(C) 2020, JJ Shaun How do you keep from losing your mind when the temperatures are dangerously cold and you can’t take a walk without getting frostbite? I don’t know about you, but I practice yoga and I write. I’m not much of a television person but will watch the news and follow whatever show … Continue reading Keeping Fit
(C) 2020, JJ Shaun A couple of weeks ago, I had a weird day. Weird in that I could not hold onto a writing prompt for the life of me. For the two weeks prior, I could look at the requirements for the contest and remember from one second to the next what those words … Continue reading Finding Words
“I think that anything you feel strange or nervous about, you weren't cut out to do.”~Jane Bowles American writer and playwright Jane Bowles was born on this day in 1917.
“Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I'll tell them: I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom and what time you would get home. … I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your friend was a … Continue reading Random Quote for February 21, 2022
Nothing happened on the home-building front this week. We received a new round of paperwork to sign, but that was all. We’re still in the planning, designing, and duck-gathering stage. I’ll reach out to our contractor this week and see where we stand. We expect another round of winter weather again this week, along with … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 73
“The writer is by nature a dreamer—a conscious dreamer.”~Carson McCullers American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet, Carson McCullers was born on this day in 1917.
“Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.”~Helen Gurley Brown American author, publisher, and businesswoman, Helen Gurley Brown was born on this day in 1922.
I have spent the last week on a writing streak. I’ve written more than five thousand words, not including my blog posts. I know that doesn’t seem like a lot, but when I consider how little I actually wrote in the last year or more, I feel like I accomplished something. It’s much easier to … Continue reading Staying Busy
Today’s word came from a random word generator. Follow me on Facebook: @jjshaunauthor. Today’s Word Part of Speech verb Definition a. To bring into intimate or incriminating connectionb. To involve in the nature or operation of somethingTo involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference History The first known use of implicate was in the … Continue reading Wednesday Word for February 02, 2022
“The clothes you wear are a metamorphosis. They change you from the outside in.”~Linda Grant English novelist and journalist Linda Grant was born on this day in 1951.
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