Retrieved from the 2023 archive on this  National Cousins Day ’cause if this ain’t a reason to celebrate … Enjoy. ! ♥ ! No offense, Wikipedia, but, um, er, your explanation is a bit too complicated for my brainwaves this a.m. You see, I’ve been thinking about cousin for 11 days now, ever since Grandson …

Seems this is going to be a day where my words refuse to flow & I’m thinking, ya know, go back to bed and give inspiration a break. seriously It’s not worth forcing an energy that is just. not. there.  ! ! or ! ! I can write, see what appears, hit delete at any …

& Are two of my favorite mantras, because I really, truly, honestly believe if I seek, I will always, always, always find. Randomly. (♥ words to live by GB ♥) Quietly. (just like that, there she be) Enthusiastically. (… little darling …) Effortlessly. ( ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ) …

of my words, we’ve been down this road before … I. QUIT. multiple times, actually. Where I whine, where you remind, where we come to a beautiful understanding. & yep. ride the tide, get beyond, we continue … & if not for you … SERIOUSLY If. Not. For. YOU. I’d have packed up this writing …

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. We’ve all heard it, we’ve all said it, at some point in life. As a sibling to a sibling. As a nicey to a meanie. As a comeback to a bully. Sticks and stones. I was curious where and how this phrase began & …

Kept the tv off yesterday, listened to music instead. And how the BREAKING NEWS relayers of the world tolerate the repetitiveness of the negativity is absolutely beyond me. With fluffy hair, fancy clothes and perfect smiles, they tell me of the wrong, the bad, the ugly and downright disgusting. Over and over and over and …

No offense, peeps, but sometimes ?? !! oooooh, sometimes !! too many human beings surrounding me is more than I can handle. I feel uncomfortably squooshed within the noise and chatter and I need to find a detour. A place where I can step off the beaten path and shhhhh, just shhhhh. Where I can …

to say or criticize or exasperate or correct or gossip or or or dare think … WELL. IF IT WERE ME, I’D DO IT SOOOOO RIGHT hmmmm. I find myself sometimes wondering if given the same set of circumstances I’ve experienced throughout my life ? I certainly hope, 9 times out of 10, on the …

Not too many days ago, as I was sorting through a pile of clutter, deciding what to keep and what to purge, I stumbled upon a rejection letter from the days when I lived within the MUST BE PUBLISHED zone. Kindly worded, the sentences express encouragement and determination to keep trying, because although it did …

It’s been brought to my attention, today is PRIME DAY So YAY as you’re strolling through Amazon-Land and you’re thinking hmmmm children’s books … I’d be honored Smile TearDrop Nicey shy Bubbles LOVE &/or Collin and the BIG BALD TREE if you’d considered mine. THANK YOU ♥ p.s. I promise, they’re wonderful ! ! 🙂 …