June 8 2020
Oatmeal breakfast cookies. These were super easy to make and hit the spot! Thomas and Lillian even liked them. Must make more!
June 14 2020
Discovered while grocery shopping on Friday. If you like black licorice, you’ll love this one. Yum!!
April 6 2020
What 5 words best describe my writing style and what’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done? Thank you to Clare for this thoughtful interview on her book blog … xoxo
**THROWBACK POST**
September 1 2014
(Photo by Tom Swinnen from Pexels)
I am cleaning emails and came across this beauty …
Dolphins At Shore
On a warm sunny day, there lived a dolphin named Aqua who wanted to explore the human world. Aqua didn’t know that it was dangerous up there. A river dolphin named Lavender came down from the river and had said that the dolphin could go up. So the dolphin went up and 1 minute later she found herself laying on the shore. She couldn’t move so she just laid there until a young girl named Tacitus and others noticed her and the girl called for her father who was one of the dolphin helpers. Aqua got back.
She never went back up on the shore again. As for Tacitus, she went on to help other dolphins. She earned herself a nickname called Super Dolphin Helper Daphne. Then Aqua & Daphne met again while Daphne was swimming. Aqua kept following her so they started their own company and Aqua got a nickname as well which was Dolphin Assistant Spring. As time went by they both got older and then they didn’t use their body no longer. But Daphne transferred into a dolphin while Spring became a human. So Spring got her wish later in life.
They lived happily ever after.
June 13 2020
Team TLC Movie Night: Lillian’s choice – “Dumbo”
Lillian says, “Good, liked the background music, good moral, and Dumbo and Collette are my favorite characters.”
I say, “Cute movie. Danny DeVito was great in his role.”
Thomas says, “It was alright.”
June 13 2020
I’m chatting with Jess about my weird aversion to doing anything the typical way, how my 10 year marriage ending led to my first book, and imposter syndrome. Join us…(photo mentioned in interview) ….
JF: Let’s start out with five fun facts about you. Go.
JF: Do you have a day job? If so, what is it? What other jobs have you held? Have they influenced your writing?
Before I became a mom, I was a ….. Follow the link to read further …
June 13 2020
… from my heart … xoxo
The fear of speaking my voice sits lodged in my throat. Yet, I can do this. It is nothing compared to the years of suffering my brothers and sisters have endured.
I can no longer remain silent about matters that offend my heart and soul. I have been quiet about current events as I begin to educate myself. I am 50 years old. I have been quiet for far too long. I know that no matter what I say in this writing, something will not be said in the best way, or the wrong words will be used. However, I cannot let that delay my speaking up.
I have been walking into my own discomfort for the past 15 years. I’m prepared to walk into the discomfort of learning about systemic racism and I’ve been doing it for a week, and will continue doing it until I feel I’ve educated myself fully, spoken, and continue to live from a different place with this knowledge. I love my fellow humans and I will do this for them, for myself, and for the positive advancement of the human race. This is an act of love. For me, love is not just a feeling one has for another. Love is an action. How do we expect change to happen unless we address it within ourselves first and foremost?
I support Black Lives Matter. I support BIPOC. I support the lifting of oppression. I support justice and equality for communities of color. I support the ….. Follow link to continue reading …
June 12 2020
Extra movie night for me: “Ghosts of Mississippi”
This one made my brain want to explode! Another powerful, true story. Maddening, infuriating, heartbreaking. Watch it.
June 11 2020
Amazing walk this morning. So many herds of wild horses. The most I’ve seen, about 5 or 6 groups.
June 9 2020
Lillian and Camilla June 2020 Date Day … Part 1
Fries from Ike’s and lemon cheesecake cookie from Whole Foods for Lillian. Fabulous French onion from GreatFull Gardens and Coconut Bliss chocolate walnut brownie “ice cream” for me.
Part 2
A walk in one of our favorite places.
Part 3
A beautiful drive to Audrey Harris Park, stop to take in the beauty, and a wonderful drive back home.
June 7 2020:
Balcony beauties added to the family. They may be coming inside tonight. Hopefully, tonight will be the last chance of near freezing temps.
