Constantly Evolving,or Just Evolving All At Once?

As you know, last month I got Freshly Pressed and got a flood of new people checking out the blog, following me and commenting.  At first, I got a little confused because people were sending me lovely messages like: And how did you get that rough draft? You wrote it. That still counts.   A…

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February, 1937 Excerpts

More evidence that Babu only looks far away and not right under her nose: Tuesday, February 9th, 1937 Last dance tonight.  Francis Cebula and I went together.  Jaime gave me the ticket, bought me a sundae, took me home, but that doesn’t change my attitude toward him.  I can’t help it.  I just can’t go…

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February, 1937

No airships, no natural disasters, no new presidents elected.  Just February, 1937. The month begins with Babu’s date with Richard R.  I still do not know where this boy came from, but her date seemed nice.  Ice skating – which was kind of a fail.  And they got to the movies, late, but saw a…

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The OA

Does Babu have an OA?  Let me explain: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. There is an amazing show on Netflix called the OA.  People who have “Near Death Experiences” come back but with the power of angels.  (It is really an amazing show!) This makes me think of Veronica Syper.  If you remember, in the post…

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The Theatricality of it All

In past conversations with Babu about my former job of being a Theatre teacher, she would often either say: I don’t think we ever had those kind of classes in school. or: I think I did some plays at Bay Path… Well, wasn’t I surprised to read about Babu doing so much theatre.  She had…

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January, 1937 Excerpts

Do you know how in a book or a movie where the writer will use the weather to create or support the mood in the narrative?  For example, sun shining and birds singing when a character is in love or storm clouds, thunder and then rain when the break up happens?  It is such a…

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January, 1937

The beginning of the new year did not disappoint.  They drove around blowing horns and her friend Harland climbs out of the car and dances on the running board.  Celebration and jubilation! After that bit of fun, January seems to be a month of many boys.  There are quite a few interested in her, and…

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101 Things in 1001 days

I was inspired by other blogs to do this.  Some things relate to this blog, and some just to the blogger.  So here it is 101 things to do in 1001 days!                                                                             Writing: Dissonance: 1.     Get agent for Dissonance. 2.    Get Dissonance published.   TM: 3.  Post every day in 2017 and consistently in…

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A New Year: 1937

I do get caught up in the feeling of a new year.  Hope and renewed energy, faith in our selves to make it better…It’s kind of like the excitement of opening a new book.  As with a new year, in a book you have a whole story about to open up for you, new people…

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Sunday Share Alpha

This week’s Sunday Share comes from Alpha.  Check out this post and please check out the blog! I think I chose this for this week because I connected a little bit to it on a personal level.  There has been a lot of talk about how old I am lately…

December 1936, Excerpts

At the end of the year, Babu was starting to feel herself a little bit.  What I mean is, she was acting up!  I post this not to defame my grandmother in any way, but it is nice to know she wasn’t a perfect angel.  I think we are all well aware I am telling…

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