I mentioned earlier this week that I’m doing some research into Regency England. What started me on this path? I picked up a copy of The Amorous Antics of Old England by Nigel Cawthorne when I last visited the library. Reading it sparked a story idea. I give you...
I'm feeling really tired today, and I can't think of a topic for my TT. I decided to google "nothing" and this is what I came up with... 1. Nothing is something that doesn't exist. 2. You can buy "nothing". It costs US$4.84 here and is actually a vial of emptiness....
We always had a lot of books around us when we were kids. My brother, sister and I knew our nursery rhymes and read a lot. I remember boxes of books in the back of the wardrobe that belonged to my parents - mainly mysteries and westerns. My mother was a teacher who...
I was thinking about inventions yesterday, and all the things I'm glad that some intelligent person or persons invented. Here are some of my favorites. 1. Hot and cold running water - I think one of life's simple pleasures is a hot shower. I love being able to walk to...
Thirteen Negative Traits For Heroes I'm pondering book nine in my Middlemarch Mates series and the heroes in particular. Of course, it goes without saying that the heroine will love her two heroes to bits and think they're the best thing since the invention of sliced...
Volcanoes have always fascinated me, mainly because Auckland, the part of New Zealand where I’ve lived for most of my life, is built on and around a field of volcanoes. The volcanoes in Auckland are dormant rather than extinct but scientists say it is more likely...
I saw a Miss Piggy quote in a newspaper insert that came through our mailbox this week. Aha! I thought. That's a perfect topic for a Thursday Thirteen. So, THIRTEEN QUOTES ABOUT FOOD 1. "Never eat more than you can lift." ~ Miss Piggy 2. "Food is our common ground, a...
I think brown is such an ordinary color. According to my Merriam-Webster’s dictionary brown is any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium to low lightness and of moderate to low saturation. Brown is the color of chocolate though, so it can’t be...
I had a couple of topics ready to do a TT, but I'm feeling grumpy and a bit bloodthirsty today so I decided to do my TT on REVENGE. 1. Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices,...
