket lists. They can be for anything - travel, adventures, things to do on a weekend, chores (really?), movies to see, books to read, or concerts to attend. The list is endless and as varied as the person who makes the...
[caption id="attachment_9265" align="alignleft" width="800"] A month of happiness challenge.[/caption] I came across this happiness challenge today - every month write down 30 things that make you happy and every day do one of those things from the list. As a result, I've made up my list...
Yesterday, while I played with my grandson, I was instructed on the proper sound a dinosaur makes. I must admit it wasn't the sound I imagined it to be. To be clear, my grandson, Montgomery, is 18 months old. He loves tractors, trucks, and dinosaurs....
[caption id="attachment_9253" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Would've Could've Should've[/caption] It's a common mistake. We see it all the time, especially on Facebook posts. Posters write SHOULD OF instead of SHOULD HAVE or SHOULD'VE, COULD OF instead of COULD HAVE or COULD'VE. It's an understandable mistake. Our ears hear...