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June 10, 2011
Friday smiles
These are also from a forward from a friend, but they're all stinking adorable. I'll only post a couple here and save some for another day. I hope you smile like I did!
I love this one, it's so classic!
And my favorite in this bunch...
I love this one, it's so classic!
And my favorite in this bunch...
June 9, 2011
Thursday Progress
I have no progress to report. Some ideas tossed around, some new concepts that have great promise, but nothing solid.
What's everyone else working in?
What's everyone else working in?
June 8, 2011
Wednesday Review: Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides
I have mixed feelings about this. I think part of the problem is that I expected more. More of what made the trilogy so exciting, so worth re-watching. OK, sure Orlando Bloom & Kiera Knightly weren't in it, but where was the mention of them? The off handed remark about their very presence? Not like they hadn't gone through a lot together.
And where was the crew of the Black Pearl? Hello mention! A line, a comment, a reminisce. Nada.
The whole mermaid thing was interesting but cheated, I felt. It was rushed, not very well explained, and overall almost an afterthought.
Anyone else have a comment on it?
June 7, 2011
Tuesday Comings and Goings
I'm over at Unusual Historicals blogging about George M. Cohan and his long and colorful journey.
June 5, 2011
Happy Birtday, Emilia
Today is Emilia's first birthday! I've had her since last September, but it doesn't feel that long. On the other hand, it feels like I've always had her in my life. In celebratioin of her birthday, I'm making her a doggie birthday cake.
Peanut Butter Delight Dog Birthday Cake
Ingredients:1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup honey
1 eggDirections:Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)Mix together flour and baking soda. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into a ring mold sprayed with a nonstick spray for 40 minutes.Frost this cake with low fat cottage cheese and decorate with carrot pieces. Store in refrigerator.
Peanut Butter Delight Dog Birthday Cake
Ingredients:1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup honey
1 eggDirections:Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)Mix together flour and baking soda. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into a ring mold sprayed with a nonstick spray for 40 minutes.Frost this cake with low fat cottage cheese and decorate with carrot pieces. Store in refrigerator.
June 4, 2011
Saturday Excerpt
The Most Unsuitable Husband
by Caroline Clemmons
Available as part of her backlist, this Texas Western is part of a series currently available on Smashwords for $3.99. Look for this week's Saturday Excerpt at
Slip into Something Victorian
!
Reforming a rogue is easier said than done. Sarah Kincaid wants only the simple things: a home, a family, a place in the community where she can set a good example and lead a moral life. When she learns her mother's will has made her a saloon owner, she is shocked. Even more shocking is her reaction to Nate Bartholomew. Tall, dark, and unmistakably tempting, Nate is a gambler by trade--and hardly an upright citizen.
Taking in a trio of starving orphans on the run from an unsavory man is hardly the way to conduct a romance--if not a redemption--but Nate and Sarah soon learn that the only proper thing to do under the circumstances is to let love take them where it will...and get ready for a passionate adventure.
The most unsuitable husband may just be the perfect man at heart.
Available as part of her backlist, this Texas Western is part of a series currently available on Smashwords for $3.99. Look for this week's Saturday Excerpt at
Slip into Something Victorian
!Reforming a rogue is easier said than done. Sarah Kincaid wants only the simple things: a home, a family, a place in the community where she can set a good example and lead a moral life. When she learns her mother's will has made her a saloon owner, she is shocked. Even more shocking is her reaction to Nate Bartholomew. Tall, dark, and unmistakably tempting, Nate is a gambler by trade--and hardly an upright citizen.
Taking in a trio of starving orphans on the run from an unsavory man is hardly the way to conduct a romance--if not a redemption--but Nate and Sarah soon learn that the only proper thing to do under the circumstances is to let love take them where it will...and get ready for a passionate adventure.
The most unsuitable husband may just be the perfect man at heart.
June 3, 2011
More pictures to smile over
This came from a forward a friend sent me. No idea where it originated from, but the pictures are too good not to share. Adorable, I can't help it, I'm a sucker for cute animal pictures!
And if you haven't seen this adorable video, you really should.
And if you haven't seen this adorable video, you really should.
June 2, 2011
June goals
Busy, busy, busy! And that doesn't even begin to describe what June is like for me. That's without adding in writing time. Plus there's the new
Cars
movie I absolutely must see. But every little writing minute counts, right?! Picture from the Simon Dexter Blog, found from a google images search using the term 'busy'.
June 1, 2011
Books to movies
For the purposes of this, I'm talking fiction. Non-fiction/documentaries are in a totally separate category.
All this talk about Hunger Games being made into a movie (and I do mean all this talk, it's permeated everything!) got me thinking about what's lost (and gained?) by turning a beloved book into a movie/series.Game of Thrones, Pillars of the Earth, Dexter, True Blood, Murdoch Mysteries , the Stieg Larsson trilogy, not to mention the many many adaptations of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, etc. (For more try this site.)
I like to think I have a pretty good imagination and don't need a movie to show me what I've already pictured for the setting. Plus there are the drawbacks of lost scenes, composite characters, the movie/show going off in a different direction than subsequent books, and bad casting.
But there are positives. There have to be!
The number one pro I can think of is that you get to see everything on the page, all the description and background on the big screen. Or in the case of a series, the expansion of a beloved universe. But what else? If I've read the book and loved it, why would I take the chance on seeing the movie that may or may not be up to the book's standard?
Or is that the point? To see it there, to take that love of a book to another level?
All this talk about Hunger Games being made into a movie (and I do mean all this talk, it's permeated everything!) got me thinking about what's lost (and gained?) by turning a beloved book into a movie/series.Game of Thrones, Pillars of the Earth, Dexter, True Blood, Murdoch Mysteries , the Stieg Larsson trilogy, not to mention the many many adaptations of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, etc. (For more try this site.)
I like to think I have a pretty good imagination and don't need a movie to show me what I've already pictured for the setting. Plus there are the drawbacks of lost scenes, composite characters, the movie/show going off in a different direction than subsequent books, and bad casting.
But there are positives. There have to be!
The number one pro I can think of is that you get to see everything on the page, all the description and background on the big screen. Or in the case of a series, the expansion of a beloved universe. But what else? If I've read the book and loved it, why would I take the chance on seeing the movie that may or may not be up to the book's standard?
Or is that the point? To see it there, to take that love of a book to another level?
May 31, 2011
Summer time
And the livin' is easy...I love that song.
In my world, summer is a time of outdoors, beach, family trips, and gardening. This year I've planted peas, green beans, cucumbers (though I seemed to have lost that plant. I swear I put it in the ground!) corn, and tomatoes. I don't love gardening, I think weeds are greenery too and look just fine there what a pain to yank them out. But I like the end product!
I don't have a favorite part to summer, save maybe the heat. I hate the cold! Much rather heat, even with humidity. What's your favorite part of summer?
In my world, summer is a time of outdoors, beach, family trips, and gardening. This year I've planted peas, green beans, cucumbers (though I seemed to have lost that plant. I swear I put it in the ground!) corn, and tomatoes. I don't love gardening, I think weeds are greenery too and look just fine there what a pain to yank them out. But I like the end product!
I don't have a favorite part to summer, save maybe the heat. I hate the cold! Much rather heat, even with humidity. What's your favorite part of summer?
