By Lilian Jackson Braun A pleasant romp through the day-to-day life of detective-journalist Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. The story takes place in a city called Pickax in Moose County, “400 miles north of everywhere.” It is September, a busy month with the local hotel reopening, the Highland Games […]
NOVEMBER 17 WORDS: Febrile, corkscrew, fast, sloppy, plant, tractor. Please submit your story through the comment section below.
NOVEMBER 8 WORDS: Bark, purple, fence, crackling, race, ginger and box. Please submit your story through the comment box below.
I know this sounds a little trite, but I am truly blessed… Not because I am working more than full time, but because I have the work. Not because I have two jobs, but because I love both jobs. Plants and words have been a huge part of my sanity my entire life. Not because […]
It seems like all I can talk about is gardening. That’s not the case, but I’m going to do one more blog about gardening before I move on to other things. This wonderful fall weather has made it easy to gradually ready the yard for winter, rather than breeze through like a whirling dervish to […]
Sharpen your pencil, or keyboard, or iphone or whatever you write with. This month’s project is a creativity stimulator. The object of the project is to take the seven words posted each week and create a short story that includes each of the seven words. The sky’s the limit, as long as the story is […]
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