I can't decide how to fill in that blank.
Frustrating?
Beautiful?
Tense?
Mellow?
How can one day be all of that when it is contradictory?
It was beautiful outside but I have been frustrated to be stuck behind a computer. I'm...
I Remembered Me!!!
On a gorgeous moonlit night I rode my bike away from every one down to the ocean's edge on a protected island. It was more than a mile along the beach to where the inlet fed in and I rode with a big smile on my face the whole...
60 Years and a Day
This was not the milestone birthday I envisioned, but then again, I never really envisioned it so it was not in any way forced to meet expectations. Frankly, I'm surprised to still be here.
I was so exhausted the day before,...
Topics:
birthday
I hate writing about myself!
Hate hate hate it!
When I attended the last writer's conference that I went to, and every publisher and agent I met with was interested, (in part because I did my homework about who to meet before I went) I left with one mess...
Topics:
biography, auto-biography, remembering the past, pain, inspiration, motivation.
About That Birthday Cat
On the night prior to my birthday, a young black cat found us hanging out on the downstairs patio waiting for the midnight toast. It made great friends with my daughter. I petted it a little but I wasn't trying to encourage i...
A very strange dream I had a few nights ago
It is still stuck in my head and I've been looking for clues because I know it means something, I'm just not sure what. Is it a warning or a premonition or just my own suppressed fears finding an outlet? I'm not sure. But tod...
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dream, bomb, explosion, desert, destruction, poisonous cloud.
Two days into it and this is my first blog
I see it; I'm terrible at journalism.
I feel like the stereotype author sitting and staring at a blank page in a typewriter shown in probably every movie about writers that I ever watched while I was growing up. When compute...
Topics:
Wanda Hope Carter, journaling, blogging, goals, memories, plans
Cat Tales
Last night was rainy, windy and cold. The black birthday cat without a name got to stay in my office while I was working. It is back in a chair on the other side of the desk tonight and it has barely moved. I think for the fi...
Interesting Twist in the Birthday Cat Saga - A Question...
A couple of days ago, my daughter was talking to a neighbor who recently posted about her missing cat. (Not the same cat who showed up for my birthday.) She found her cat but in the conversation it came up that another neighb...
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birthday cat, black cat, pet, neighbors, pet owners
Dear Jaguars, PLEASE HIRE TIM TEBOW!
I've never asked anything from Jacksonville before, well, except for that one time I asked you to save the Mayport Ferry, and you did and I thank you for that! But this is different, this is not a necessity but instead for ou...
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Tim Tebow, Jacksonville Jaguars, coach, birthday, surprise, gift, hire Tim Tebow!