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January 13, 2015
Tuesday Tunes: I Won’t Give Up
Some songs truly touch me. I write romance novels because I love the optimism of the genre. There’s too muchtragedy in the world. But there arealso beauty and hope and honor and heroes.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my writing lately. What kind of writer I want to be known as? I love writing suspense, but more than that, I love showing men and women who face challenges and don’t give up. This is one of my favorite songs that really speaks to what I try to do with my writing. Enjoy!
January 12, 2015
Monday Memories: My Milwaukee Brace
Most people (except those I went to school with) don’t know it, but from the time I was twelve until I was a sophomore in high school, I wore a Milwaukee Brace for scoliosis. My spine was curved, and the lower curve was about 30 degrees. The upper curve around 20 degrees.
A school screening test found the condition. I ended up with my parents at a hospital helping kids with conditions like spina bifida, complex orthopedic conditions and long-term disabilities.
I was twelve, having just moved to...
January 10, 2015
Wacky Weekend: Office Evolution
Well, I’m cleaning out of my office. I can’t wait to show you the final produce…but until then I’m delving into the dark hole that is my office closet to clean out items I haven’t touched since I moved in. GULP! And what did I find? A box that used to hold a case of paper.
There are telephone cords, ethernet cords, video cords, monitor cords, USB cords, velcro strips to HOLD cords together. Cords and Cords and Cords, oh my! Cords to items I have NO idea what they went to? Most are evenorganize...
January 9, 2015
Fitness Friday: I’ve Got the Music in Me!
I try to work out four times per week. Of course, it doesn’t always happen. Last night I didn’t leave the day job until after 7 pm and I had to get home instead of go to the gym, but…I try. My workouts typically consist of 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of floor work and strength training. That 30 minutes of cardio can be interminable, particularly if I’m trying to keep up a particular pace…so I’ve created a ‘Workout’ playlist on my ipod. I choose songs I like that have a nice beat. What...
January 8, 2015
Take Five Thursday: My Favorite Sci-Fi Book
I love 
to read. That shouldn’t be much of a shocker. I read a lot of different types of books, and in my professional life I’m a bit of a geek so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I love Sci Fi. Sci Fi movies and books.
Hands down my favorite Sci Fi book is Inherit the stars. Just the concept should make you want to pick up the book. Mankind is populating the moon. They find the skeleton of an astronaut in an unfamiliar spacesuit. When they take the skeleton back to earth, they discover it...
January 7, 2015
Wednesday Wisdom: Priorities
I can’t remember a time I didn’t make lists. Maybe it’s because I’ve always filled up my plate pretty full.I’m also a long-time believer in planning. I’m a planner in my life and in my writing. Pretty much everything. The problem is, I’m overly optimistic. Things usually take about 3 times longer than I anticipate. I ALWAYS run out of time…which of course is a fallacy. We have all the time there is. We can’t get more time, we can only choose to use what time we have.
Which is how prioritizing...
January 6, 2015
Tuesday Tunes: A Classic
Okay…so I’m going to admit it. I’m a HUGE Barry Manilow Fan! I have most of his albums and when I was younger, he spoke to my heart. Still does, actually. Glee did an episode one season called Guilty Pleasures. Mr. Manilow was featured (along with Copacabana). For me, though, I offer no apologies. I love those melodies and the emotion in his songs.
In the late seventies he had five albums on the best-seller charts simultaneously, 25 consecutivetop 40 singles and he’s sold more than 80 million...
January 5, 2015
Monday Memories: My Inspiration
Everyone has an inspiration. I could name so many over the years, but my first inspiration was my great aunt. Her name was Lillian Bailey. We called her Aunt Daddee (pronounced Day-Dee, though I’m not quite sure if it’s spelled Daddee or Dadee).
She was a writer. She entered tons of jingle contests and won a fair number of prizes. She was a genealogist and tracked the family history all the way back to the Revolutionary War through the mail (during the 1950s and 1960s). She was a nurse in the...
January 3, 2015
Wacky Weekend: Evolution of Dance
For this rendition of Wacky Weekend, here is one of my favorite You Tube videos…the Evolution of Dance! I can’t stop smiling when I watch this very talented comedian. Enjoy!
January 2, 2015
Fitness Friday: Stretching is a Must
Stretching is critical to protect your body from injury…and not just for working out. During my workout, I include stretches on the following: hamstring, hip flexor, calf, quads, shoulders, biceps, triceps and sometimes forearms and wrists to assist with repetitive motion pains and strains..
Here’s a great web post showing numerous stretches. Good luck and happy stretching!
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-liv...
