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A Sense of Place

Love to WriteAugust 27, 2012529Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week Bob and I spent a few days at the beach in conjunction with a talk I gave to members of the Amelia Island Genealogical Society. (To view photos of this event, click here.) We relaxed and spent time with our good friend Liam, and by slowing down and experiencing a new place, I…

Free Writing the Waves cruise presentation

CruiseAugust 26, 2012408Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Thursday, September 20th at 7:00 p.m., come learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Writing the Waves cruise. The travel agent organizing our trip on Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas will be on hand to tell us about the ship, its ports of call, travel arrangements and so forth, and I'll…

Ship inspection of Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas

CruiseAugust 26, 2012603Views 0Likes 0Comments

Set aside Sunday, October 21st for an excursion to inspect Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas at Port Canaveral. A motor coach will pick us up in Orlando and drive us to the ship where a Royal Caribbean representative will meet us and give us a tour of this wonderful vessel. Next, we'll enjoy a…

Full speed ahead

Cruise, CruisersAugust 13, 2012607Views 0Likes 0Comments

Preparation for the Writing the Waves cruise in May 2013 is traveling full speed ahead with people reserving their spots at the writing table and selecting from the best cabins available. Don’t miss the boat. (Sorry about all the nautical puns. I couldn’t help myself.) If you’d like to know more about the cruise and…

In my mother’s closet

Love to WriteJuly 30, 2012871Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bob and I are in South Louisiana visiting my parents and other family members this week. In the room where we’re staying, my mother has a large, walk-in closet which holds a lifetime of memories. Each piece on those shelves has a story, and the fact it has survived all these years confirms its importance…

Creating a writing community

Love to WriteJuly 16, 2012434Views 0Likes 0Comments

Social media guru and Writing Your Life class member Penney Fox did a presentation on blogging last week to the Orlando chapter of the Florida Writers Association. She brought the house down and gave great information about how we can use blogging to promote ourselves as authors and sell more books. What struck me was the…

Reasons to write

Love to WriteJuly 9, 2012604Views 0Likes 0Comments

At the First Saturday Writing Workshop a couple of days ago, I was reminded of the importance of writing our life stories in such a vivid way . I gave a prompt to write about one of the most unusual things the participants had ever seen in the sky. I expected big sightings—the aurora borealis,…

By my own hand…

Love to WriteJune 21, 2012594Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week I attended a women’s luncheon in downtown Orlando and got to chatting with a lady about handwriting or longhand, as we used to call it. I thought of the long hours I spent in first and second grades, pencil in hand, putting marks on scratchy, lined paper. Then once the block letters were…

Go where the pain Is

Love to WriteJune 7, 2012506Views 0Likes 0Comments

Pain is defined as acute physical, mental or emotional distress or suffering, and it’s something each of us experiences. It’s universal. We all have the aches and pains of sore backs and joints that have supported us for a lifetime, the all-too-often hurts of unkind words and thoughtless acts, and many bear the invisible scars…

Recipe for a great story

Love to WriteJune 4, 20121KViews 0Likes 0Comments

At the grocery store on Friday, I found a recipe for bean soup, picked up all the ingredients—ham, turkey sausage, onion pinto and white beans, bay leaves, chicken broth—and headed for home. I chopped the onion and followed the instructions provided by the expert Publix chefs, and violà…a tasty lunch treat for Bob and me. That…

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A Sense of Place

Free Writing the Waves cruise presentation

Ship inspection of Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas

Full speed ahead

In my mother’s closet

Reasons to write

By my own hand…

Go where the pain Is

Recipe for a great story

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