My challenge to visit 192 countries, read 1,001 books, and watch the top 100 movies. Horses, boats, pubs, and a royal baby. On Monday, the weather was pretty decent so I decided to go for a long walk. After three hours of wandering the city, I made my way home through Hyde Park. They had much of it blocked off for a gun salute. I pondered staying, but it was time for me to take Miles out. However, I did see this.

The light left me, but not the memory of its glow. 8211; Lauren Slater,. Posted in quotations and poetry. I shared this picture, and these words, on Instagram. It was a wonderful day, though not a perfect one. Is there any other kind of wonderful? I thought a lot on Sunday about my own matrilineage.

This week there are about 20 different pieces of writing floating around my brain and four of them are actually open in windows on my computer, each in a different state of progress. One is a set of notes on something I am researching. One is resting, and one old project keeps tickling my brain asking for me to return. So, using everything I know about writing a.

Mas de la Fourbine in Provence, France. Did you watch the Olympics. Asymp; Leave a comment. I have been glued to the couch. Yes, I confess to being a couch potato when it comes the Olympics. The Canadian girl and the 2 Russian girls were amazing. I was playing with my iPhone and got these photos from television.

Public domain image courtesy of the U. Army Air Force and Wikimedia Commons. But all of this was only a prelude to somethi.

Hey from Japan- or wherever the moving van arrives- Emily Cannell. Moving a Family When Everyone is Held Tightly in the Grips of Puberty or Menopause. Politics as Usual- Always Stange and Getting Stanger. Emily Cannell- Hey From Japan. And it just continues to be as strange as it always has been. My own experience with politics has become progressively more absurd. I graduated, got a job, and moved.

A blog about beautiful fiction and memoirs. A civil war nurse who lifted our spirits in the face of medical horrors and prejudice against female doctoring.

An excerpt from LITTLE GALE GUMBO by Erika Marks. An Excerpt from THE MERMAID COLLECTOR. On Writing, Publishing and Other Delicacies. April 2, 2013 by erikamarks. I just refreshed my blog three times because I was sure there had to be a post more recent than my last one LAST YEAR.

Why You Need to Watch Santa Clarita Diet. Wayyyy back in the day, this blog was called Go Guilty Pleasures. Back then I waxed poetic about Darren Criss. But eventually I evolved to more mature matters, like eating dog kibble. How is that going? .

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