Author: Laci

Book Review: The Lost Metal

Title: The Lost MetalAuthor: Brandon SandersonPublication Date: 2022Publishing House: Audible Audio I have been waiting for this book for a while. I was so happy when it was released and then I had to wait for it to be available from the library. I read the first six books in the Mistborn series, originally on

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Writing Group: Short Story: XVI

Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2023, may it treat us well. This was the final prompt for 2022. Inspiration: Dicken’s A Christmas Carol and other Victorian error Christmas ghost stories. Prompt: Write a ghost story with a moral. The response to this were great in our writing group. The writer that won

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Writing Group: Short Story: XV

Time for some yuletide tales! For this prompt we selected a creature from a winter holiday belief system from around the world with a very brief description. I selected the Mari Lwyd. This is a bit of Welsh mythos-tradition, the only description I was given was a horse skull draped in a cloth that requests

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San Francisco: Street Food to Fine Dining

Breakfast After our ride on the cable car we needed breakfast and, based on a recommendation from the hotel, we decided to try the Hollywood Cafe on North Point Street. It is within walking distance of the cable car turn around. We enjoyed breakfast on the covered patio. We had breakfast about 10am on a

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California: Exploring San Francisco

As I discussed in my 5 Travel Tips for Napa post, this was a girls trip. Due to the time difference we were all up before 6am on our first morning in California, despite not getting to the hotel until midnight. This worked to our advantage. Riding the Cable Car After coffee we decided to

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