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FULL CIRCLE

 by Courtney PierceAh . .. the 60s. When I was ten, back in 1969, everyone seemed to be protesting about something: Vietnam, women's rights, the environment, bloated government, corruption,and the right to free love. Nothing escaped the bobbing signs and chants. The nightlynewscasters made us believe everything they said about the unrest was the truth.Most people bought into the propaganda,

LOVE AND LAUGHTER . . . AND PEACE EVER AFTER by Eleri Grace

 Slit Trench, Northern Burma, 1944The heroines of my novels, the Red Cross Girls, always held out hope for an end to the war and the elusive dream from the Vera Lynn song -- "there'll be love and laughter . . .  and peace ever after." Through their overseas service, they had seen so much death and pain and loss that they fervently wanted the war to end. The Red Cross Girls were often stationed as

Peace of mind...

 I must admit that this month's topic -- Peace --was a difficult one for me to wrap my brain around and write about. Usually, my blogs are already written and scheduled weeks before they need to be posted. Not this month.After much consideration and thought, I finally figured I'd write about something near and dear to me: peace of mind.Let me 'esplain.I've been dealing with several family issues

At Peace with the World - by Alice Rosewell

 A weekago I started reading a book called “The Biology of Desire” by Marc Lewis. It’staking me an age to get through, not because it’s dull, far from it, butbecause I have to stop every few sentences and think about what he’s saying andmake notes.The book is about addiction, and he makesthe point that addiction rarely has anything to do with pleasure, rather ithappens when a natural

Feel The Serenity

If you're an Aussie, the phrase 'feel the serenity' will probably be familiar. It's from an Aussie movie called 'The Castle'. The main character says it (constantly) when they're at their holiday house on the lake and away from all the hustle and hassle of city life. I'm so lucky that I 'feel the serenity' pretty much all the time. Not because I live by a lake (I don't but I wish...) but because

Peace and Love Out of Conflict – the Heart of a Romance Novel ...... by Delsora Lowe

In the United States, July is a symbol of freedom andpeace, as it is when we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independenceof the United States of America. But that freedom came at a cost, as does mosteverything we do in life. Life isn’t filled with parades and marching bands andfireworks and speeches / proclamations about peace and freedom. It is filledwith toil and dedication to

The Peaceful Path

by M. L. BuchmanTHE WANDERING PATHI often think that there is little stranger in the worldthat a writer’s journey. We set out to write one thing but create another. Webegin in a favorite genre, yet eventually discover that our voice liessomewhere else. A story begins with a clear picture of a character in thewriter’s head, however the character has other ideas and takes stories in

A Peace of Me

 Hi, I'm Pippa Jay, author of sci-fi and supernatural stories to engage your emotions. And this month's topic is peace.Peace for me is time in my home alone. Not that I actually see much of my three kids when I'm at home. Eldest was mostly at uni, pandemic permitting, and the two boys are far more interested in their computer games than mum. During lockdown I got used to an almost hermit

Giving A Character Peace...

 Hello everyone!  Sorry I was MIA last month. I got to meet this little princessIsn't she amazing!  So this month it's all about peace. What a topic! There have been some amazing post this month on peace. Quotes, examples, all the things. And while I've enjoyed them all, it made realize that peace is a little different for everyone. Morning peace...Night time tranquility Need a break...While

Keeping Life's Backpack Light

I am taking this month's focus, Peace, on a small tangent. I have written a short, creative non-fiction piece about a woman I have grown to know well. In fact, my research on Unlawful Orders began with a study of the main character's mother, Clara Bell Drisdale Williams. She was a wife, elementary school teacher and the mother of three rambunctious sons.  There's no way she lived to be 108