Have your summer vacations started? Are you still looking for a cozy and relaxing read? If so, why don’t you come to the Steilacoom Historical Museum Store this Saturday, July 6, and visit with me?! This time, I’ll bring along all ten novels of my Wycliff series – which includes the very latest and last, […]
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Let’s Talk! – Purple Crocus Spring
The moment I discovered this prompt in my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book, – A Pocket-Sized Jumble of Writing of 500+ Prompts – I was transported into our backyard one spring afternoon this year. I was watering our beds during an unusually dry period, and out of the corner of my eyes I glimpsed something purple. […]
Across the Fence: Sehnsucht
The Germanism in the English language I chose for today’s is a term used in everyday-life but also in psychology. Sehnsucht (pronounce approximately: ‘zayne-zooh-t) describes a state of yearning for something. It doesn’t sound really happy, does it? Well, it isn’t, because it is kind of a hopeless yearning for something, somebody, some place, or […]
In the Book Nook with … Stephanie Larkin
Author Stephanie Larkin works as a freelance editor and splits her time between Vancouver, WA, and Seattle, WA. For most of her adult life she has been writing poetry and short stories as a hobby, but when she became involved with a community of refugees, she felt compelled to write her first book. “Resettled’ was […]
Let’s Talk! – When the Hour is Hushed
This prompt from Tyrean Martinson’s book – A Pocket-Sized Jumble of Writing of 500+ Prompts – immediately touched me in two ways. First of all, I was thinking of everybody switching off the screens at dinner time, automatically being followed by a moment of silence while the prompt is pondered and then being discussed. The […]
Across the Fence: Realpolitik
Oh my, a loaded term in politically loaded times! This was my first thought when I came across this Germanism in the English language, the other day. Realpolitik (pronounce: ray-‘ul-poli-’tic, meaning realistic politics) was a word I can’t even remember having been discussed in my politics classes in grades 12 and 13 at my German […]
Let’s Talk! – The Doors of the Sun Closed
Whoa, my friend Tyrean Martinson! This time your prompt in your book for writers, which I abuse for inviting readers to have conversations instead of staring at screens, got the better of me. I’m drawing a total blank. Indeed, I googled whether this was part of some poem or song lyrics. Failure. I finally came […]
Across the Fence: Anwesenheit
Today’s Germanism in the English language is the term Anwesenheit (pronounce ‘un-vah-zen-hite, meaning presence). I was thrilled to come up with some ideas, but even more surprised when I realized that the only field in which the Germanism is used over here is psychology! Here is a definition by Wikipedia: “Anwesenheit refers to the false […]
Let’s Talk! – Dear Angry Henchmen
Are your screens off, and are you ready to take off on a round of lively conversation? Or intense pondering? Well, I have to admit that today’s prompt had me flustered. I thought it might be lines in a poem – and maybe they are – but my Google search came up empty. And so, […]