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Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows in Chicago

I’ve needed a place to post some of these wonderful pictures I took in Chicago. I bet they are seeing different scenery out of them than Randy and I did […]

Travel

How to Recognize a Great Museum

When I was a kid, it seemed like museums stored old stuff that only grandparents recognized. Now museums come in all shapes and sizes in every community. Representing agricultural Tulare […]

Hobbies

Book Review: Off the Leash by Rupert Fawcett

Hi everyone, Manny here, again. Mom’s still busy. Mom asked me to write a book report for you today on the book Off the Leash: The Secret Life of Dogs […]

Personal Stories

Manny Here

Dear Friends, I am writing for Mom this morning cause she has her nose in her book all the time. I’ve been making some resolutions as I sit here on […]

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Travel Highlights of 2013

This was my first full year of retirement. All my life I dreamed of traveling when I retired, and certainly God granted my every wish. When I didn’t get […]

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Merry Christmas WP Friends

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your holidays have been happy so far. I got up this morning feeling blessed and so happy. Kalev was glad to have me back, but […]

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How to Conquer the Mountain of Manuscript Editing

You think you’ve done a great thing when your screen […]

Health

Three Steps to a Positive Environment

Many people struggle Christmas and holiday time, so I trolled the positive quote bin before I started writing this post to give you some guaranteed happy thoughts. You can’t make […]

Personal Stories

Christmas At Home

This is my 500th post to you. Thank you all for being friends and readers. Over the past year and a half many of you have become dear, dear friends. […]

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Poppe, the Hypnotic Clown of Bruges

by Manny Ingrao I am NOT afraid of clowns, but look into his eyes. Scary, huh? I was really brave when this clown asked for volunteers. Justin didn’t want to […]

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A Flurry of Book Reviews

When I have too much to do, I do more so that nothing gets done perfectly. In November I chose to write 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo. I completed the basic […]

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Manny’s a Whale Watcher

Here comes one now. “They’re right here, Mom. See them swimming. And here we are.” “Unfortunately, Manny you’re just looking at the sign. You have to look at the ocean […]

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Manny’s Hooked on Travel

“Manny, are you ready to stay home for a while?” “No!!! I have an idea of where I want to go to next.” That was a dumb question. As Carol […]

Personal Stories

Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!

Light makes me bubble with joy. Let there be light! When I was a child, we had family December light-viewing rituals. From early in the season to a few nights […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected

How fortunate for me that the WP Photo Challenge is so unexpected. I didn’t expect to have Monday alone in St. Louis, but most of my friends left on Sunday, so […]

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Best “Don’t Do This” Travel Tips

take off your shoes and make yourself at home “You […]

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two

Many things come in twos. I find it hard to be original here. I’m using two hands to type these words, two ears to hear the dishwasher churn away, and […]

Health

Improve Your Novel With Physical Exercise

It takes me about 2 hours to write a chapter which averages 1,300 unedited words per chapter so far. For two hours I barely move a muscle except my fingers, […]

Hobbies

Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers

Layers conjures all kinds of images for me. As a gal from the Midwest, I learned to dress in layers, but layers envelops us at even more basic levels than […]

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Which Is More Important Plot or Character?

Today is Nov. 14, almost halfway through the month, and I have written 32, 398 words to date, so I should be more than half-way through the novel. Writing my […]

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Avila Beach, The Perfect Place to Write a Novel

Notice I didn’t say set a novel. I set the […]

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Willis Tower Joke

Randy: What if we got stuck in here and had to sleep up here all night? Marsha: Sounds pretty scary! Randy: Which side would you rather have, the full window […]

Personal Stories

Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

I walk every day at least two or three miles. It helps me eat more sweets, which is what I really love. When we travel, my husband walks with me […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Smiley Face’s Evil Twin

Wordless Wednesday on Thursday.

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I Always Prided Myself on Dialogue Until Today

Today I read a post which was an entire chapter […]

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How to Fit/Cram NaNoWriMo into a Busy Schedule

Yes, I’m way too busy to actually write an entire […]

Personal Stories

How to Be Attractive at Any Age

My father actually told my mother that the reasons, among others, they divorced was because I was ugly and she was fat. Many years later, when I my brother, his […]

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Distracted

Ralph sent me the perfect video to describe what he thinks happens just in old age. I contend that it happens to be my entire life, not just old age […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie

Can a simple picture of a building in Chicago make the hair stand on the back of your neck stand up? Does someone have to scream or appear with a light […]

Personal Stories

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wheels

Wheels have many uses, and a few useless jobs. One of the less important tasks is to take you up in the air. Patrick Meehan, an engineering student, published an […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

In the central Valley of California we can’t always see the horizon for the fog. There is a certain romance about an obscured horizon if you are not claustrophobic. In […]

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Movie Review: The Butler

Knowing that I enjoy most things historic, a couple of months ago Vince took me to see the top box office hit movie, The Butler. This was the perfect […]

Hobbies

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

I love most colors. My house and clothes closet swell with many colors that reflect my love of variety and life. I love contrast. Blue might be my favorite hue […]

Personal Stories

Wordless Wednesday: Pet Games

Kalev is not overly playful with toys. She’s a lover. She pulls your hand in with her paw, and puts it on her tummy to rub her. She twists her […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Family Friendly Notre Dame

In the heart of South Bend, Indiana lies the famed […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite

Today Randy and I made our way north to Michigan to the Warren Dunes State Park. I would describe it as infinitely blustery! It was infinitely uninhabited. The water stretched […]

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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Landscapes

As you know, my brother, Randy, and I are on a trip to recapture the lands of our youth for his sixtieth birthday. The first leg of our journey was […]

Hobbies

Calling All Photographers to Explain Photo Weirdness

As some of you know, I haven’t stopped traveling since […]

Travel

The Accidental Vacation: Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Going Home… Or Not The debate continued for over 100 miles assisted by cell phone research. HowmuchfarthertoClearlake?What’s the ETA? What about Willits? I’d almost like to drive all […]

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The Accidental Vacation Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine The Last Sights of Klamath The next few days Vince and Marsha spend sight-seeing around Klamath. Of course they drove to Crescent City to check on the truck. […]

Photo Challenges

WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated

Saturated blue picture due to the wrong ISO setting, I believe. Very fixable in Photoshop – amazingly! 🙂

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The Accidental Vacation: Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight The Gem of the Klamath River “A new transmission is not so bad,” Vince said, still nervous about Marsha’s reaction to the news. “It could have been so […]

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The Accidental Vacation: Chapter Seven

Have you ever had car trouble that caused you to delay your trip home? Vince and Marsha spent several days enjoying an accidental vacation.

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The Accidental Vacation Chapter Six

Chapter Six Settling in on Sunday Like the fog lifting the in the morning sun, The Twilight Zone of optimism surrounding Vince began to burn off. With each telltale defeatist […]

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