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2022: Writing Your First Line

It’s Sunday and time for another blog! I thought we might talk a little about writing this morning. There are many aspects of storytelling, but one that stands out is always the perfect first line. Your first line should grab … Continue reading

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2022: Enid’s Fly Film Festival

I attended Enid’s Fly Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FLYFilmFestival yesterday. The eighth for Enid, but a first for me. I went with friends on Saturday morning to Enid’s Gaslight Theater and it was cool and comfortable inside the theatre. Drinks and snacks … Continue reading

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2022: Blooming Greed

It’s raining in Oklahoma! And finally cooling down those intense temperatures. I looked out the front door and saw a large garter snake on the sidewalk trying to get out of the flooded flowerbeds that were cracked and dry last … Continue reading

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2022: Rendezvous With a Writer

A few weeks ago, I got a message about the death of Jim Christina of The Writers’ Block online radio show on LA Talk Radio. Jim had become a friend over the years as he interviewed me several times when … Continue reading

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2022: Ian’s Magic

It’s the dog days of summer! It’s been a while since we’ve seen temperatures this high and I’m ready for fall. Back to school is getting close and kids will be reading. If they’ve had a break from that over … Continue reading

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2022: 100 Years and Counting

I’ve been writing. I’m working on the third Sandhill Island novel and as always, I love being back there. It helps to soothe my need for the sea. But in between bouts of writing, I’ve been working on a project … Continue reading

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2022: Of Celebrations and Surgeries

This week, following a 50th anniversary celebration, my husband had his third shoulder surgery.  Yes, I said third, on the same shoulder—in a year. I guess the older you get the more your body refuses to heal correctly.  The surgery … Continue reading

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2022: 50th Anniversary

June 24, 1972, I married the love of my life at the ripe age of 19.  We were broke, living in his parent’s rent house, with a baby on the way and no idea what to do with it.  But … Continue reading

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2022: James L. Osburn – Happy Father’s Day

It’s Father’s Day and since I wrote about my husband’s days as a father last year, this year I’ll talk about my dad.             My father was born on a farm deep in the Arkansas Ozarks during the Great Depression. … Continue reading

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2022: A Lazy Week

It’s been an uneventful week. I like those now and then. Next Sunday is Father’s Day and the following is a milestone anniversary for my husband and me. Fifty years—and they said it wouldn’t last! This morning we took the … Continue reading

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