There are a lot of bad laws in the USA that need to be done away with. I think everyone knows that, though we may not all agree on which ones are most harmful to humanity. Today I was reminded that eventually bad laws do get repealed. Prohibition and slavery are two of them.
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Insight on Peace and Stability
Where do peace and stability come from? That is the question.
On Sunday I met with some local writers for what I call writing practice. We do this every week. Lots of fun! This week we did the first exercise from Take Ten for Writers: 1000 writing exercises to build momentum in just 10 minutes a day, a book I gave to the group for Christmas. Great investment – so far we’re loving it. The assignment stretched my normal writing abilities by taking me out of my comfort zone, and soon I reached an insight about peace and stability – something I needed to understand, for my personal life.
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Emil’s Box
Flash Fiction – by Linda Jo Martin – Something I wrote during one of our local writers club meetings…
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Happy New Year! 2012! But we’re not all happy…. what to do?
We’ve waited a long time to find out what will happen in 2012. Well, it is here now… and I hope you’ve all had a happy new year and are ready for whatever comes.
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Writers Write
I’ve been going to a writers group here in my local community. There are six of us “regulars” now which is great considering this is a very small town. We’ve been writing mainly about our town, but may be branching out as the months go by.
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At Home, Revising a Novel on a Rainy Day
After two weeks and two days of travel, I’m so happy to be home! It is time to revise the second novel in the Antidiluvian Adventures series: The Seagull Rebellion. Actually it is past time for this revision. I wrote the first draft in 2002!
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In Santa Cruz, CA For Novel Research – Where Motel Rooms Are Not All Equal
After staying in a very nice motel for two nights in Aptos, I moved to a motel close to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and it is a bit of a let-down. The room is a lot smaller, the building a lot older. [Read more…]
Unexpected and Unbelievable – My Father Passed Away
I cannot even re-read that last post I put here on October 13. I was so happy about being able to go to the Bay Area and Santa Cruz to do my Perfection novel research and see my family again. The very next day, the 14th, my father was admitted to the hospital and then had two heart attacks. I hoped he would get better. Too much optimism, perhaps!
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California Travel – Planning a Trip to Santa Cruz and San Francisco
This is a re-publish… I took the article offline after my father passed away last October. Now I’m putting it back online. – ljm
I’m excited to say I’m planning a trip to Santa Cruz and San Francisco! I haven’t traveled that far in eight years . . . rather sad to say because I live only ten hours north of there near the California-Oregon border. I just don’t travel much anymore, mainly because I couldn’t afford to. But now I’m making the supreme effort and planning to spend about $1000 on this trip.
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Keeping The Home Fires Burning While Writing Novels
It is that fireplace time of year, and we have no wood, so how am I to keep the home fires burning? When I came to the Klamath River Valley to live – nearly twelve years ago – I had no idea how to heat a house with firewood. It is primitive! That’s certain! I was a San Francisco Bay Area girl born and bred, and was used to turning up the thermostat to keep warm. Nothing more.
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The Business of Bigfoot
I’ve been a Bigfoot researcher since 2005. It all started when I was sitting in my little office inside the laundromat here in Happy Camp, California. Yes, we have a laundromat with an office room in the corner, it was for rent, and I paid 2/3 of the rent while the Chamber of Commerce paid the other 1/3. This is a very small town!
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Writing Assignment: Happiness Reasons
Get ready to write your happiness reasons. Your writing assignment is this: Name ten things you’re happy about today. I wouldn’t ask you to do something I wouldn’t do, so I’ll start.
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Lemonade Diet and Going Vegan
My chances for getting health insurance are slim, so I’m taking charge of my own health by doing the master cleanse lemonade diet. I’m currently on day ten of a fast that will last until my tongue turns pink, 30 days, or I cave – whatever comes first.
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