 Tales from France – Tete de Veau – bone out!On our recent trip to France, to celebrate our Granddaughter’s Cheering Your Kids Without Spoiling ThemBelow is a guest post from a great writer Melanie Hargrave. Me Book Review: It’s All About RelationshipBefore I got up the nerve to ask my wife on our first date near Piglet’s Salada da Favas – Broad Bean SaladMy original idea was to try Chica’s recipe of Broad Beans with Success – What Can Contribute To It?Last post we were discussing the roll of play and success. I aske A Chance Encounter with Jamie BeckwithIt was my lucky day recently! While shopping for a client at Rena |
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 A lot of people are doing “30 Days of Thankfulness” and listing one thing for which they’re thankful each day during the month of November. While some people find this boring, I think it’s a great exercise in remembering how we have so much to be thankful for. However, instead of listing 30 individual items or … Continue reading: A Season of Thankfulness  People who know me well know that words are my drug of choice. I have other addictions, such as good coffee, red wine and visually stunning movies, but I could walk away from any of these, with the exception of well-placed words. I have deep appreciation for well crafted ideas, especially when these ideas are … Continue reading: Skinny Dipping In Daylight – Book Review  I recently received a draft of one of my manuscripts back from my editor. While he hasn’t gotten on my case for using the word “that” too frequently, I did notice that most of the edits were to insert commas where I had left them out. So in my defense, I’d like to clarify something: I’m not … Continue reading: I’m Not Prejudiced. I Just Don’t Like Commas.  I recently read a book by Terry Pratchett called “Nation” in which an older man initially doesn’t trust a young boy because the boy doesn’t have enough tattoos. In that culture, tattoos mark significant life events and growth experiences, so a person’s wisdom can be easily gauged by the amount of ink on the person’s … Continue reading: The Truth About Tattoos  I was talking with another writer about editors and he said that his editor is always striking the word “that” from his drafts. So I’ve come up with the perfect solution: Write a graphic novel about a super hero named THATman! Who is THATman? THAT hero THAT is like THAT other hero THAT rhymes with THATman THAT also … Continue reading: THATman  Telling me not to go off on tangents is like telling me that I can’t go home. Because I live on the tangents. That’s where all the interesting things are because they haven’t been trampled underfoot by all the people on the road of common thoughts. I realize that there’s a place for the conventional. It … Continue reading: The View From The Tangent |
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