Tuesday Tunes – A different take on Pachelbel’s canon

Tuesday Tunes – A different take on Pachelbel’s canon

Image by GrumpyBeere from Pixabay I absolutely love Pachelbel’s canon in D major. To me, it is a beautiful, soothing composition that captures the best of classical music. Today, for some unknown reason, I was scrolling through my feed on Facebook when I happened upon this version of the music. All the description said was cannon rock (and yes, that was how it was spelt), so I wasn’t expecting to hear this song. But curiosity took control and I clicked on the link….

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What’s Up Wednesday? A few of my favorite things.

What’s Up Wednesday? A few of my favorite things.

Top image by Martin Javorek from Pixabay   Image from Pixabay In all honesty, I really don’t have much to say, so I’m going to tell you about a few of my favorite things, In no special order: I love the Minions movies. They are a bit of fun in an increasingly dark world. Watching these inept but surprisingly effective dimwits always improves my mood. To nobody’s surprise, I absolutely adore dogs, of all shapes and varieties. Of course, my border collie…

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The Dreaded Oxford Comma

The Dreaded Oxford Comma

The Oxford comma is one of the most debated concepts in the English language, even for those who do not know what it is. Commas in general are not my strong point, mostly because my grasp of grammar is instinctive rather than rule-oriented. I have gotten much better over the years, but I still rely on grammar checkers and proofreaders to detect when I’m using them incorrectly. The Oxford comma, however, is one of those things that is usually cut…

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Trivia Thursday-Who was the inventor?

Trivia Thursday-Who was the inventor?

Image by Claudio Henrique Claudio from Pixabay In a previous Trivia Thursday, I talked about lesser known firsts. Today I want to discuss popular inventions that might be attributed to the wrong person. Have we given credit to the wrong person? I’ll let you be the judge: First Automobile: While Karl Benz is often credited with inventing the first automobile with his Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, some argue that the honor should go to earlier inventors such as Siegfried Marcus. According to Wikipedia,…

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The Origins of Common Sayings

The Origins of Common Sayings

Recently I came across an article with a list of the origins behind common sayings, which sparked my interest in such things. I went and did some further research and came up with a number of such sayings that I thought I would share. This list is (of course) in no way comprehensive but I hope you enjoy them! Ever wonder why poor people are called “piss poor?” The saying originates from the practice of using urine to tan animal…

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Funny Friday-Life with a dog.

Funny Friday-Life with a dog.

Image by M J from Pixabay The picture above is a reasonable likeness of Daisy, my family’s newest addition. As you probably know by now, I treasure my canine companions. My border collie, Haley, is a two year old delight, while our German Shepherd pup is, to be charitable, very amusing. That’s not to say she is dumb. Not at all; in fact, the animal is a genius at finding new and original ways of breaking the rules. To tell the truth, I…

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An Excerpt – Four Days at Netherfield

An Excerpt – Four Days at Netherfield

For today’s post, I thought I would go back to a subject that always seems to be of interest–an excerpt. On this occasion, I have several to choose from as I have three books in various stages of the writing progress. I chose Four Days at Netherfield because it is likely the closest to seeing Amazon’s virtual store shelves. As usual when I post excerpts, this is hot off the presses with little editing done, so you may fine an error…

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Feel like a proverb or an adage? Be careful what you wish for!

Feel like a proverb or an adage? Be careful what you wish for!

Image by Frauke Riether from Pixabay In planning for this post, I started thinking of proverbs and adages. Are they different? According to Wikipedia, they are the same. They are similar, in that both are sayings that impart wisdom of one sort or another, but there is a difference. While proverbs find their roots in tradition and culture, adages are more varied in both their origins and their applications. Ten of the most common proverbs, which are common to numerous languages, are: “Actions…

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Something a little more hard-core than usual.

Something a little more hard-core than usual.

Photo by Cas Holmes on Unsplash As I’ve said before, my taste in music is fairly wide- ranging. I love classical, jazz, sixties rock, early country, etc. Two of my favorite songs are “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams, and “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck. I did my best to expose all four of my children to a wide range of music, deciding before my first was born that it was in their own best interests not to limit what they heard. As it…

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What’s up Wednesday? An excerpt.

What’s up Wednesday? An excerpt.

Image by Amy Art-Dreams from Pixabay I don’t know about anybody else, but it seems I have been working on this story forever. I originally expected to publish in January, but various delays, not the least of which is my own laziness, have slowed me to a crawl. Every time I get going, something happens to pull me away from the computer. Once I start writing, I had better not quit, because I know the chances of returning to the manuscript that day…

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