Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
The North Texas Fair and Rodeo is currently going on and we got to go last weekend. Yes, it was hot but not was hot as last year. We had a ton of fun, Keltin took the camera to take some pictures of my sister who is a member of the Fairgrounders. This is a
The prompt for this week was write about a plague, a real one, a fictional one, not only COVID. I selected the dancing plague of 1518. The actual cause of this plague is unknown. There are theories that it was caused by a fungus or mass hysteria. I made the cause the Sidhe, the fair
In the interest of posting our film photos here are some we took at the Bluebonnet festival! This was one of those ridiculous days where we drove a long way (an hour one way) to see flowers and take pictures and it was worth it. I don’t know if this festival will be a yearly
We are really behind on getting our film developed but we finally did and it was a lot. We visited twice this year and really worked on upgrading our costumes. Keltin now has a kilt (that he loves) and I picked up a couple new pieces as well: a corset and some scale armor. I
I’m currently on a contemporary romance book binge, mostly, with a couple of historical romances and some fantasy thrown in. Seriously, I have a problem but that’s okay because it is books. Like two books a week kind of thing, but at least I’m not bringing home pets or something. Actually that not quite true,
For those that are curious as to the reason for the disruption of my normal posting schedule.Writing Update: The first draft is complete! Holy cow I wrote over 70,000 words for one draft. Truth be told, it is still a bit mind boggling. Is it perfect? Heck no, not at all but my wonderful husband
The prompt for this story is what would happen if mythical creatures were real in this day and age. What would people do? How would the creatures act? Creatures such dragons, mermaids, giants, unicorns, and so on. The stories produced by this prompt were fantastic. My story is based off what is jokingly called the
The local farmers market has some fantastic vendors, one of which makes pasta. They also make fantastic butternut squash ravioli. They don’t have a website but if you end up at the Denton Community Market stop in at Lucido’s Garden Pasta. I worked with them to come up with an easy (and tasty) summer recipe
It has been a while since I posted a writing group piece. I’ve been writing a lot of poetry lately in group, partly due to the fact I need something different since my big project is all pros. If you are curious about that project is it a much expanded (and updated) version of this
Hello all, I’ve been quiet on here lately so I thought I’d give you some updates. I have a couple of trips and a video in the works. I’ve been reading a lot. Yes, I am behind on travel posts and book reviews. A lot of that is because I have been working on a
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