Photo courtesy Vinny Lingham “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ~ Socrates A Fork in the Road. Which way should I turn? Over the past six weeks I have been asking myself this question. One benefit of being sidelined with […]
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Moon Diva Art “The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.” ~ Neil Degrasse Tyson The Price of Eggs and Homemade Bread. Have you purchased eggs lately? According to the USDA the rising costs and shortages are due to a strain of highly pathogenic bird flu. In
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Graphic courtesy FreePik Negativity needs drama to grow; be annoyingly positive and starve it to death. When Being Social Is No Longer Fun. Until the early 2000s being social meant hanging out with friends at the local coffee shop. Twenty-five years later there is a whole generation that identifies being social as holding their cell
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“Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.” ~ Rose Kennedy Happy Anniversary THCountzWrites! We have made another milestone friends. Two years ago, in November I started THCountzWrites. Can you believe it? TWO years. Where has the time gone? During those two years I have written 77 blogs (counting this one) and 18 short
“The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.” ~ Robert A. Johnson We Are the Light Keepers. I hate sharing this revelation about myself, but I am an emotional writer and artist. My creativity thrives (or doesn’t) on my current state of mind. It’s a beautiful bonus when I can
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“Whatever story you’re telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.” ~ Nic Pizzolatto Jean Lafitte and his best friend, Gator. My current book project with Angela Porter is set in the little village of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. If you consult a map, it sits southwest from downtown New Orleans
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“There is nothing permanent except change.” ~ Heraclitus BLOG ARCHIVE SOTW ARCHIVE JOIN MONTHLY SUPPORT THCountz – Amelia’s Dash THCountz – Father Iggy & Miss Sippy
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“You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.” ~ The Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll) Living a life of whimsy. That would be my current life plan. I call it living inside the pink bubble of
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Photo Courtesy of Adobe Stock “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” ~ Abraham Lincoln What’s Going On! It has been a while since I shared what is happening in my world creatively or otherwise. I thought I would take today’s blog to do a little of that. As I mentioned
“Creativity is our most powerful tool to shape the world we want to live in.” ~Isra Hirsi The Gift of Invitations. You walk to your mailbox and pull out the stack of envelopes, catalogs and circulars. Scanning through the stack you notice something other than a bill. Can it be? OH NO! It is! It’s
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