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A Loving Gesture, with a Bit of Salt

By Robin WeaverHey Everyone,Know what is a truly loving gesture?  Sharing your french fries. Without complaint.Give me a man who won’t push my hand away from his food. Aguy who won’t roll his eyes when I add more salt to the spuds, even though it’shis plate. Real men share food, right?And if this same man doesn’t mention that I could have orderedmy own fries, I’ll probably swoon. (

images of love

 Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. - Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. - Nat King Cole  To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. - David Viscott Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. - Rabindranath TagoreThe greatest

Bonding over the miles

I just finished a twelve-day, 3800 mile trip with hubby and our chiweenie, Nia.  If that isn't love, I'm not sure what is! LOLWe made the drive to Killeen, TX in two and a half days. There we stayed with hubby's sister and her husband. Our car was filled with totes that held our oldest granddaughter's belongings. She and her boyfriend drove from Arkansas to meet us to reclaim the items she

Valentine's Day: A Different Perspective?

Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, soulnourishing romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My storiesshow you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where youare unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with thissupport, you make choices to overcome the darkest nights of your life to chooselove and light.

Murder at The Breakers - Don't Miss It!!!

Murder at The Breakers will be a featured movie onHallmark Movies and Mysteries!Premiers Friday, February 2nd, at 9pm ESTIt will also stream on Peacock for the next three days, and be repeated on HM&Ms several more times (check schedule)Romancing the Genres hasbeen fortunate to have Alyssa Maxwell,author of the GildedNewport Mysteries, as a guest blogger.Her first guest post with us

Things That Go Buzz in the night!

(First published here in 2016).Sometimes what scares you the most are concrete things that scared you as a child. Sometimes experiences you'd think would have left you scarred inexplicably don't. The human psyche is a rich and strange land.I'm allergic to spider bites. We discovered this when I was bitten on the hand at the age of five. I remember how the pain kept growing, and how my hand

DON'T PANIC - SIMPLIFY!!!

My guiding word of 2024 is SIMPLIFY. When I start to get stressed, when I realize I may be over-thinking a project, when I tackle a project I abandoned last year, I will look for ways to simplify.  How can I simplify a busy, stressful week? I can, for example, ask myself if there is anything I can put off until next week. Is there anything I can ask someone else to do for me?

Self-Confessed Winter Fanatic by Kathy Coatney

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation, Paul Therox. I saw this post on Facebook and thought it fit me perfectly because I'm just a winter fanatic. As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I lovewinter, I love snow, cross-country skiing, the absolute quiet, and the pristine white from new fallen snow.I spent most of my life in Northern California where the summers were brutally hot and triple

Self-Confessed Winter Fanantic By Kathy Coatney Winter...

   Self-Confessed Winter Fanantic By Kathy Coatney Winter is a season of recovery and preparation, Paul Therox. I saw this post on Facebook and thought it fit me perfectly because I'm just a winter fanatic. As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I love winter, I love snow, cross-country skiing, the absolute quiet, and the pristine white from new fallen snow.I spent

Goals and Self-Forgiveness ... by Delsora Lowe

Goals: Am I settingmyself up to learn something new, OR setting myself up to fail?Every year I set a goal vowing to pay attention tosocial media. That includes updating my website, which I do so infrequentlythat, each time, I have to relearn how. <SIGH> Then there is reengaging on Instagram, which I alwaysenjoyed, and learning TikTok, which I still haven’t tried to tackle. And