Weekly Writing Challenge: Golden Years

Coming Home Sam smiled broadly as he walked across the stage to shake hands with the principal and receive his High School Diploma. He was the first of six children to make it to graduation. His family had thrown an all-day party for him. Even though it was near the end of Spring, Sam's grandfather,...

Daily Prompt: Take That, Rosetta

Daily Post: Take That, Rosetta! by Ben Huberman on February 10, 2014 If you could wake up tomorrow and be fluent in any language you don’t currently speak, which would it be? Why? What’s the first thing you do with your new linguistic skills? ~~~~~~~~ I would love to wake up tomorrow and be fluent...

October Ancestry Challenge 2013

http://loricrane.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/october-ancestry-challenge-2013-2/ Can you come up with 23 ancestors? Do you have family stories, photos, documents? Are you a history/genealogy/ancestry buff? Then please join us for the October Ancestry Challenge 2013!! The goal is to write 23 posts (Monday through Friday) in October about a different ancestor each day. Ancestor #1 My 8th paternal great-grandfather was...

Daily Prompt: Clean House

Daily Prompt: Clean House by michelle w. on September 29, 2013 Is there “junk” in your life? What kind? How do you get rid of it? ~~~~~~~~ Is there "junk" in my life? Yes, lots of "junk". Junk that I brought with me when I married a second time. Junk my husband already had before...

Angelica Essential Oil

Angelica Essential Oil is cultivated in Belgium, England, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, and Siberia. Angelica is a large, tall herb that grows near water. The essential oil is steam distilled from the seeds of the Angelica plant. It carries a sweet, herbaceous and rich musky aroma. The Angelica plant was named for Archangel, St. Michael....

I Have Been Tagged!

Charming South has been the first one to catch me in this game of Tag! Congratulations to you Charming South! Go give her charming blog a visit at: http://charmingsouth.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/tag-youre-it/#like-499 You will find some very nice pages and good writing; and yes, I'm a bit biased being from the South myself. 🙂 The rules are: 1.Post...