tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63106732620171830522012-02-14T21:40:19.560-05:00BookOrBustFor writers everywhere determined to write a book.Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2791100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-54660305453171764812012-02-14T21:36:00.002-05:002012-02-14T21:40:19.567-05:00Happy Valentine's Day
"A life without love is like a year without summer."--Swedish Proverb
Writing practice requires showing up at the blank page. It requires beginners' mind. It's where we start.
Here's today's writing prompts. Hope it helps you get your fingers tapping, or your pen moving...You know the drill. Take what you like, toss the rest.
Valentine's Day reminds me...
On Valentine's Day, Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-6227885598362133222012-02-12T13:28:00.001-05:002012-02-12T20:26:08.900-05:00Foop!"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back."--Chinese Proverb
Foop is Poof spelled backwards -- No, it's not a word. I made it up.
How else can I write that I am back and ready to face the blank page.
I have been offline.
Sometimes life gets in the way.
What I want to say and having trouble writing it is thank you, dear reader, and facebook friends, for your kind words and cyber hugs.Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-69959174558557747442012-02-05T10:30:00.003-05:002012-02-05T10:32:25.195-05:00Poof
Say goodnight Linda. Goodnight Linda.
Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-12866537759008101912012-02-04T07:14:00.000-05:002012-02-04T07:16:39.316-05:00No Photo SaturdayI like carrying a camera everywhere I go. I like chronicling my daily journey in digital form. I derive great pleasure capturing a child's smile while tossing stale bread to a hungry duck; freeze-framing a young man swinging aluminum bat at speeding ball, and stopping action at bolt of lightning streaking a midnight sky.
When I snap a history-in-the-making political event, home accident Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-24900508887652778902012-02-02T09:40:00.000-05:002012-02-02T09:44:01.461-05:00Boop-oop-a-doop, It's Betty BoopGot no photos.
Not today.
Got famous quotes from famous cartoon character, sweet and sexy icon, Betty Boop.
Since Betty's big-screen debut in 1930, who better to advise women with sage advice on life, men and dating.
Without further adieu, I give you Betty Boop's words, just a few:
"Always reach for the stars."
"Girls, there are plenty of fish in the sea. Be sure you hook the right one!"
Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-50592493692227951982012-01-31T14:22:00.000-05:002012-02-01T14:25:25.846-05:00Remembering Izzy
"Dogs are miracles with paws."--Susan Kennedy
Today is one year anniversary of Izzy's death.
Izzy was my small dog.
He was fifteen years old when we parted.
To Izzy, mild friend, faithful companion, and loyal muse,
We had a good run.
I miss you, Izzy. And I am thinking of you today and always.
With all my heart, I wish you were here right this minute, sitting round as a button, at Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-86575032275932110722012-01-30T00:11:00.000-05:002012-01-30T00:11:04.650-05:00Newt Today, Mitt Tomorrow - The VillagesThere are more than 90,000 residents who make their home in The Villages. The majority are Republican voters.
Today, at 1:45 p.m. EST, Republican Presidential hopeful, Newt Gingrich, visited The Villages and delivered his campaign speech.
This writer snapped a few photos.
I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Villagers began vying for a good seat as earlyGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-60113679373315727702012-01-25T14:12:00.000-05:002012-01-25T22:08:24.574-05:00The Villages, Florida - I Remember
I remember...
...This couple. They sat at the bar at Red Sauce, the restaurant opposite Gator's at Sumter Square. The restaurant where Josh, the polite bartender, served me Bloody Mary, extra spicy with three olives, and didn't charge me for a glass of unsweetened iced tea. The lady ordered tea with honey. She introduced herself, says her name is Lou. Lou delivers singing grams for anyone Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-55181265537588529932012-01-22T10:37:00.003-05:002012-01-22T10:37:57.083-05:00The Villages I Don't Remember
Charming duo at Red Sauce. The lady ordered tea with honey.
Dear Diary,
Thursday night, or was it Friday night, I don't remember, I stopped in Red Sauce for a plate of veal piccata. Jason, the bartender, took my order.
Or, was it Josh?
I don't remember.
It could have been Scott who took my order.
Maybe.
I don't remember.
A handsome couple sat alongside me.
I remember the woman had Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-62253928837752547242012-01-18T16:03:00.004-05:002012-01-18T16:03:44.728-05:00Waiting For Wikipedia...
"Writing is a dog's life, but the only one worth living."--Gustave Flaubert
Dear Diary,
Wikipedia is dark today.
Offline.
Unavailable.
Poof!
Not there.
It has to do with the anti-piracy bill before Congress.
So, in honor of truth and all those writers out there seeking information on any subject they are in process of writing about, today I offer the following Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-17474894073864417372012-01-16T22:07:00.002-05:002012-01-16T22:07:51.122-05:00Inspiration, Not Perspiration
There are days I have no idea what to write on my blog.
There are days I don't feel like doing writing practice.
But I do it.
Writing Practice requires I simply show up at the blank page, and write.
I remember to set my trusty clock timer and just write, write, write, write, write.
Of course, I also wear my lucky writing shirt, pull out my trusted fast writing lucky pen, and sit in my Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-56549593332222369022012-01-12T05:48:00.001-05:002012-01-12T08:15:11.355-05:00After The Holidays And All That Jazz
"Climb your way to the top. That's why the drapes are there."--The Cat
I wrote a line or two about how I spent my holidays in a snowless state. I mentioned I missed my cat, but I crossed it out.
I decided it was crap. Like who cares about my black and white four-pawed fur child named Tux.
I confess, I suffer from angst.
According to Wikipedia, the definition of angst is "...Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-56714192328529133942012-01-10T12:34:00.001-05:002012-01-10T12:34:28.720-05:00There's No Place Like Home...(Wherever That May Be)"Come out, come out, wherever you are, and meet the young lady who fell from a star."--Glenda, the Witch of the North, in The Wizard of Oz
Dear Diary,
Well, it is time for me to end my golf cart journey through The Villages of Florida, a place I lovingly liken to Dorothy Gale's trip down the yellow brick road somewhere Over the Rainbow.
It is and continues to be a wonderful experience, and aGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-45878150444041073542012-01-10T08:43:00.000-05:002012-01-10T08:43:23.885-05:00Favorite Quotations For A Tuesday
Writing takes discipline.
Here are a few of my favorite writing quotes on discipline:
"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair."--Mary Heaton Vorse
"An honest tale speeds best being plainly told."--William Shakespeare
"Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed."--Vincent Van Gogh
"I never finish work for the Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-40836238403908580962012-01-07T09:40:00.000-05:002012-01-07T09:40:27.849-05:00Happy Saturday - On the Road Again"...Just because you own half the county doesn't mean that you
have the power to run the rest of us. For twenty-three years, I've been
dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now... well, being a
Christian woman, I can't say it!"--Auntie Em Gale to Almira Gulch
Dear Diary,
Today is Saturday, January 7, 2012. I have been traveling my yellow brick road for more than a month now, learningGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-40773144601890445602012-01-02T21:30:00.000-05:002012-01-03T05:20:38.324-05:00Charlie Sheen Appears in The VillagesDear Diary,
I saw Charlie Sheen.
Yes, I did. I really did.
I saw Charlie Sheen in The Villages.
It was 6:30 p.m., on Channel 6, and it was in a rerun of "2 1/2 Men."
I'm just saying.
Now that I have your attention here are a few photos I snapped today. Hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I did snapping them.
Until this time next time.
See you in print.
Linda Della Donna
Writing QuoteGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-23853596789818480052012-01-01T18:58:00.003-05:002012-01-01T18:58:41.421-05:00Sweet Home, Sweet Travel- January 1, 2012 - Day 32"There's no place like home... There's no place like home... There's no place like home."--Dorothy Gale
Dear Diary,
Today is Sunday, January 1, 2012.
It's the New Year.
With my new year comes the end of my one month stay in The Villages.
All my bags are packed.
I ponder my next destination.
I flip a coin.
Heads I head to the airport, and head home. I am tired Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-67674047048386477262012-01-01T07:41:00.001-05:002012-01-01T07:59:55.829-05:00Resolution - January 1, 2012
"Be not afraid of greatness."--Shakespeare
It is a new day.
Write something.
Why are you still here?
Go.
Just write.
See you in print,
Linda Della DonnaGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-43127901102193779782011-12-31T11:52:00.003-05:002011-12-31T11:53:37.957-05:00Happy New Year
My special New Year's card, especially for you, dear reader.
Click here.
Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-53728859432829299142011-12-29T19:36:00.000-05:002011-12-29T20:55:48.056-05:00The Villages - What I've Learned - Day 29"Come out, come out, wherever you are, and meet the young lady who fell from a star."--Glenda, the Witch of the North
Dear Diary,
It is Day 29 of my adventures through The Villages. Temperature is 39 degrees.
Brrr!
On this chilly morning, before I slip into the kitchen to make cup of coffee and slice up other half of fresh grapefruit, I am thinking about the places I have been, people I haveGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-1945384069950238912011-12-28T08:30:00.001-05:002011-12-28T21:44:07.682-05:00The Girl With The Dane Tattoo--Day 28"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."--Shakespeare
Dear Diary,
It is a chilly morning today in The Villages. The temperature is 39 degrees.
Good news, temperature is rising.
As I type this post, I scour a half-packed suitcase for pair of jeans and Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-59950470826907677942011-12-27T09:50:00.002-05:002011-12-28T08:12:31.979-05:00Happy Tuesday - The Villages - Day 27"My, people come and go so quickly around here."--Dorothy Gale
Dear Diary,
It is day 27 of my visit to The Villages, Florida.
It is a memorable adventure.
More and more, each new day, I feel like Dorothy Gale in L. Frank Baum's, "Wizard of Oz."
Only instead of skipping a Yellow Brick Road, I drive a golf cart through a maze of golf paths.
Life is different here.
Time seems to disappear. Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-73323709834163851942011-12-26T20:54:00.004-05:002011-12-27T09:29:11.234-05:00Villages' Visitors - Day 26"Back where I come from there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. They are called phila... er, phila... er, yes, Good Deed Doers."--The Wizard of Oz
The Villages is a growing population of more than 89,000 people. People from all over the world make their home here, as well as pay a visit.
The photos I snapped today were taken at Sumter Square of the many Villages' Visitors who are Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-12935804533542555782011-12-25T20:51:00.001-05:002011-12-25T20:51:45.133-05:00A Very Villages Christmas - Day 25"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me."--Dorothy Gale
Today is Christmas. And, Oh, what a Christmas 2011 is!
From where I come from in New York, friends and family are bundling in woolen layers, cranking the heat up a notch, and checking cars for anti-freeze and dead batteries. Brrrr! It's 12 degrees up there!
I admit, this writer Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-50608413266352056842011-12-24T20:08:00.001-05:002011-12-24T20:11:23.560-05:00Dog-Gone, It's Christmas!
Season's Greetings
and all
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!
Writer's Note:
The above photo is of Villages' dog, Greta, a chocolate toy poodle. Greta turns two in January. As special favor to BookOrBust, Greta posed prettily for this special Christmas Greeting.
To Greta, and her person, Karen, thank you. May all your halls be decked with bones of holly and Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-50797118307531149082011-12-23T22:47:00.001-05:002011-12-23T22:47:14.909-05:00Holiday Greetings
Seasons Greetings from www.BookOrBust.blogspot.com
See you in print,
Linda Della Donna
Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-59071323141018252712011-12-22T23:35:00.000-05:002011-12-26T12:16:24.228-05:00The Village Dogs - Day 22 - A Thursday"We must be over the rainbow!"--Dorothy Gale
If Mary had a little dog, dear diary, she'd feel right at home in The Villages. Because everywhere this writer goes, it seems a little dog is watching her.
More than Happy people, more than interesting golf carts, what makes my heart melt with tears of joy are the friendly four-legged fur children that gaily sprint Sumter Square.
So, on this Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-51937739243476889292011-12-21T22:02:00.003-05:002011-12-22T08:19:08.844-05:00Golf Carts of The Villages - Day 21"The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is
equal to the square root of the remaining side. Oh joy! Rapture! I got a
brain!"--Scarecrow
Just a review of the many golf carts I've seen since I arrived in The Villages 21 days ago.
Say Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-68428398590379923722011-12-20T21:56:00.004-05:002011-12-20T21:56:57.921-05:00Urgent Care Cares - Day 20 - Seeking The Wizard In The Land of Oz
"Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of *those* apples" -- Scarecrow
Dear Diary,
I awakened as if by Flying Monkeys attacking my throat with razors. I had no voice and felt feverish causing this merry widow to locate Oz--aka, Dr. George Schroeder.
Here are a few photos of today's journey through The Villages.
I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Until this Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-77909419468829871612011-12-19T23:28:00.000-05:002011-12-19T23:28:22.600-05:00The Yellow Brick Road - Day 19"It really was no miracle. What happened was just this..."--Dorothy
Dear Diary,
It is 19 days I am in Florida. This morning after picking up the morning paper, I lay in bed listening to soft sounds of silence as sunshine sparkled closed white wooden window blinds.
There was no train whistle, no fire engine, and no busy city street noise to disturb my peace.
But, oh boy, dear diary, on Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-11064392202274424312011-12-18T22:19:00.000-05:002011-12-19T05:06:33.878-05:00Burt Reynolds Greets Linda Della Donna - Day 18 - A Sunday in The Villages"Now I... I know we're not in Kansas"--Dorothy Gale
Dear Diary,
I am up early. Didn't sleep a wink last night thinking about that silly free mug. You remember, the one The Daily Sun is offering to first purchasers of the newspaper at select locations.
I got to have that mug. I have no idea why.
It's 4:30 a.m., 55 degrees, and the sky is the color of coal with a crescent moon glistening a Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-36034822182681517062011-12-17T21:07:00.000-05:002011-12-18T09:07:15.202-05:00George Washington Meets Linda Della Donna - Day 17
"Now which way do we go?"--Dorothy Gale
Dear Diary,
The sky is blue and clouds are white.
The air is clean.
And oh by golly it's almost Christmas and there isn't a snowflake in sight.
For this thorn bird visiting from New York, it's just another day in Paradise.
I drive Buena Vista Boulevard north, past Arnold Palmer Legends Country Club.
I head to Lynnbrook, pass Bonnybrook. Along the Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-246777022120323312011-12-16T21:08:00.000-05:002011-12-16T21:24:34.403-05:00The Village People - Day 16 - A Friday"Courage! What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag
on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in
the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his
musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What
makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage!"--Cowardly Lion
Dear Diary,
My day began with overcast skies. Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-50322857068614012742011-12-15T07:30:00.000-05:002011-12-16T07:31:00.290-05:00SweetBay - Day 15"Unusual weather we're having, ain't it?"--Cowardly Lion
Swiss Miss
Grapefruit
Maple Syrup
Jug of Diet Iced Tea
Laundry Detergent
1 Potato
Hair Dye
Box of Milk Duds
I got my grocery list. I got my purse. I got keys to Putt-Putt. Putt-Putt is my small white golf cart. I exit the garage and in a short while I am at SweetBay stocking up on items for my stay in The Villages.
The sky is Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-62640139541665244472011-12-14T20:58:00.001-05:002011-12-14T20:58:20.834-05:00WVLG Radio Interviews Author Linda Della DonnaNot really, but now that I got your attention...
Dear Diary,
It is Day 14 of my journey through The Villages in Lady Lake, Florida.
As I wind and weave along my fantasy yellow brick road past grassy fairways and molded streets, I continue to meet Happy Village people boasting why they like living here.
Today I drove Putt-Putt, Putt-Putt is my small white golf cart, to Saddlebrook Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-23589400480876219582011-12-13T21:40:00.002-05:002011-12-13T21:53:34.302-05:00That Yellow Brick Road - Day 13 - A Tuesday"Don't be silly. Scarecrows don't talk."--Dorothy
I dressed in slacks today, wore my long sleeved black cashmere, the one with six buttons on each cuff, gave a shot of heat to the place I lovingly refer to as home this merry month of December, but by noon, sun sparkled bright, and I was wishing for shorts and tank top, temperature had jumped 20 degrees.
After cup of morning coffee and phone Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-16807763324031257212011-12-12T23:57:00.000-05:002011-12-12T23:57:25.724-05:00Mickey Finn Christmas Show and Shuffle Hop Step - Day 12"Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable."--The Wizard of Oz
Dear Diary,
It is Day 12 and I have learned many things about The Villages:
a) The Villages is 20 square miles.
b) There are 504 holes for golf.
c) Ask 9 people how do you like living here, and you will get one answer--"I love it!"
The sun didn't shine bright today. There was a sky of gray and a teeny bit Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-45602109887054064142011-12-11T19:11:00.001-05:002011-12-11T22:06:35.592-05:00Lions, And Tigers, And Bears -- Day 11"You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom and chuckled at catastrophe. I was petrified."--The Wizard of Oz
It is Day 11, a Sunday, and already after 9 p.m.
I slept late, sipped coffee, spent time reading the newspapers. "New York Times," and "The Villages Daily Sun." After that, I headed to Katie Belle's in Spanish Springs, driving Putt-Putt down Morse Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-11588381745851716992011-12-10T19:16:00.001-05:002011-12-10T22:19:56.036-05:00The Villages' Christmas Parade - Day 10 - That Yellow Brick Road"Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bluebirds fly. Birds fly Over The Rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the
rainbow, why oh why can't I?"--Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz
It is Saturday. Day10 of my stay in The Villages, FL.
There is a chill in the air. I zip my jacket and head to Sumter Square for coffee and pecan braid at Panera Bread.
Juggling goodies Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-86655218623796695232011-12-10T09:50:00.000-05:002011-12-12T09:51:38.676-05:00Something extra...The Villages Christmas ParadeGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-72094119885298693052011-12-09T22:29:00.001-05:002011-12-10T00:17:42.802-05:00Follow the Yellow Brick Road - Day 9"A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others."--The Wizard of Oz
Today is Friday, Day 9 of my trip to The Villages in sunny Florida.
I think about home, my small cat, Tux; Big Blue, Big Blue is my car; Little Red, Little Red is my other car, and grand babies, H and Z, not necessarily in that order.
I think about all of the above as I step out my front Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-44100022323285306152011-12-08T20:11:00.001-05:002011-12-08T20:53:54.806-05:00The Yellow Brick Road - Day 8"You, my friend, are a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the
unfortunate impression that just because you run away you have no
courage; you're confusing courage with wisdom.--The Wizard of Oz
Dear Diary,
My day started out cold and windy. During the night, the temperature dipped below 30 degrees.
Too cold to golf, I spent my morning wasting time, and sipping coffee in my cozy Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-55546904668818916762011-12-07T18:18:00.001-05:002011-12-07T19:21:18.952-05:00Day 7 - Follow the Yellow Brick Road"A place where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a
place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or
a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain.."--Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz
It's just another day in paradise, and I have tapped my feet out--Morning class at Saddlewood Recreation Center with Linda Bitterly and afternoon tap classGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-84856045476571783832011-12-06T20:49:00.001-05:002011-12-06T22:40:48.373-05:00The Villages - Day 6 -"Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!"--Dorothy Gale, from the Wizard of Oz
It is a Tuesday, Day 6 of my journey along what I lovingly refer to as my yellow brick road into the place I liken to the Land of Oz.
If you dare to dream a dream, dear diary, I learn The Villages is the place to make it happen.
One of my dreams is to learn the game of golf.
I tell a friend. She tells two friends. Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-11088208277094543862011-12-05T21:11:00.001-05:002011-12-05T22:11:32.674-05:00The Villages - Day 5 - Part II"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."--The Wizard
Dear Diary.
There is a saying in The Villages, "They call us frogs because we're here till we croak."
I hear it again and again. Seems everyone I meet in The Villages is Happy. Including me.
There was sunshine today. Temperature here hit 80 degrees, which is about average for this time of year. After a morning drive getting lostGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-18171784422084648292011-12-05T18:00:00.000-05:002011-12-06T10:47:41.460-05:00Day 5 - Christmas Concert in The Villages, FL
Day 5 - Christmas Concert in The VillagesGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-29508070052536246012011-12-04T17:55:00.001-05:002011-12-05T08:48:25.235-05:00The Villages - Day 4 - Back Story Part I"We're not in Kansas any more, Toto."--Dorothy Gale, from the book, The Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum
The back story, Part I -
"The Villages began as a mobile-home park in the 1970s, deeloped by the late Harold Schwartz and his son, Gary Morse, a major contributor to President Bush. Today, its two sales centers offer just six kinds of homes: three villas and three single-family models. Prices Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-90239591664097124502011-12-03T21:34:00.001-05:002011-12-04T03:39:17.467-05:00Santa Claus Hugs Linda Della Donna In The Villages - Day 3"It's not about what's over the rainbow; it's the yellow brick road, the people we meet, and the friends we make along the way."--Linda Della Donna, from her book, A Gift of Love, A Widow's Memoir
It is 7:30 a.m. and I am late for my stand-and-wave appointment at the clock in Sumter Square.
I scribble words on an 8 1/2" x 10" sheet of art paper and dash out the door.
I don't walk, not this Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-63714067372469459472011-12-02T19:48:00.001-05:002011-12-02T21:22:45.421-05:00The Villages, Day 2, Follow The Yellow Brick Road
"...And sometime when I wasn't looking, I got a new life."--Linda Della Donna
It is Friday, December 2, 2011, Day 2 of my stay in The Villages.
There is sunshine, blue sky and snow birds, that's people like me coming down to get in from out of the cold and staying until winter passes.
Each new day The Villages' population increases bringing more un-feathered friends. The place bubbles with Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-72805708550091408492011-12-01T21:27:00.001-05:002011-12-02T09:45:50.302-05:00I'm Off to See the Wizard..."When the world gets you down. Get up." --Linda Della Donna
It is Thursday, December 1, 2011. I am bound for Orlando, Florida. Two hours from departing Westchester County Airport, I arrive.
So much to tell; so little time.
I arrive with hope and promise--hope for the next two months to be enjoyable and fun and fruitful; promise for ride from airport to my rental in The Villages, Florida.
ButGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-87623362190128333212011-11-21T15:20:00.000-05:002011-11-21T15:20:36.830-05:00Quotes - A Few of My Favorites
Today is a busy day for me. I am busy working an essay for a writing contest which is fast become a novel.
But, that's a write for another day.
Today's blog post is a smattering of quotes especially for writers.
Happy Writing!
"In every man's writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded."-Thomas Carlyle
"I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you."-Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-89672237767876976752011-11-14T11:53:00.000-05:002011-11-14T11:53:10.208-05:00ShopRite - Bingo! - Getting a Little Writing Done
Happy Monday - Getting a Little Writing Done at ShopRite
"You can taste a word."--Pearl Bailey
My favorite thing about being a writer is the joy I find in searching out a place to do it.
I write everywhere.
I write anywhere.
In today's world of technological advancement, my requirement is notebook, pen, laptop, writing space, WiFi, and electric outlet.
Bingo!
Today I sit in Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-58244535080965445332011-11-09T11:39:00.000-05:002011-11-09T11:39:42.446-05:00Buddy Up - How to Get a Little Writing Done
"If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying."--Jaroslav Seifert
Writing requires tremendous dedication and self-discipline. Sometimes it requires someone to hold your hand through the process.
There is nothing to be ashamed of if that is you.
My recommendation is mount the challenge and get yourself a writing buddy.
You know, that Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-26099267264435129332011-10-28T16:33:00.001-04:002011-10-28T21:39:43.830-04:00Writing Practice, Poscoodle, and Writing Prompt"Sometimes, when its going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really a fetish for stationery. The true writer, the born writer will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus ticket, on the wall of a cell."--David Nicholls
There is sunshine in NY today. After a day of freezing rain, clear skies the color of teal blanket the landscape. Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-79643829650487532552011-10-24T13:17:00.000-04:002011-10-24T13:17:45.456-04:00Jennifer Lopez Cries For Her Art"I took a trip down memory lane."--Jennifer Lopez
Dear Reader,
Writing takes tremendous courage.
On a daily basis, a writer faces the blank page, and fills it with words.
We dig deep.
Sometimes...,
often,
in the process,
we spill a few tears.
Recently, Jennifer Lopez, appearing at The Mohegan Sun's 15th anniversary celebration, sang a song she wrote, "If You Had My Love." "A lot has Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-6339664277439967382011-10-07T15:02:00.000-04:002011-10-07T15:02:37.408-04:00Saying I Do and Meaning It
All rights reserved by Fotura *Flickr.com*
"There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results."--Tom Robbins, American novelist 1936
Writing a book is hard work.
Writing a book is a process.
Writing a book takes tremendous Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-38964496803254901572011-09-30T10:19:00.001-04:002011-09-30T11:00:17.105-04:00Happy Friday"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."--Buddha
Good Morning Everyone!
Right now the sun is shining and a cool breeze crisps the morning air. After several days of what seemed like never ending rain, the clouds have parted and once more bright yellow sunlight flashes a sky the color of turquoise.
That said, it has been a busy week. I have beenGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-79175800161361824972011-09-26T10:51:00.001-04:002011-09-26T11:53:25.897-04:00Jason Bateman--Where Are YOU Today?"Big time in the old town today!"
If you are looking for Jason Bateman, get to Saveway Cleaners on North Broadway in White Plains, NY today.
Jason and a major film crew are there working on his next movie--the skinny is the movie is about the internet and bullying.
Go, Jason!
Here are a few photos I snapped less than an hour ago:
Thanks for stopping by. *while you're at it, don't Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-18896963454842815712011-09-25T08:47:00.000-04:002011-09-25T08:47:22.206-04:00Michael Jackson and Writing
Photo compliments of Jon Spence
"...A B C Easy as 1 2 3"--Michael Jackson
Pssst. Yes, you, over there. There is something I want to tell you.
I've been putting off writing.
I have made a million and one excuses why I shouldn't write; I've told myself things like give it up, you'll never make it, but I'm back. It's hard reeling all those flying monkeys back in after they get loose. I'm Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-12447201296700057882011-09-23T09:39:00.001-04:002011-09-23T09:40:07.662-04:009 Markets and Opportunities to Avoid
So you have written a book. Now what?
In a world of multiple choices, there is no easy answer. Each of us aspiring authors must find our own distinct and unique path to publication. But, today I wish to share 9 markets and opportunities to avoid reading "1,818 Ways to Write Better & Get Published," by Scott Edelstein.
This is what Scott says to avoid:
"1. Any publisher that wants to charge Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-77548269323857654162011-08-27T09:37:00.001-04:002011-09-03T09:59:08.138-04:00Michele Sfakianos's "The 411 On Life Skills" - Preparing for Hurricane Irene"The 4-1-1 on Life Skills is the 'Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow' that you get to walk away with the tools and the knowledge to gain that something that will put yourself and your family on the pathway of an informed and powerful life!"--Michelle Sfakianos, RN, BSN
The 4-1-1 on Life SkillsEssential Tips on:Home & Money Management;Personal Care & Safety;And More!"by Michele Sfakianos, RN, Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-26425362889938501902011-08-22T19:58:00.001-04:002011-08-22T19:59:38.694-04:00AdieuBookOrBust is done.
Thank you for following my writing journey.
Look for "A Gift of Love, A widow's Memoir" at Amazon.com coming soon. Feel free to peruse the archives, leave a comment, and view past writing quotations and writing tips for inspiration and encouragement.
See you in print, and Happy tales to you,
Linda Della Donna
Founder, CEO of
GriefcaseGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-76708421062281493342011-08-18T10:56:00.001-04:002011-08-18T11:00:03.701-04:00Know Your Audience
Got fast writing pen?
Great.
Got paper, notebook, computer, laptop? Don't forget clock timer, your cell phone will do.
Super.
Got place to sit and write?
Cozy cafe', secluded retreat in Taos, cheap motel room with no view are a few suggestions, but even a hall closet reserved for your writing stuff will do just fine. So long as you can sit uninterrupted to do your writing thing, you're Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-48046364521363460242011-08-08T10:34:00.002-04:002011-08-09T21:49:28.480-04:00Club Getaway - Happy Magnificent Monday
"A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song."--Chinese proverb
If you take the highway from Manhattan south to Route 22, follow it through Brewster and Pawling, as it winds its way through Wingdale and Dover to Route 55 East, eventually you come out on Route 7 in New Milford, Connecticut. Hang a left and follow that road to Kent. Before you know it, soon as Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-17868673723065870722011-08-04T14:38:00.001-04:002011-08-04T14:40:13.646-04:00The Brazen Fox - Happy Thursday"Love life, engage in it, give it all you've got, love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it."--Maya Angelou
One of the things I like about being a writer is the ability to be able to give back to my community, the people who greet me each day as I make my way through my harried hurried happy world *if only in my head*. I like that I am Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-54871446315121492132011-08-01T10:04:00.000-04:002011-08-01T10:04:14.968-04:00Be There - Happy Monday!
Happy Monday!
When writing your book, it is important to be there.
I mean really really be there.
Be in the moment.
Free write for ten fifteen thirty minutes before you write that sentence, paragraph, or chapter. It's kinda like swatting fuzzy yellow tennis balls over the net several times before you actually play the game.
Warm up. Then write.
Go ahead. Write something. I dare you.
See Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-14190132565840448362011-07-28T07:55:00.000-04:002011-07-28T07:55:33.512-04:00Johnny Depp Buys Linda Della Donna Lunch
Last night Johnny Depp calls. Johnny Depp says is this Linda? I say yes. Johnny Depp says Linda Della Donna, author of "A Gift of Love?" I say yes yes yes. He says your agent is a friend of mine, he says your agent sent me your manuscript, he says we're thinking of making your book into a movie. Johnny Depp says can we meet for lunch?
Well, not really. But, now that I got your attention, Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-21527001796443983582011-07-25T17:34:00.001-04:002011-07-25T21:17:41.777-04:00How To Write A Book - Happy Monday
My book, "A Gift of Love, A Widow's Memoir," how I envision it.
Be sure to make a "dummy" of your book. Then go stick it on the shelf at your local Barnes & Noble. Mine is there.
It's time for me to get started on my next book.
This means w-o-r-k.
You know, that 4-letter word requiring focus, limiting outings, wasting less time, visiting with friends less, perhaps not seeing that new Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-53714356388441620242011-07-21T15:27:00.001-04:002011-07-22T09:27:12.598-04:00Audio Visions of Westchester - Have laptop Will WriteToday is Westchester Thursday. Westchester Thursday is the day all writers celebrate living in the best county in New York State!
Not really.
I just got a vivid imagination as my dear departed husband, Ed Sclier, used to say and I made the whole thing up.
It's fun to pretend.
And when you are a writer practicing writing practice writing about what you do is what it's all about.
Today Little Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-11736627274957306982011-07-17T07:00:00.000-04:002011-07-17T08:34:33.799-04:00Italian Heritage Festival - La Dolce Vita!When I am not writing, I am busy doing other things--Snapping photos, checking out the neighborhood in the County I was born, living life to its fullest--Last Sunday, I drove Little Red to the Valhalla Dam and spent time celebrating my heritage... If you've ever wondered what an Italian Feast is, think food food food and music playing loud louder loudest. I'm just saying.
Beneath a blanket of Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-24864950575998350202011-07-15T12:00:00.000-04:002011-07-15T12:00:30.276-04:00Poetry Quotations - Happy FridayIt's been awhile since I posted BookOrBust.
Mea culpa.
Sometimes life gets in the way. That and spending time with grandson, Hunter.
Here are a few of my favorite quotations on poetry. Perhaps they will inspire you to fingerhug your pen and write something:
"A sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog."--Carl Sandburg
"...poetry only lives and breathes when it is spoken aloud."--Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-16023861834217569502011-07-07T05:50:00.000-04:002011-07-07T05:50:55.321-04:00Inspirational Quotes - For Writers Only
Today is Thursday. This writer contemplates her day--lunch with a friend, appointment with a professional, read 100 pages of latest book, "How to be Single," by Liz Tuccillo and write. Time to get started on a second book.
The following is a collection of writing quotes:
"First sentences are doors to worlds."--Ursula K. Le Guin
"Writing is the supreme solace."--Somerset Maugham
"What a Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-27352642165394036542011-07-05T13:28:00.002-04:002011-07-05T13:30:41.776-04:00Inspirational Writing Quotes on Truth
For Writers Only: Inspirational Quotes on Truth
"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup."--Boris Pasternak
"In the spider web of facts, many a truth is strangled."--Paul Eldridge
"It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."--Virginia Woolf
"Facts and truth Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-81376050803839639712011-07-01T16:07:00.002-04:002011-07-01T16:09:53.755-04:00Happy Fourth of July!
Happy 4th of July!
Here in my beloved USA, we celebrate Independence Day, better known as the 4th of July, commemorating our adoption of the Declaration of Independence. In celebration, BookOrBust declares a writing holiday weekend.
Whether your celebratory plans consist of backyard BBQ, parade, family reunion, or just kicking back in a porch hammock with a good book, BookOrBust extends to Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-1991088118679202102011-06-28T16:22:00.000-04:002011-06-28T16:22:34.672-04:00Favorite Dog QuotesFavorite Dog Quotes:
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail."--Fran Lebowitz
"The more people I meet the more I like my dog."--Unknown
"A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can't get it by breeding for it, and you can't buy it with money. It just happens along."--E. B. White
"I spilled spot Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-10925114461725917542011-06-25T08:27:00.001-04:002011-06-25T08:31:15.079-04:00Favorite Writing Quotes
Juno Beach
"One hates an author that's all author."--Lord Byron
"You will have written exceptionally well if, by skillful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original."--Horace
"There is magic in storytelling."--Isabel Allende
"A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost."--Henry James
"No one can write3 decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence orGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-39414554712218452552011-06-24T17:15:00.001-04:002011-06-24T17:20:16.886-04:00Bucket List
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain
When "A Gift of Love," is published; when planets Pluto, Mars, Earth and Saturn, and all the constellations are in full alignment with the diningGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-26610015794394362752011-06-19T06:56:00.000-04:002011-06-19T06:56:02.628-04:00Hello Sunday
Photo courtesy of Brian D. Perskin
"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!" --Mr. Rogers
There's a soft breeze ruffling my window curtain and in a little while I'll be sifting through a manuscript.
Since completing, A Gift of Love, A Widow's Memoir, I can't count how many times I've combed through it wearing the editor's cap.
I've polished, checked, and rechecked for clutter, proper Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-49368521759324513342011-06-13T18:46:00.000-04:002011-06-13T18:46:40.055-04:00A Writer's Way"Sometimes you just gotta say, 'What the f**k," make your move." Risky BusinessRisky Business (25th Anniversary Edition) character, Joel Goodson
When writing a book, it is important to concern oneself with building a platform. It's something I don't have and something I must learn in order to market my book. The path to publication is different for each writer.
There is no wrong way, no right Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-6913877962157168652011-06-12T16:17:00.000-04:002011-06-12T16:17:32.196-04:00The Writer's WayToday is Sunday, June 12, 2011. Weatherman predicts less humidity, milder temperatures and chance of rain. That's the forecast for White Plains, New York.
I am seated at a desk in a hotel room somewhere in another state. Weatherman has issued a tornado watch for the entire county for the next hour.
I cannot tell you where I am. I cannot reveal why I am here.
I made a promise I wouldn't do Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-88028420792739338272011-06-11T02:20:00.001-04:002011-06-11T02:36:16.392-04:00A World Without Books - Imagine - No, I Can't
Today's post is in conjunction with the Blog-A-Licious Blog Tour, a fantastic blog hop that brings together bloggers of all genres, backgrounds and locations.
In today's hop, the blog featured before BookOrBust is HolesInMyShoes.
The blog featured after BookOrBust is the captivating Divalucious.
Do stop by and say hello, plus some of us are having giveaways and contests.
Enjoy!
Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-4998635168756048122011-06-09T07:02:00.000-04:002011-06-09T07:02:06.121-04:00Happy ThursdayToday I am *hand over mouth* years old.
One year ago, I was homeless.
I didn't have a place to live;
I didn't have a friend *it felt like that anyway*,
and worse, I didn't have a book, a book I promised Ed I would write.
The story of how and why I lived in and out of my car with my small dog and his little cat while looking for a place to live is best left for another book, or, perhaps theGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-77694322321783087672011-06-03T15:54:00.000-04:002011-06-03T15:54:55.696-04:00Today's Writing Quote"Everyone has a purpose in life...a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals."--Deepak ChopraGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-84139240463449611952011-06-02T11:58:00.004-04:002011-06-02T16:59:17.017-04:00Natalie Goldberg - Famous Author
Natalie Goldberg (photo compliments of Dickinsonstateu)
It is no secret, Natalie Goldberg, is my idol.
When it comes to writing, writing practice, writing lessons to be learned and writing lessons yet to be developed, as every writer serious about writing memoir will tell you, eventually, most assuredly, sooner or later, discovers the long quiet highway to Taos for a writer's retreat and Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-62291755322654685072011-05-31T15:13:00.000-04:002011-05-31T15:13:17.452-04:00Edward Bulwer-Lytton - Famous Author
Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, May 25, 1803 – January 18, 1873
"The pen is mightier than the sword."--Edward Bulwer-Lytton
It is Victorian politician, playwright, novelist and author, Bulwer-Lytton,who is responsible for the famous novel opening phrase, "It was a dark and stormy night."
Kitsch and melodramatic, his words live on in a writing contest sponsored by the English Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-18816727940377553282011-05-29T08:09:00.001-04:002011-05-29T09:03:33.638-04:00Memorial Day 2011 - Remember
Remember the Fallen
Here in the United States of America, we celebrate Memorial Day, the traditional holiday set aside to pay tribute to our fallen uniformed men and women, honor our present day military who work to keep our country safe, and remember our deceased loved ones.
It also means a three-day holiday weekend with time off from work and extra time to spend with family and loved Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-15103183506869968012011-05-26T08:42:00.000-04:002011-05-26T08:42:41.489-04:00Carl Sandburg - Famous Author
Carl Sandburg - 1878-1967
“I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way.”--Carl Sandburg
Winner of 3 Pulitzer Prizes, two for poetry, one for the biography of Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878 to August and Clara Johnson, who had immigrated to America from Sweden. His father worked on the railroad and discovered his surname so common, he changed Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-1775940056808169012011-05-24T13:22:00.000-04:002011-05-24T13:22:31.686-04:00One Lovely Blog Award
One Lovely Blog Award....
I have just been awarded the "One Lovely Blog Award" by Ravenmyth.
Her beautiful Blog takes you on a journey through the dimensions of time, bringing the common thread of awareness forward... to flow through the layers of a past, a present and into a conceived future....and it does not disappoint.
This Award requires that I list 7 things about myself.
1. I am a Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-4265702400475776262011-05-23T20:59:00.000-04:002011-05-23T20:59:17.800-04:00Anne Frank, Famous Author
Monument dedicated to memory of Anne Frank - 1929-1945
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be."--Anne Frank
Everyone knows the story of Anne Frank, the young German-Jewish teenager forced into hiding, and how for 25 Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-90576191343990496992011-05-23T07:22:00.004-04:002011-05-23T11:12:34.372-04:00One Lovely Blog Award....
Griefcase is proud to announce it is recipient of One Lovely Blog Award.
Thank you Ravenmyth.
You can check out my "Lovely Blog Award" at www.griefcase.net *after you get there, remember to click blog tab*
Ravenmyth: One Lovely Blog Award....Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-48708002583990723832011-05-22T17:58:00.001-04:002011-05-22T18:02:04.726-04:00Grand Central Station - Writing Practice"We must continue to work the compost pile, enriching it and making it fertile so that something beautiful may bloom and so that our writing muscles are in good shape to ride the universe when it moves through us."--Natalie Goldberg
The ticket on the left is mine. Cost for round trip ticket, off peak, costs $15.50
Once a month I board Metro North, that's the train in Westchester, to go toGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-75359658637652683092011-05-18T06:00:00.005-04:002011-05-18T06:00:04.926-04:00The Keymasters - Westchester WednesdayWestchester is my home. It is the place I know and love.
For three years I searched for a different place to live. But, like Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, I missed my roots and came to realize, There's no place like home. And, I returned.
Luckily, it didn't take a big wind, or a house to fall on me to make me realize what I was seeking was right here where I was born and raised.
Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-61635304696809056272011-05-14T09:27:00.004-04:002011-05-14T15:27:57.447-04:00Today is Saturday"Our life is shaped by your mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves."--Buddah
If you take the "S" train to Times Square ("S" is for "Shuttle"), then hook up with the "1" train, it will take you to 66th and Broadway. Did you know that Broadway is the longest street in America?
Grand Central Station
In the belly of the Big Apple, this is theGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-90450742498353260872011-05-12T11:51:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:38:30.064-04:00Ro Ro Automotive - Westchester Wednesday
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Ro Ro Automotive, North White Plains, NY
Living life as a single woman entails making hard fast decisions.
From such things as writing a book to fulfill a promise, to wondering where the heck do I take the car for service?
What once was a non-item of discussion when the man in my life roamed freely about the house, morphs suddenly into a giant problem now that He's gone--Translation: Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-59221903554251589182011-05-11T07:11:00.000-04:002011-05-11T07:11:58.285-04:00alive and mortal: Compassion Fatigue In Peer Grief Supportalive and mortal: Compassion Fatigue In Peer Grief SupportGriefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-44001435252686826402011-05-10T09:16:00.002-04:002011-05-10T09:29:04.152-04:00A Tuesday
Today, I offer writing prompts. Words to inspire you to fingerhug your pen and write something.
Today's Writing Quotes:
"The writer must be a psychologist, but a secret one; he must sense and know the roots of phenomena, but offer only the phenomena themselves, as they blossom or wither."--Ivan Turgenev
"It is as though we are building something around a center, but that center can be Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-8988974476904673022011-05-09T05:10:00.001-04:002011-05-09T05:10:00.541-04:00Anais Nin - Famous Author
Anais Nin - 1903-1977
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."--Anais Nin
Born Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell in Neuilly-sur Seine, France, Nin, a dancer, model, is famous for her diaries and journals stretching 60 years. Her book on D. H. Lawrence is believed to have been written in 16 days.
Nin Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-8793174235574932542011-05-06T11:48:00.001-04:002011-05-06T11:50:51.600-04:00The Last Time I Saw Hunter"There's nothing worse than being cornered by a writer at a party and listening to him drone on, with every other sentence beginning As I say in my book."--Betsy Lerner
There are days I have no idea what to write about in my blog. Today is one of those days. If I write about myself, I worry I become the self-absorbed character Betsy Lerner describes in the quote above, a character fault I do Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-43834392647667844112011-05-03T06:31:00.000-04:002011-05-03T06:31:51.288-04:00Coffee With Cudmore
I'm radio guest of Bob Cudmore's today,9:05 a.m.EST
Be sure to tune in.Griefcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365953337125097200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310673262017183052.post-23874396137275521292011-05-01T05:02:00.001-04:002011-05-01T05:03:30.896-04:00It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!
Good Morning World!
Today is Sunday, May 1, 2011. This date has special meaning to me.
23 years ago, May 1, I married Edward Louis Sclier.
7 years ago, May 1, Edward Louis Sclier died.
7 years ago, May 1, I promised I would write a book.
Today, May 1, I celebrate Ed's death. And the book I wrote.
In the years since burying the best friend a girl ever had, a lot has happened in my life.
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