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And so it’s Christmas

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First, Merry Christmas! Second, today is a very important day in history.  This is Pearl Harbor Day. On this day in 1941, Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, was bombed by over three hundred Japanese warplanes. Thus began our involvement in World War II. We'll never forget and we'll never take that for granted. Thank you to all of our brave military forces who have sacrificed and served.  Here is a … [Read more...]

The building of a table–board by board

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Hello! Thanksgiving is next week and I'm ready to celebrate. We won't have a large crowd. Our daughter and husband are in Japan. (Air Force) And our son is at college and probably won't make it here until Christmas. So it might be just the two of us. But ... my husband built a new dining table so at least we can eat "up front" and not in the breakfast room. Since I helped him stain and paint … [Read more...]

Happy November! Starts and Finishes!

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Hello. I can't believe it's November! My summer and early fall went so fast! I just finished working on a book yesterday, over a month ahead of schedule. But I'll tweak it a bit more before I turn it in later. It's always a good feeling to finish a project early. Especially when you start with a blank page and create it with a lot of sweat and tears and joys and cheers. The End Yes, I did a … [Read more...]

I’m late for a very important date!

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Okay, my turn to share an empty post. Yesterday, I got bogged down in some serious edits on a suspense that just will not end! All week I've been working on this. I always go back to the beginning when I get stuck and this time I was not only stalled out, but my word count was sorely lacking, too! (Something not never happens with wordy Elnora here!) So I'm sitting there this morning enjoying … [Read more...]

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