Saturday, February 28. 2026 Hello, everyone. Don’t bother with that mask — germs don’t spread via computer. At least not yet. All week, I’ve been down with an allergy/asthma/cold thing. Granted, after a solid week of dust-storms before that, I guess it was inevitable. I feel like crap (on and off), and well… I feel … More WHEN are We? And an Oracle
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 Hello, everyone. Today I’m visiting another of my books that includes inventions and/or inventors. The steampunk-fantasy novel, “The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers: A Cornelis Drebbel Adventure was written spontaneously, when readers of my blog gave me sets of “three random things” to fuel the tale, back in 2015. Readers … More Whatnot Wednesday: Fantasy Tools, #CFFC, & a Story
Saturday, February 21, 2026 Happy Lunar New Year Hello, all. I guess I’m late with that wish. I made the “Fire Horse” image for a Night Cafe daily challenge, but at the time I wasn’t satisfied with it for the holiday. However, a different post came to me today, and it fit. Here in my … More Imagine Something Wondrous 5: Wind Spirit
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Daphne (foreground): Is Yummy Human talking about us? This is a Whatnot post, isn’t it? Velma: No and yes. You heard her say POSY… that’s not anything to do with cats. And it’s not about a crinkum-crankum either. Daphne: Wha— Velma: Don’t ask. I can’t talk about it here. It’s bawdy … More Whatnot Wednesday: Steampunk & Real Steampunkery, #CFFC
February 14, 2026 Hello, everyone. I had hoped to have a new Valentine’s story for you (actually a substantial one) but that just wasn’t working out. I picked it up and put it down, time and again for two years. This week I officially scrapped it. However, as I’ve suggested to other authors, sometimes … More Valentine Story of Kokopelli’s Daughter
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 Daphne: Yummy Human, don’t you think you should brush me before you go to bed. Maybe if you do, I’ll be so subdued that I won’t wake you up at 3AM… Velma: No, Yummy Human, tell us a bedtime story. Daphne can brush herself. I want to know about the foldable … More Whatnot Wednesdays: Atom-Punk Tech, #CFFC Photo Challenge, & the Scoobies
Saturday, February 7, 2026 Hello, all. I’m here with this month’s floriography trivia. As I noticed in January nowadays, the list of “animals associated with February” apparently includes half the animal kingdom — along with some that I begin to wonder if I’ll find them for every month. For instance, the owl represents February’s birth … More Flowers of the Month: February Floriography, & Nicole’s Review of The Geostropic Pearl
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Hello, everyone. With my head full of hearts, I welcome you to Whatnot Wednesday. There are enough different hearts that this qualifies as a Whatnot post: Abstract hearts for the challenge, steampunk hearts, vintage hearts… On Mondays, Dan Antion is the moderator of “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” (CFFC). The topic for this … More Whatnot Wednesdays: Hearts, Abstract #CFFC
Saturday, January 31, 2026 Welcome, everyone. As we shift from January to February, I thought it would be nice if we could just relax together, quietly for a moment. Maybe we can share a warm, cozy beverage — whatever you like. The magic teapot has coffee, hot chocolate, Irish coffee, mulled wine, or anything else … More Imagine Something Wondrous 4: Whimsical Tea
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Recently, blogger and poet, Nicole Sara absolutely dazzled me with her review of The Delta Pearl, A Steampunk Riverboat (book-1 of my colorful take on a steampunk duology). The slideshow above contains some of the illustrations I’ve done for the story over the years. I hope you’ll click the “Continue reading” … More The Delta Pearl: A Riverboat Cruise with Nicole (a #BookReview)
Saturday, January 24, 2026, Does that title sound cranky? I don’t care. I’m ready to “resign.” WordPress has destroyed my (constantly adapting) way of creating posts one time too many. After many hours of trying since I encountered their latest debacle of an “improvement” yesterday, I’m going to do my best to give you something … More Imagine Something Wondrous 3 (like WordPress not ruining something else)
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Hello, all. On Monday morning as I drank my coffee, the above video drew my attention when it showed up on my YouTube feed. No matter the genre, I usually enjoy song-videos what show composites of several different singers, harmonizing together from their various locations. This one, “Light of a Clear … More Whatnot Wednesday: Clear Blue Morning, & Dead of Winter at Robbie Cheadle’s
Saturday, January 17, 2026 Hello, all. I hope you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend. Or if it isn’t that low-key, maybe you need a distraction — one that doesn’t require a lot of thought. In that case, how about a little floriography trivia. January in my location means wintry things. I wanted to add the January … More Flowers of the Month: January Floriography
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Hello, all. Let me tell you a funny thing about Daphne. She doesn’t meow. She makes all matter of chirping and trilling sounds, but not a meow among them. When she’s extra excited about playing, she makes a woo-ooo-whoo sound. I’ve finally figured it out — she’s singing the opening of … More Whatnot Wednesday: Cat Fu Fighting, staring the Scoobies
Saturday, January 10, 2026 Hello, all. With the image I made last week, were you able to imagine any positive, happy, or amazing things? I understand some of you were not. Let’s try again today with a different style of image. Imagination Prompt The image at the top of the page shows a woman gazing … More Imagine Something Wondrous: 2
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Daphne: Yummy Human, doesn’t all this seem awfully…. random? Yes, Daphne. That’s what makes it a “Whatnot Wednesday” post. Daphne: I get that, but this is a whole lot of random… Why don’t you brush me instead. I promise not to give you any love bites. (Not many anyhow. You’re yummy, … More Whatnot Wednesday: the Scoobies, #CFFC, & a Reading
Saturday, January 3, 2026 Hello, all. You’re an inspired group, and you inspire others, including me. As promised in my midweek post, today I’m starting a new series. My intention is to help us all, not just keep as positive of a thought as we can, but to imagine things that are full-on splendiferous! With … More Imagine Something Wondrous: 1
Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Goodbye to You, 2025! Hello, everyone and happy New Year’s Eve. As we kick 2025 to the curb, I’m not going to bemoan what an utter disaster it’s been… (Although I guess I just did.) Nor am I going to sing the praises of what a great and glorious thing 2026 … More Goodbye 2025 — Hello Imagination
Saturday, December 27, 2025 Hello, all. I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. The two rabbits above seem to be enjoying themselves. Yes, I’m squeaking in, just under the deadline for a December flowers of the month post. Flowers of the Month: Holly and Narcissus Holly and Narcissus Though I don’t think of the … More Flowers of the Month: December Floriography
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 Daphne: Look, Velma — there are new ornaments on the tree. I’m taller, do you think I can reach them? Velma: No, but there might be more than chestnuts roasting if we mess with those, because Dan Antion made them. Daphne: Chestnuts roasting? Is that some kind of chicken breast? Seriously? … More The Scoobies on Christmas Eve
Saturday, December 20, 2025 Hello, everyone. It’s still unusually warm here, and Santa hasn’t suited up yet. He’s just hanging out with the cacti and watching reruns of old Christmas shows. Although, he gave me the idea to rerun something myself. At the end of every post, I feature one of my books. If you … More Ghosts of Book Fairs Past
November 17, 2025 Hello, everyone. Welcome to Whatnot Wednesday. I hope your week has been good so far. On Monday, Dan Antion posted that this is his one-year anniversary as moderator of “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” (CFFC). Kudos, Dan. The topic for this week was “Winter, Summer or both.” I’m limiting my post to “Winter” … More Whatnot Wednesday & CFFC Winter
Saturday, December 13, 2025 Welcome, everyone. I know it’s been a rough year. It doesn’t really feel like Christmastime to me, but I’m going to try. Not to rub your nose in it, because I realize most of this nation (and some other countries too) are freezing your schnoz off, but as I write this, we’re … More Christmas? Here’s a sale
Monday, December 8, 2025 This week, Dan Antion, host of the Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC), gave the prompt “Autumn or Spring — or Both.” To me the “Both” part spoke of contrast, and I’ve always found the contrast of flowers in snow to be magical. It reminded me of something I put in the … More A Bloomin’ Snippet for #CFFC
Friday, December 5, 2025 “Calm down, Daphne. It’s the camera angle.” Welcome, everyone. Let’s start the weekend early. The weather is actually very nice in this neck of the woods, but I know that is not the case for many of you. It might be a good time to stay inside and watch some old … More TV Weekend: Legal Shows
Saturday, November 29, 2025 Hello, all. For those in the United States, I hope you enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving holiday, and maybe some sale shopping too. After all, it does make me feel grateful when I am able to give a little gift to someone. There’s no shame in enjoying gift shopping, or the challenge … More Positive Thoughts: a Utopia
Wednesday, November 25, 2025 Daphne: Hear (hear…hear) Me (me…me) Human (an…an). I (I…I) am the Energy Oracle (el…el)! To attain enlightenment, you must brush me (me…me). Yummy Human, why aren’t you brushing me? Didn’t you hear my supernatural echo voice? Be sure to use both brushes. Whatnot Wednesday Daphne brushing her own face with the soft brush. Meanwhile, … More Whatnot Wednesday, Oracles, & #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, November 22, 2025 The video above is Joni Mitchell performing “Black Crow” in 1998. Hello, everyone. For those who were paying close attention, you’re right — this isn’t the third episode… but it actually is the third. After I published the Rise of Mnemosyne short story last week, I came across this vignette that … More Short Story Saturday: The Rise of Mnemosyne Part-3
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Hello, everyone. First, I’m sharing a little silliness in the video above, with the Scoobies. Now to the post. Back in March, with a Flower of the Month post, I mentioned oracle cards. Several people asked me to do a post about them. I took a bunch of photos, but I’m … More The Scoobies and By Request: Oracle Cards
Saturday, February 1, 2025 Hello, everyone. I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. It’s been a while, so you might not remember, but… Early this year I shared a couple of stories that were set in a parallel dystopian world. It’s not a world that I can visit too often, but I said that I … More Short Story Saturday: from the world of Mnemosyne
Thursday, November 13, 2025 The image above shows the first result from each of Google, Bing, and Duck-Duck-Go when I did an image search today for the word “elegance.” Wednesday Ponderating Hello, everyone. Lately I’ve been ponderating… wondering about a topic to which I haven’t given much thought since I left my “real world” job … More Wednesday Ponderating & #ThursdayDoors — Elegance That Was
Saturday, November 8, 2025 Hello, all. You’re an inspired group, and you inspire others, including me. That inner oomph doesn’t always come easily. Keeping it can be even more difficult. So today I’m giving a collection of simple things for each day of the coming week. You can use them in any number of ways … More Daily Dose of Inspiration for the Week Ahead
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Whatnot & the Scoobies I was going to do a Wednesday Writing post, then the “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” was suggested because its topic was libraries, and my libraries have doorways… I’d say this is definitely a Whatnot post! So… Velma, do you want to be a blog star today? Now, … More Whatnot Wednesday Libraries: #CFFC, Writing, #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, November 1, 2025 Hi, everyone and happy November. I hope November will stick around longer than October, or September, or August, or… You get it — time flies. In fact, time flew so fast that I forgot to do an October floriography post. Now it’s November… Maybe time flew for a reason — owls … More Flower of the Month: November Floriography
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 (The Scoobies: “We don’t need no stinkin’ outfits.”) Hello, everyone. I hope you’ve had a great week so far. As if I didn’t already have half a dozen nonfiction books in progress, an idea for another one came to me while I was working on my atom-punk novel. The notion came … More Wednesday Writing: Dress Your Characters, the 2020s
Saturday, October 25, 2025 There isn’t anything I really want to say today. However, I do want to send each of you a wish. Be uplifted by sparkling hope We rise by lifting others, said Robert Ingersol. That is what I mean to do with this post. ♣ ♣ ♣ Well… I do have one thing to say… … More A Wish of Hope
October 22, 2025 Hello, everyone. Welcome to Whatnot Wednesday. I hope your week has been good so far. It wouldn’t be a “Whatnot” without the Scoobies. Although, those two cats are being lazy today. This year, Daphne has taken to occupying the hammock that’s beside my desk-chair whenever I work at the computer. That’s her … More Whatnot Wednesday & CFFC Vintage Food Market Photos
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Hello, everyone. Today most of my doors are written, doors made of words. I invite you to open this door into the simpler world of my fantasy, “Dead of Winter.” There are many doors in the world I built for this epic story. Some open to frightening unknowns, others open to … More #ThursdayDoors to an October Excerpt
Saturday, October 11, 2025 In the predawn stillness, after a night of tossing and turning, with unpleasant dreams during the scant moments of sleep, a woman finally drifted in peaceful slumber. However, elsewhere in the house… “Velma, did you know that when Yummy Human was kitten-age there was a famous cat singer named Steven? It’s … More Caturday Morning’s Broken: Scoobies Song Parody
“Teagan Riordain Geneviene’s Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology is just that kind of book — one that enchants, teaches, and lingers.” … More Rebecca’s Reading Room on “Speak Flowers and Fans”
Monday, October 6, 2025 Hello, world. Sometimes you get a real Monday of a Monday, but today it’s a marvelous Monday! I knew I was going to be at Teri Polen’s fabulous month of Halloween interview posts (Bad Moon Rising), but I was happily surprised to be featured in Dan Antion’s CFFC Photo Challenge. Heartfelt … More Marvelous Monday: I’m at #BadMoonRising AND at Dan Antion’s blog
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Hello, all. It’s no longer a secret… Winter is coming — Again. For years, I’ve wanted to combine the entire series “Dead of Winter” into one volume. When current events made my story even more relevant, I had to do it. When I started writing this epic back in 2010, a … More Announcing — Dead of Winter Omnibus #EpicFantasy (& audiobook), & 10th Anniversary Bad Moon Rising
Saturday, September 27, 2025 Here’s a little teaser This video is intentionally incongruous for an epic fantasy book. I hope it tickles your funny bone. Cover Reveal Due to changes with Amazon KDP (publishing) rule changes, this will only be available in e-book. I’ll share more next month. Thanks for visiting. Hugs! ♦ ♦ ♦ This is … More Coming October 1st, and Cover Reveal
Thursday, September 25, 2025 I’m blessed to have made many long-lasting, long-distance friendships through the WordPress blogging community. One of those is Roberta Eaton Cheadle. This morning, she posted a marvelous review of my steampunk-fantasy “The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers.” Click the big blue link below for Robbie Cheadle’s wonderful post. Click for … More #ThursdayDoors to Friendship, & a #BookReview
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Daphne: I’m confused. I thought “Whatnots” were for Wednesdays… but Yummy Human has a Whatnot post and it’s still Tuesday. She said something about her favorite thing being a book review. Velma: You’re right. That’s kind of odd. Actually, I heard her mention something about I love your cupcakes too. But … More Whatnot: The Scoobies & a #BookReview
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 It’s been a long time since I did a short story, so let’s get right to it. The Book Found on the Subway There was nothing particularly momentous about the moment that changed my life. It was an accidental discovery, though an incredible one — an invasion. Not one country invading … More Whatnot Wednesday Short Story
Saturday, September 13, 2025 Hello, everyone. It’s good to see you here. Today I have floriography trivia for the month of September. This month is represented by two different flowers: asters and morning glories. Together, the aster and morning glory capture September’s essence—a time of deep emotions, wisdom, as well as a mindful appreciation of … More Flower of the Month: September Floriography
September 9, 2025 Hello, everyone. I had expected to be reblogging the fourth in my series about Writing with the Senses (Taste), but something must have gone wrong at the other side. So, I’m revising the post I had started, and turning it into a Whatnot. That said, I’m sorry if it’s a little disjointed … More Whatnot Wednesday: #Kosmosky Steel Tongue Drums??? and CFFC Challenge: Hobby
Saturday, September 6, 2025 Hello all. It’s Caturday, and the Scoobies have taken over this post. Hi, Velma. The sofa back isn’t one of your usual perches. What’s going on? A minute ago, you were staring at the fabulous collage Kerfe made. You seemed to be looking at the cat in it. Velma: What do … More Venusian Parody on a Caturday, Staring the Scoobies #Cats
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Hi, everyone. I hope your week is off to a terrific start. First, I must share a delightful review from author D. L. Finn on my story The Dance of Discord. You can find it among the other indie books in her “September Book Reviews!” post. Don’t miss these great reads. I was … More Tune Tuesday & Writing with the Sense of Touch (rebolg)
Saturday, August 30, 2025 Hello, all. Across the globe, we don’t all have the same holidays. Some are similar but fall on different days. It’s a holiday weekend where I am, but maybe not for you. So, instead of Labor Day wishes, I’m just going to wish everyone a happy End of Summer! Although that doesn’t … More Happy End of Summer?
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Hi, everyone. I find myself inspired to start sharing music, particularly songs from the 1960s and early 70s. It was an era known for many types of music, including protest songs. Yes, I’m treading a fine line on not breaking my own rule for this blog, of not discussing politics or … More Tune Tuesday & Writing with the Sense of Hearing (rebolg)
Saturday, August 23, 2025 Follow me: Carry fan in right hand in front of face. Welcome, all. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. I didn’t have much to report, but I still wanted to say “hello.” I decided to do that with the language of fans. With fanology it was easy to get off … More A Coded Hello: Fanology
Monday, August 18, 2025 Hi, everyone. When fellow blogger, Juan Ré Crivello invited me to his blog, I decided to update my Writing with the Senses series. Today we’re talking about the sense of sight. Please click over to Juan’s blog and join the discussion. https://latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/a-5-part-series-of-writing-process-posts-focused-on-sight-hearing-touch-taste-and-smell-by-teagan-riordain-geneviene-01/ A 5-part series of writing-process posts focused on sight, … More Writing with the Sense of Sight: Reblog
Saturday, August 16, 2025 Hello, all. I hope you’re enjoying a relaxing weekend. Or if it isn’t that low-key, maybe you need a distraction. In that case, how about a little floriography trivia. It’s August, so let’s head down a rabbit hole from there. Flower of the Month: Gladiolus You’re familiar with birthstones, right? For … More Flower of the Month: August Floriography
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Hello all. Congratulations. You’ve made it to the top of the midweek hump. Here’s another Whatnot Wednesday, staring the Scoobies. But first… here’s a related video of a smart kitty using a face massager: You’ve had the vocal stylings of Daphne a couple of times now as she sings while bathing. … More Whatnot Wednesday & Scoobies Tubthumping
Saturday, August 9, 2025 Did you know that yellow flowers can symbolize friendship? Did you know that tulips can represent sunshine and smiles? So, yellow tulips can make a lovely “thank you” bouquet for a friend. Hello, all. I hope you’ve had a good week. As I end each post with a virtual hug to … More Announcing a New “Speak” Dictionary: Speak Flowers & Fans
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Hello, everyone. I hope your week is going well. It’s absurdly hot where I am, and as many of you know, days and days (and days!) of 100+ degrees F heat is draining. The humidity is also around 5%, so that adds other hazards. However, just as that was dragging me … More Dance of Discord #Review from Olga Núñez Miret
Saturday, August 2, 2025 We’ve made it to the weekend as well as the start of a new month. Happy August. Today I have a little vignette for you. It’s a steampunk fantasy “slice of life.” Actually, it’s a snippet from one of my many works in progress, but I don’t want to talk about … More Weekend Shorts: A steampunk fantasy
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Welcome, all. I know that many of us are in dire need of positive things. So, I’m giving you fair warning. This post is bleak. If you need sunshine and rainbows, then go ahead and skip this one. I’ve struggled for months about how to discuss my own reinventions, mostly because … More Re-Inventionators: Teagan
Saturday, July 26, 2025 Velma: Yummy Human, you aren’t making any sense. Welcome, all. After the past year or more of repeatedly thinking a book would be ready “any minute now”… well, I’ve started taking the phrase “coming soon” out of my vocabulary. However, something is back on track, at minimum. Teaser No, I’m not … More Something’s Back on Track
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Welcome to a special “Christmas in July” feature of Re-Inventionators. The Santa android just surfed in to help welcome today’s guest. Some people go with the flow. Others whether through choice or necessity, ride the waves of into the giant “curl” of life’s changes, reinventing themselves. They are re-inventionators. My guest … More Re-Inventionators: Carol’s Christmas in July
Saturday, May 25, 2024 Splish-splash, I was taking a bathLong about a Caturday night, yeahWashin’ toes, relaxin’ in my hammockThinkin’ everything was alright… Then along came Velma, jumpin’ on my head; reelin’ in my hammockMeowin’ and a-growlin’, bitin’ and a-runnin’, yeah Splish-splash, I wanna go back to my bath… Daphne. Daphne… Daphne, what are you … More Splish-Splash on a Caturday Night
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Hello, everyone. If you hoped the “Re-Inventionator” androids would be back… (It’s okay to hear that in Arnold’s voice if you want.) Then you’re in luck. When life blocks our path with changes, some people shift gears and change lanes accordingly — those differences having little impact on the road they’re … More Re-Inventionators: Riding Waves of Change with John W. Howell
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Welcome, all. I’m excited to have another guest for the “Re-Inventionators” series where readers are sharing their personal stories about life-changes and the ways we (or some of us) reinvent ourselves in order to keep progressing through life. Today my guest is Resa McConaghy. She uses two blogs with street art … More Re-Inventionators: Resa McConaghy
Saturday, July 5, 2025 Yesterday was “Independence Day” in the USA. Considering the setting of this serial, it seems like the appropriate moment to conclude the story — even though that timing was simply serendipity. Yes, we’ve reached the end of this dance. Thank you for being part of the story. This time there aren’t … More Dance of Discord Conclusion: Episode 11
Sunday, June 29, 2025 This is the weirdest birthday party ever. It isn’t even my birthday quite yet, but everything feels bizarre right now, so I’m rolling with the weirdness. I want to tell you a story about the story of a song, but first things first— Thank You A year ago, I posted my … More A Birthday Thank You & A Process Hodgepodge
Friday, June 27, 2025 Welcome, all. There won’t be a serial episode this weekend (or week). I hope to have it finished by next weekend. That will be the final episode of The Dance of Discord. I planned to add several more twists and turns to the tale, building on the intrigue. However, writing this … More Dance of Discord Update
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Hello, everyone. The “Re-Inventionator” robots are on hand again. Life can be a smooth, steady ride for some people. For others, come hell or high water, they’re still able to go with the flow. However, there are those of us who have events or situations that are so life-changing (be the … More Re-Inventionators: Stitching a Path–S.R. Mallery
Sunday, June 22, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. Isn’t it wonderful when serendipity comes along? Recently, fellow author D. L. Finn released a new collection of her poetry. When I saw it, in addition to a lovely book I saw “three things” to drive an episode of this … More Dance of Discord 10: A Visit, & DL Finn new book
Friday, June 20, 2025 Tim Price wrote a beautiful song called “The Storm.” I was flattered when he asked me to sing it. The lyrics caught my imagination, and I couldn’t resist making images to create a video for it, even though I know Tim enjoys making videos too. Oddly enough it was storming when … More Join me at Tim Price’s Blog for “Teagan’s Storm
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Hello, everyone. I hope you’ve had a good week so far. Today I have my first guest in the Re-Inventionators series of posts I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. These posts will be about life changes, self-identity, reinvention, and such. If you want to know what prompted me to make … More Re-Inventionators: Guest, Olga Núñez Miret
Saturday, June 14, 2025 Welcome back to our little spy serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’ve arrived at episode-9. Where does the time go? But first, I’m wishing a happy Father’s Day to all the dads. I hope you have good relaxation and recreation. That’s a subject that gets mentioned in this episode — … More Dance of Discord 9: A Toss
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Video above is the Talking Apple Trees scene from The Wizard of Oz “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”― Carl Jung Whatnot Wednesday Fellow author D. L. (Denise) Finn has been hosting a monthly creativity challenge for poets. I have no skills … More Whatnot Wednesday: Creativity Challenge, Apples, #Cats, & Slang
Saturday, June 7, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. Time really does fly — we’ve arrived at episode-8. A bit of history A bit of food and language trivia that began with episode-6 lingers in this week’s installment. When Colleen Chesebro left Jell-O as a random reader thing, … More Dance of Discord 8: A Crack
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Whatnot Wednesday Hello, all. The Scoobies are on hand to help us over the midweek hump. They’re my dearest whatnots. In their conversation Daphne (left) and Velma (right) included a couple of tiny thrushes who have gotten into the habit of sitting in the diamond-shape “links” of the side gate — … More Whatnot Wednesday & Re-Inventionators: 1
Saturday, May 31, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. It’s hard to believe we’re already up to episode-7. Here is a link to the previous episode, which contains all the past links, plus a character reference list: Click here. The random reader things for this installment are from … More Dance of Discord 7: An Assumption
Thursday, May 29, 2025 Hello, everyone. Did the post title hook you? Zany though it may be, zap, pow, and especially oooof reflect what’s happening. This is just a note about the non-creative side of my writing process. The video below is from the original Batman TV series, c 1966 You see, Amazon/KDP publishing sent … More Zap! Pow! Oooof!
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Hello, everyone. This post contains several “Whatnots.” It’s a hodgepodge. To begin, here are a couple of whimsical limericks, inspired by Robbie’s door photo, which she submitted to the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge. The Goddess’ Door In the glow of the moon’s gentle light, Goddess energy dances at night. With gratitude’s … More Gratitude at the Door, #BookReviews, #TDWC, & Whatnot
Friday, May 23, 2025 Hello one and all. Monday will be Memorial Day in the USA. We generally celebrate the whole weekend, so I’m highlighting it today, in honor of those who lost their lives ensuring that we could enjoy wholesome fun and togetherness, among other freedoms. Now, I welcome you back to … More Dance of Discord 6 — A Cipher, & Double Poets, & #TDWC Writing Challenge
Sunday, May 18, 2025 Welcome, to my humble sanctuary. This is not a poem — I don’t write poetry. Maybe a rhyme or if I put my mind to it, an occasional limerick, but I wouldn’t even know how to begin a proper poem. It’s not a story either… It just is what it is. … More The Manifest Doors — #TDWC
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Welcome back to our serial story, The Dance of Discord. No, you aren’t mistaken. I’ve posted a serial episode midweek, rather than on the weekend. Remember that for this serial my posting schedule might be as random as the “random reader things” that drive the story. However, it’s also a #ThursdayDoors … More Dance of Discord 5: A Tap, & #TDWC challenge door
Saturday, May 10, 2025 Welcome, all. I don’t have an installment of our serial, The Dance of Discord, ready for this weekend. Although, as this is a holiday weekend in the USA (Mother’s Day), and most people are probably busy with family, maybe that’s just as well. Instead of the serial, I have a … More No Dance Today, but an Un-holiday limerick. #TDWC
Thursday, May 8, 2025 Welcome, all. Some of you know that I enjoy slang — well not the modern-day stuff, but the slang that’s even older than me. Lately those fun words have been on my mind a lot, because of my nonfiction work in progress (which, as usual, I thought would be finished months … More #ThursdayDoors: #TDWC — Gyatt
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Welcome, everyone. Yes, I said “cover reveal,” but no, this time it is not one of my books. Recently, when Dan Antion asked me if I’d like to do the cover reveal for a book on which he has collaborated with Willow Willers, I was delighted to help. ♦ ♦ ♦ Here’s the … More Cover Reveal: Poetic Justice
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’ve arrived at episode-4. Here are links to the previous episodes 1: Afoot, 2: A Note , and 3: A Code. This episode mentions some real-world historic people. One is Maria Christina of Austria. In the fictional timeline of this … More Dance of Discord 4: A Door & #TDWC
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Welcome, all. Like many others in the WordPress community, I’ve been looking forward to Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Writing Challenge. This is my first offering for 2025. I hope to do several during the challenge time-frame. Video: Upside Down, Curious George Today’s door was submitted by Bruce. It was taken at … More #ThursdayDoors: #TDWC — Upside Down
Saturday, April 26, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’ve arrived at episode-3. Here are links to the previous episodes 1: Afoot, and 2: A Note. A few real-life historic figures will show up in this serial. The first of those is Albert I of Belgium (not the British … More Dance of Discord 3, and Codes
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Welcome to my sanctuary. Sit down and relax with me for a moment. Photographer, songwriter, and critter-dad, Timothy Price did a re-write of his original song “Moments” and asked if I was interested in recording the vocals. Of course, I was honored. He also made an animated video for the song. … More Moments a Collaboration with Timothy Price
Saturday, April 19, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’re at episode-2. (You can read the beginning of this early 1900s spy story here.) Once again, I had in-depth research, although that was the fault of my own stubbornness. Because I’ve loved jewelry and gemstones ever since I was … More Dance of Discord 2 and Edwardian Jewelry
Wednesday, April 17, 2025 Whatnot Wednesday Special thanks to author Teri Polen for reading A Peril in the Vines and mentioning it in her post this morning! Whatnot with the Scoobies Velma: Don’t get me started, Daphne. Jinkies! The one with the goat is best. Agree with me or else! Daphne: Jeepers! Where’s your species … More Whatnot Wednesday: Scoobies Argue / #ThursdayDoors Inspiration Selections
Saturday, April 5, 2025 Happy weekend, everyone. This is a writing process post (but episode-1 is below as a refresher or if anyone missed it). I’m sharing as an illustration of the level of research and effort (and hopefully professionalism) I put into my blog serials — even the very whimsical ones… although this one … More Glitchy Research
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Velma: Haha! I’ve got the hammock! Daphne: Suit yourself. That string is going to start moving on its own just like the furry bird does — and I’m going to be here to grab it. Velma: Yummy Human is playing with pictures again. Do you think she’ll stop to play with … More Whatnot Wednesday Inspiration / #ThursdayDoors help me choose
Saturday, April 5, 2025 Are you ready to play? Welcome, to the premier episode of Dance of Discord, my brand-new serial story. It’s driven by sets of 3 random things that are supplied by you readers. It’s a rather cozy spy yarn (you know I love to mashup genres), set approximately in 1908, in Washington, … More New Serial: Dance of Discord — Episode 1
Monday, March 31, 2025 Hello, everyone. I’m posting a couple of days early, because I want to give myself some extra time before the end of this week. I’ve tried and failed, and tried… and failed again. Almost tried, but failed to even almost… Read on, and you’ll understand. ♣ Writing serial stories driven by … More Call for Things! New Serial Story!
Saturday, March 29, 2025 Happy Saturday, everyone. This is a wistful, wishful post. You see, I was wishing that people would stop saying harmful things like, “You’re sad? Then be happy instead. All you have to do is choose to be happy.” Or equally bad, “You’re afraid? Then just don’t be afraid.” ♦ God bless … More Song-spiration Saturday: If Wishes were ____
A big thank you to Dan Antion for making his post about my novel, The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers. He used his own photos to bring out hints at scenes from the novel. I hope you’ll click over and take a virtual tour at Dan’s blog. Comments are closed here. Hugs!
Saturday, March 22, 2025 All aboard! The Scoobies and I are celebrating the publication of my steampunk fantasy novel: The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers: A Cornelis Drebbel Adventure Why celebrate? The novel debuted as a #1 New Release at Amazon. What would a steampunk fantasy be about? Here’s a brief description. Book … More All Aboard for The Alchemist & the Woman in Trousers!
Thursday, March 20, 2025 Hello, all. First, let me apologize for all the “break” images and symbols. I had to put images between paragraphs to make WordPress stop jamming all of my text together. Even using HTML code wouldn’t work… (WordPress, all the love has left our love/hate relationship!) I digress — onward to the … More Announcing “The Alchemist & the Woman in Trousers! / #ThursdayDoors in the story
Monday, March 17, 2025 I was pleased to take part in the latest musical project from Timothy Price of Off Center and Not Even. When I read his lyrics, they spoke to me on a very personal level. The moody, soulful music combined with the words to make a very powerful message. I hope my … More A Powerful Musical Message by Timothy Price
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