Sue Barr's Blog, page 6
September 23, 2022
Goodbye Facebook
How do YOU spell frustration? I spell it F.A.C.E.B.O.O.K. Both begin with F, as does a particular curse word I am very tempted to use.
Let me break this down for you.
Sept18 (ironically, while I was ON the entity which shall not be named and heretofore called simply FB), I got a popup message which said someone on a Samsung Galaxy 8 tried to access my account. As I do not own a Samsung phone, I immediately changed my password, as per instructions. Not more than thirty minutes later, I received ano...
June 16, 2022
Excerpt - Longbourn's Angels
Hello, my friends. Can you believe almost half of this year is in our rearview mirror? I, for one, am glad some of it is in the past. This year has been interesting. The Barr family has good news. Mr. B's cancer treatment was successful. His numbers look very, very good and the next update will be in about another five months. If things stay status quo, he will only have to go in every six months for the next two years, then it will be slated back to annual visits. (Whew) Also, he had surgery on...
Work in Progress - Longbourn's Angels
Hello, my friends. Can you believe almost half of this year is in our rearview mirror? I, for one, am glad some of it is in the past. This year has been interesting. The Barr family has good news. Mr. B's cancer treatment was successful. His numbers look very, very good and the next update will be in about another five months. If things stay status quo, he will only have to go in every six months for the next two years, then it will be slated back to bi-annual visits. (Whew) Also, he had surgery...
March 30, 2022
February 16, 2022
In Essentials - Excerpt
First, I apologize for the lack of posting regularly. The Barr household is in such disarray, I am thankful if I remember to put on pants... uh oh... will be right back............ okey dokey. Got my pants on, now we can carry on as though I am normal ;) Hubby and I are buying a new condo. Egad. What were we thinking, in the middle of a pandemic? I mean, why not? Supplies are hard to come by, everything is backlogged, we cannot go to design centers to look at flooring, lights, paint colors. Ever...
January 5, 2022
Excerpt ~ In Essentials
I know Miss Lydia is from Pride & Prejudice, not Emma, but she is one of the main reasons Mr. Darcy has set his eye on Miss Elizabeth - her vulgar relations.
Now, onto today's excerpt from In Essentials:
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Less than a week later, Darcy could scarce contain the smug satisfaction which threatened to crack his stoic façade. Fortune could not have smiled on him brighter, for only yesterday Miss Bingley had invited Miss Bennet to attend her and Louisa. He was not incognizant to the fact she issued the...
December 31, 2021
Ringing in the New Year
As I write this post I find myself gazing out the window onto our front yard, covered by the lightest dusting of snow. You may think this strange that I notice this, but I live in Canada. I should have a few feet of snow on the ground by now. I will not complain. This means we do not have to shovel (the royal we - hubby does the job) out the drive. We had a green Christmas as well.
Our family remains untouched by the dreaded virus, although I am not surprised. My husband and I are virtual hermits...
December 24, 2021
Excerpt: In Essentials
'Tis Christmas Eve and I thought I would, as an early Christmas present, give you the next scene from In Essentials . This title is subject to change. The story is morphing into a whole new trajectory, and I am not sad about that one little bit.
And so, here is the next scene. As always, this is a rough draft (read that as no editor has looked at it yet) and my beta reader (bless her heart) has taken a run through it. I hope you enjoy.
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If he weren’t so focused on his decision to marry Elizabeth ...
November 29, 2021
#NaNoUpdate - November 28
Two days from the finish line and I now know I will not reach my goal of fifty thousand words. The minute I had to wear my moisture gloves for more than a week, I knew this would happen. Though disappointed, I am glad I got some words down on the two WIPs which have been dancing through my head this past month. I even got in some writing yesterday despite the fact the whole family descended for my husband's birthday. After forty years I finally got to sing him that Beatles song - 'When I'm 64'
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