Through the Eyes of Children

April 19, 2011

The sounds of a spring morning lighten my mood and make me smile. Birds chirping, the neighbors dogs barking, and across the way a farmer?s John Deere tractor chugging along as the plow blades cut into the red clay. Glorious springtime! Everywhere I look there is new growth. Grass, trees, garden vegetables, and our ten-year […]

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Submission Guidelines

April 11, 2011

During the four years that I?ve been submitting my work to publishing companies I?ve gained a tremendous amount of knowledge. The most important being, each and every publishing company has their own idea of how they want information sent to them. Some are very picky, others more laid back and not as demanding. While some […]

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Exploring

April 5, 2011

The young girl in me still loves a good adventure. Especially when it?s with my favorite guy and only granddaughter. My latest exploit started last Saturday morning. After loading up our gear to take to the camper on New River we headed to the mountain. On the way we stopped in Sparta for a visit […]

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Back to School

March 28, 2011

No, I?m not talking about Rodney Dangerfield?s movie Back to School, but I did love that flick. It was so funny. I am however heading back to school next month, but only for three days. The nice folks down in Carteret County have invited me to share with their middle and high school students a […]

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Yikes, No Internet!

March 22, 2011

About this time last Spring I was gearing up for another fun filled summer at New River. We have a camper that we leave there year round, but the winters are so cold in the mountains of The Blue Ridge that mid to late October we have to winterize our little home on wheels, wave […]

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Water. Our Sustainer or Betrayer?

March 15, 2011

When a person is raised along the banks of a river, on a lake, or near a pond; our blood runs a little thinner. Watered down by the sounds, smells and beauty of the landscape. One who lives near these such places becomes entwined in the character of the water and its surroundings. We become […]

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Fearless

March 8, 2011

Sometimes I dream some really strange stuff. When I was growing up I had a?re-occurring dream. I would be flying in an airplane and then all of a sudden out of nowhere a mountain appears. You know what happens next, the plane flies out of control and straight into the mountain. I vowed never to […]

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Soft Cover, Hard Cover, e-book or Audio?

March 1, 2011

Call me old fashioned but how in the world could anyone enjoy reading a book on an electronic reader? But with that said I can certainly understand the advantages. For one the cost of an e-book is much cheaper. You can purchase and download a new novel in a matter of minutes. You can also […]

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Totally Out of Control

February 22, 2011

Sometimes the world just will not stop and leave us lone! Have you ever wondered why things happen? Good things, bad things? In the midst of the storm, as the thunder cracks and the lightning bolts plunge to the ground, do you hide your face in fear, or do you reach your hands up and […]

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Brand Name or Generic?

February 15, 2011

There are about ten things going on in my mind to blog about today, so bear with me as I ramble. I am so thankful for my busy days and stacks of to-do-stuff. Without those stacks I would become a bit worthless. Every pile of notes and printed out paper have some kind of valuable […]

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