May Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Water” — Take a dip in the pool. We’d lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for almost 25 years before we visited Dealey Plaza — the historic district in downtown Dallas where JFK was shot. We didn’t actually go into the Sixth Floor Museum. Seeing it from outside and walking along The Grassy Knoll was quite enough. …

April Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Life” —

A review — I’d seen The Writing Retreat on a few bookish sites before its eerie neon green title called to me from the shelves of new releases at my favorite bookstore. There it was, waiting to jump into my hands. …

February Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Love &… —

February Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Love & Hearts” — A heart-healthy breakfast made with love. Eating healthier wasn’t anything I set out to do for the new year, but it has become something I try to focus on, and each day is another opportunity to make better choices. …

All you need is love — What’s better than candy and won’t die like flowers? That’s right, the gift of music. Besides, you can celebrate love every day with music. Here are 14 songs that do just that — “Save Your Love” — Great White I had their third and fourth albums — Once Bitten…

BJ’s This or That Challenge: Valentine’s Edition, that is — I couldn’t resist this lovely Valentine’s edition of This or That from Brett Jenae Tomlin who offers them straight from the heart. White Chocolate or Dark Chocolate? Right off the bat, I’d have to go with neither. Give me milk chocolate any day, but of these two, definitely dark chocolate…

Come sing along with me — Jumping in with this challenge. Since I only have 4 letters (two of them the same letter) to choose from, it’ll be short and sweet. And here it is, each letter of my name is a song title. L — “Last Child” by Aerosmith I was three when their…

A holiday recipe — Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles suggested sharing the fudge recipe I make during the holidays when I chose fudge over cookies in the Christmas edition of the ToT challenge. I got the recipe from the Chocolate cookbook by Jacqueline Bellefontaine. My mother gifted me this cookbook years ago. …