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Last Monday

Wow. How is it even possible? This is the last Monday in 2021. I am sooo ready to leave this year behind. It feels like time has been interminable. Yet, at the same time, days and weeks and months have … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words: Christmas Gift

It’s the Wednesday before Christmas and I promised y’all a Christmas story to keep up my yearly tradition. I finished up late last night so if there are typos or other goofs, don’t look a gift story in the editing! … Continue reading

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Twas the Monday Before Christmas…

…and all through the house, the cat was staring at the tree trying to find a mouse. Okay, not really, but I needed a rhyme. Loki ignores the Christmas tree. Twinkling lights and shiny ornaments aren’t his catnip. So…Christmas is … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Cool Whip Snickerdoodles

When a horde of hungry Wolves and their families land in your pasture, the smart retired Army wife hits her pantry and whips up cookies that go with coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Talk about easy peasy! Five ingredients. Fifteen … Continue reading

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Monday the 13th

Call me weird but I’ve never considered Friday the 13th as an unlucky day. Monday the 13th, however? Well, you can make up your own mind. We’re almost half-way through December. Christmas is less that two weeks away. I’m not … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words: It’s About Time

Time flies. It’s already Wednesday again and we have a time-sensitive THEME for #1lineWed. Do you have time to read a snippet? And it’s about time that I reveal the prompt, yeah? In case you haven’t had time to figure … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Swirled Bark

One of my favorite places in the world to go around Christmas time is New Orleans. I always try to stay in the historic Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter. The lobby is decorated in spectacular fashion and the streets … Continue reading

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December Monday

Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Day. For those of us who are history buffs. And we’re on the downhill slide to Christmas. Hanukkah ended last night. December is always such a busy month. That said, there was a week, a weekend, … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words: A Year’s Time

How can it be the first of December already!?!? This year has flown by which makes today’s #1lineWed THEME of **ONE YEAR AGO** very apropos. This scene is very rough, has been rewritten once and will be revised again, especially … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Caramel-Bourbon Pecan Pie

There weren’t many slices of my plain ol’ pecan pie leftover from Thanksgiving. Good thing I didn’t make this version. There would have been none left! This treat takes Southern cooking to a whole new level! Total Time: 3 Hr. … Continue reading

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