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Giving it up for Lent

Earlier this week, Nan talked about giving up social media for Lent. That got me thinking. Traditionally, Lent has been a time to give up, for forty days, something that probably isn’t so good for you, or something that’s been weighing you down. According to the website Vox: “Lent…is more about recognizing and embracing one’s mortality, and acknowledging the sinfulness that marks earthly life. Since Christians believe that Jesus’s resurrection foreshadows the resurrection and renewal of the w...

Life Lessons from Death

... And you could tell me your wishes... My mother passed away in November.

I don’t share this to get any sympathy; my mother and I had been estranged for nearly 30 years. Back as a teen, I made it clear she was not the type of negative role model I needed in my life, and she in turn decided she did not have a daughter. Our paths never crossed again.
So imagine my shock when I received a call at the end of December from a gentleman claiming to be my mother’s good friend and informing me she had...

Unexpected Magic

 by Margie Senechal

I don't usually like journals because they're hard to write in. Their binding is tight and you can't tear out the page--easily or neatly--and since most of my first drafts are done by hand, that's an important feature.

For my birthday, my sister gave me this journal. And I'm carrying it in my purse for when ideas arrive. Like the Night Circus, they arrive without warning.

Last week, before work, I stopped at Starbucks to edit some pages while I had lunch. Seated at the t...

Keeping An Accounting ~ @AuthorKristina Knight

Ben Affleck as The AccountantOver the weekend while the rest of the country was obsessed with the Oscar outcome (and that snafu with the Best Picture announcement), RadioMan and I were enjoying a not-Oscar-contender: The Accountant.

The movie came out late last summer and stars Ben Affleck, who has become one of my favorite actors. You know, outside of that Dare Devil movie. I'm not sure what anyone was thinking with that one. Anywho.

The movie is told in flashbacks as well as real time, and fo...

Going Dark

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Sharing Memories @ Linda L. Graham

"The days are long, hot, and humid; the night air, warm as a hug." - Excerpted from Indiana Summer: From Cornfields and Lightning Bugs. 
Meet my high school classmate and friend, Linda L. Graham. She's here to talk about memoirs, a new subject for the Wranglers. Please make her welcome and ask lots of questions! - Liz




Have you ever wanted to write your own memoir?  I began writing mine before I had even heard of the official genre, “memoir”.  It’s not an autobiography, as such, w...

Disney Princesses

The new “Beauty and the Beast” movie, which releases March 17, 2017, is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Back in 1991 when the animated version came out, it was one of my daughters’ favorite movies. And mine, too. I’m pretty sure we watched it about a thousand times. So I’m really looking forward to seeing the new live version with Emma Watson.

A friend of mine posted the trailer and mentioned that Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” was the first Disney princess who was proactive,...

Since we're still in the Month of Love, and I don't have ...

Since we're still in the Month of Love, and I don't have much to write about except to say RITA reading accomplished (yay!) and I'm back to writing (another story for another day), I'm going to share the love again by spotlighting another author.

While all the authors I spotlight are special to me for one reason or another, this author hold a unique spot in my universe: Juno Rushdan. I've never met Juno in person. And we might never have known each other, except for one fateful writi...

Thoughts In a Cloud

 by Margie Senechal

Today I'm returning to work after four days off, two sick days and two regular days. So, be warned, my head's still a little fuzzy.

Although I'm not sure fuzzy is a bad place to be these days. I spent most of the time in my pj's and catching up on T.V. For the record, Hallmark movies are great watching when you're not feeling good. Thankfully, I had a few backlogged.

NASA News--they found a galaxy far, far away. And it could sustain life. On three or four planets. Prett...

Reading for Pleasure for Work ~ @AuthorKristina Knight

I like to read. I know, this is a shocking statement. A writer who also likes to read? What may be more of a shocker is that I don't always make the time to read. I get caught up in helping bebe with her homework, or I'm on a tight deadline, or RadioMan wants to watch a movie or...I discover that Netflix has The West Wing streaming and I get caught up in the slow-burn banter between Josh and Donna, Danny's beta-flirtation with CJ, and the straight up dramatics of what happens in the Oval...