Summer Fruit Salad with Creamy Honey-Lime Dressing Do you love fresh fruit, especially spring and summer fruits? Those luscious strawberries, melons, blueberries, cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, all just call my name at the beginning of summer. As soon as the fresh crop hits my supermarket I’m making my Summer Fruit Salad with Creamy Honey-Lime Dressing, because […]
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I am a professional freelance writer and editor. I'm retired from the newspaper industry and spend time writing on a variety of subjects on two websites I own. I attended the College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas. I'm also a Vietnam era Army veteran. My favorite quote is: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."
Review: The Cake Doctor Cookbook
The cake in this photo is not homemade, but it sure tastes like it. It’s made with only four ingredients with the help of a cookbook called The Cake Doctor by Anne Byrn. Yep, only four actual cake ingredients! Read on to find out which ones. Chocolate Covered Cherries Cake is my son’s favorite cake […]
Who Was Cecil The Lion?
Who Was Cecil? Cecil the lion was an icon, a black maned lion who earned respect the hard way, by surviving the hardship of being a lion in a place where his kind are killed by hunters every day. But Cecil was more than that, he was a subject of study for England’s University of […]
Why Is Maureen O’Hara Buried In Arlingto
Photo Credit Rest In Peace, Maureen O’Hara, 1920-2015 Maureen O’Hara, beautiful talented actress, passed away on October 24th, 2015. The news stated that her burial is to be in Arlington National Cemetery. Many people, including this author, wondered why she would be buried there, since she was not a veteran. First, let’s learn a bit […]
Aries Born
Those Aries Born Updated on March 13, 2019 Aries – The Ram Photo Credit Aries: A Sign Associated With New Life, New Beginnings Aries traits, meaning those that are found most often in those who are Aries born, are not set in stone. I was born on April 7th, under the sign of Aries, the […]
Horseback Librarians
Photo Credit Author’s Note: This story, written in the month of March, is about a band of hardy librarians, mostly women, who made it possible for folks in far eastern rural corners of the Appalachian Mountains, to have access to books during the Great Depression years. But the month of March also honors America’s National […]
March: National Women’s History Month
Photo Credit March: National Women’s History Month Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March 8. Perhaps you didn’t realize there is a […]
Cataracts In My Eyes
Cataracts In My Eyes Updated on February 26, 2019 I’m A Writer, I Need Good Vision Photo Credit Cataracts In My Eyes ~ Say It Isn’t So! Isn’t this a great, colorful photo? Later on this page, I will show you how my eyes actually saw it before my cataract surgery. I recently had my […]
Bizarre Homage To A Queen
Bizarre Homage To A Queen: The Story of Ines’ de Castro The elaborately carved sarcophagus shown above belongs to an ancient Queen. Her given name was Ines’ de Castro, and she lived in Coimbra, Portugal. But her story is as bizarre as anything you’ll ever read. She wasn’t always allowed to slumber so peacefully as […]
Damned If We Did….
… damned if you do and damned if you don’t! The phrase above is used to say that you cannot escape being criticized, whatever you do. This is the story of my life in my early days of being wife, mother, factory worker, cashier, member of the Women’s Army Corps, and how it all came about. 1968, Me and the Vietnam War […]