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Universal Beauty

Universal Beauty

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Image by G4889166 from Pixabay Aah, the joys of advancing age and receding memory. I knew I had a post due this week, but forget all about it until this morning! In keeping with December’s Christmas them, please enjoy an assortment of images to highlight the beauty of the Milky Way galaxy and the universe: Photo by NASA on Unsplash What, you might ask, does this have to do with the season? A lot, in my opinion. Image by Yol Gezer from Pixabay It is truly humbling and awe-inspiring…

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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

Photo by Chris Sansbury on Unsplash I confess to feeling a little morose on this particular Monday. November 11 or “Remembrance Day” as it’s called here in Canada, is a day of reflection and gratitude for me and my family, as it is for many across the world. The day brings somber memories of my father, who passed away in November 2011. Dad served in the US Marine Corp during  WW II. He spent the war in the South Pacific, and was on…

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Miscellaneous Monday – Audiobook Updates

Miscellaneous Monday – Audiobook Updates

For today’s post, I thought I would do a bit of a recap of recent audiobook releases and what is coming in the future. I tend to focus much less on audiobooks, and there is a specific reason for it. Once I provide Tantor with the manuscript, they run with it and do everything else. By contrast, as an independent author, I handle all aspects of the process for eBook and physical formats, though of late I have farmed out…

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The Most Famous Things Mark Twain Never Said

The Most Famous Things Mark Twain Never Said

Image by Jackie Ramirez from Pixabay I don’t recall how it happened, but I inadvertently opted into a daily email from Inspiring Quotes, a website with a collection of quotes on various subjects. My initial reaction was to unsubscribe and delete the post, because I get enough unwanted garbage in my inbox now, so why would I want to add to the mess cluttering it now? For one reason or another, I didn’t get around to doing that and I am glad I…

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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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Miscellaneous Monday – Storm in a Teacup

Miscellaneous Monday – Storm in a Teacup

I haven’t done an idiom in some time, so I thought I would return to the fascinating world of idioms on this lazy Monday. Idioms are sayings that make little sense from a practical standpoint, but mean something in common language. Storm in a teacup is not one of the more used idioms, but is common enough that just about anyone who speaks English natively should know it. Storm in a teacup is the concept that a small matter is…

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Miscellaneous Monday— What am I doing?

Miscellaneous Monday— What am I doing?

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Of all the specific themes we have for the Glimmer of Gold blog, I find Miscellaneous Monday the most difficult to create. Tuesday Tunes are easy, because my love of music is not limited to a few specific genres. I appreciate the power and majesty of Handel’s Messiah, pretty much all of Beethoven’s symphonies, Clair de Lune, and many others. I enjoy a few operas and ballets, Swan Lake especially. Fifties and sixties country is a particular favorite,…

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It’s time for a rewrite

It’s time for a rewrite

“Hidden Desires” was one of my first published novels. I had written a short eBook before this, called “The Parson’s Rescue”, but this was my attempt at creating a full length story. I slaved over it for a few months, worrying over the plot, the phrasing, the correct vernacular, etc. Upon finishing the first draft, I ferociously edited, replacing words that weren’t in use in the time period of my story, correcting spelling and punctuation, and everything else I thought necessary….

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Miscellaneous Monday – Happy Halloween!

Miscellaneous Monday – Happy Halloween!

Just a quick note to wish everyone a happy ghouls and goblins day tomorrow! In honor of the day, I give you the greatest Halloween song ever written: The Monster Mash! I found this little gem of a video on YouTube where it’s performed live. I must say, Bobby Pickett’s facial contortions are as entertaining as the song. “Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?”

Miscellaneous Monday—The beauty of autumn

Miscellaneous Monday—The beauty of autumn

Summer is over at the end of this week and I am not looking forward to the season’s change. I love spring, because it signals five months of good weather. Autumn, on the other hand, reminds me that winter is just around the corner, and I cannot find anything good to say about the coming weeks of cold weather. I’m not saying there is no beauty in the year’s third season, but rather, that it is fleeting. The leaves going…

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