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Haikubes – April 30th, 2020

[image error] Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . my childhood. Sweet gardenias Indelibly on the brain, Unfading fragrance.

Odyssey Podcast #127: Nisi Shawl on Dialect & Representation (Part 1)

Doing Dialect and Dialogue Correctly with Nisi Shawl.

Haikubes – April 29th, 2020

Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . our world. Sugar-coated lies arent easy to disguise Enmity survives.

Haikubes – April 28th, 2020

Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . my (current) romantic life. Devils advocate? Bait and switch? uh huh, games we never entertained.

Let’s Talk about Stress

At this time, all I have to say is stress sucks. It may be inelegant, but its the truth. Especially after reading these annoying and unhelpful quotes about stress: You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway and Its not stress that kills us, its our reaction to it. Oh puh-leeeze do shut up! Thank you, Charles, for telling it like it is!

Legends of Windemere

Cruella Devil

Stress is brutal.  In small doses, it can drive us ahead, but how often do we get the...

Haikubes – April 27th, 2020

Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . my family. Cute little puppies! Look! Adorable kittens! Mommy, we want them!

Haikubes – April 26th, 2020

Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . my (former) work life. Several years ago, I used to have two jobs: teaching full-time and instructing Zumba Fitness classes part-time. Now, I workout at home por moi. As a FFK (Former Fat Kid) I know what its like to notice when the chub-chub rolls are making a comeback, the muscles are surrendering to gravity, and the jiggle isnt jiggly-jiggling because I dropped into a hip shimmy or a body roll, but because the cupcakes and that extra slice of Brie...

QuaranCon 2020

Even though I had technical difficulties due to my uncooperative camera (which is now working AFTER THE FACT LOL), I had enjoyed conversing with other authors. Heres the link for the Editing panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCAmMP0p40&feature=youtu.be

Azaaa Davis

April 2020

What is it?

A fantasy convention for both readers and writers of fiction.

Haikubes – April 25th, 2020

Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . my family. [image error]

Pixabay Free Photo by MiraLove

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Sunrise to sunset Ichi-go ichi-e, to Moonrise to moonset.

Haikubes – April 24th, 2020

Theme and Direction A reflection on . . . my work life.

Tout kod gen de bout. Crystallize me if you dare, but even ice shifts.