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Scenes from the beach

I’ve been having a great time on the beach retreat! I really HAVE been working. A LOT. So not many photos, but here are a few.

14 Beach Path Marker

A domestic wine from Stonington Vineyards in CT, but DAMN it totally tasted like a delicious New Zealand.
S’mores!
The Belfry Bistro, in Sandwich, is a wonderful restaurant that used to be a church.
View out my window.
The second floor has a wonderful reading porch!
Angi made us an amazing fresh haddock dinner.
Even on a gloomy day, the beach is beautiful.

 

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In other news … I haven’t killed my plants yet.

Summer 2022 Flowers

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Flowers for the 4th …

4th Flowers 1

My husband bought me these gorgeous flowers for the 4th for the back porch, where I write all weekend. I love these. A little tag that came with them said the arrangement was especially created for the July birthstone, the Ruby (It’s not my birthstone. I’m a February baby, so my birthstone is Amethyst).

4th Flowers 2

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Baby birds are coming!

We have another Carolina wren nest this year! It’s under one of our grill covers that we’d pulled off and left on a chair–these little guys build QUICKLY! Mommy wren and Fattypants are being pretty protective, as expected. They have commandeered the porch, pretty much.

Location of Nest

Nest location.

Nest materials

Carolina wrens build their nests of moss and sticks.

TINY EGGS in Nest!

I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THESE TINY EGGS HATCH!!

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YAY!! MY COPIES ARE HERE!

The day when the anthology that contains your story arrives is always an exciting one! Couldn’t wait to get home and open the box! Have a great weekend everyone!

Dancing in the Shadows KPS 2

Dancing in the Shadows KPS 1

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Talking it out…

Jarring Lucas Bristol Community College Honors English

Speaking to students about your work is a win-win: you get to inspire them, and you get learn things about your story you might not have seen or realized (yes, even though you wrote it—many things a writer puts into his pieces are subconscious; we’re not always aware!). Recently, I had the privilege of discussing “Jarring Lucas,” which appears in the Great Old Ones Publishing anthology CANOPIC JARS: TALES OF MUMMIES AND MUMMIFICATION with an Honors English class at Bristol Community College in Attleboro, Mass. Here we are!

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