Fazed by Valentine’s Day?
Valentine’s Day, synonymous with love and romance, is once again bombarding us with all things red and pink remotely associated with amore and desire. Sandwiched between Christmas and St. Patrick’s Day
Author Archive:
America at the Crossroads
Published on behalf and with the permission of the poet: JoAnna O'Keefe Member of the National League of American Pen Women, Cape Canaveral I'm a Pen Woman too: Jacksonville Chapter, Correponding Secretary
The "Not so Goodies in our Food"
In Europe, scientists found out in the 70s that food additives, artificial colorings in particular, are detrimental to children's development. This plus other additional goodies that turn up in our food scared us: pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, growth promoters; and then there are the preservatives. It also made us think and come to the conclusion that [...]
October 24, 2012 | Posted in Beauty & Health | Read More »
Home is where your "Heimat" is
Does our perception of feeling at home and belonging change as we get older? Where is home anyway?
Heidi Ruby Miller
Heidi Ruby Miller, author of the recently released novel Greenshift has a feature on her blog called : Meet the Authors. She introduces 6 new authors at a time and their books calling it her Pick Six. (Why my subconscious tends to write Six Pack might be worth some investigation). Today I'm among the lucky [...]
March 9, 2012 | Posted in Interviews | Read More »
Some Soul Searching for Singles on V-Day
If you're single, or divorced, or maybe just out of a relationship and reading this, you are probably looking for useful information on how to improve your chances of finding a new partner. There are gazillion websites and self-help books out there offering their expertise. Therefore it's surprising to me that not all resources have [...]
Are you dreading V-Day too?
It was the last week in January. Back in my own home, tuned in to my favorite Irish radio station and presenter, I was listening to him talk about the Winter Blues. January 27th had been proclaimed the worst day of the year. A Welsh academic had worked out a formula based on bad weather, [...]
January 31, 2012 | Posted in Novel | Read More »
Home Swapping and Online Dating
Have you heard of Home Swapping? Have you ever swapped homes with a stranger? Are you online looking for love? Being an old hand on dating sites, my experience with a home swapping site took me right back. As new hopefuls on a home exchange website, my hubby and I enthusiastically put up photos of [...]
Quest for love
Have you made your New Year's Resolution for 2012? - A new year ought to bring new chances and new opportunities--also in the dating game. Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to find Mr. Right? Many a resolution is forgotten before Valentine’ s Day rolls around. Let me give you a few pointers so this [...]
Online Etiquette and the Written Word
The written word, proper grammar and language usage are the tools of a writer. We bloggers and writers constantly work on perfecting our language skills to achieve maximum effect in our writing-whatever the genre. A field where these skills are essential as well may not have occurred to you if you haven’t dabbled in online [...]
