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Susan Wingate
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Embracing the Renewal of Spring and Finding Hope for Better Days
Here in the San Juans of Washington State, we crawled at a snail's pace into spring. As expected, and because Punxsutawney Phil...
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6 days ago2 min read
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Here's Your Happy New Year Card!
Bob and I hope you are blessed with prosperity, safety, and good health this new year. God bless you all! 2 Beloved, I pray that you may...
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Dec 30, 20241 min read
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FROM ME AND BOB, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS, MERRY CHRISTMAS! And from our dear deer crew. Have a safe and blessed holiday. And remember the reason for the...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read
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I almost forgot! Free book day!
The ebook of The Heartbreak of Time Travel is free today only until midnight. I almost forgot to mention to anyone. Ooops. The...
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Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Somebody Stop Me
"She dropped it two years after Covid sunk its ugly teeth into the neck of the world." That's a great line for a new story I may or may...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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I'm Squawking Today
Many of you may know that one of my literary heroes is Kurt Vonnegut. He has and always will influence my stories at some level. His...
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Dec 4, 20243 min read
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We Sing Louder
The parts of a magnet are its two poles: the north pole and the south pole : Poles : The north pole is the positive side of the magnet,...
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Nov 29, 20243 min read
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IT'S THANKSGIVING TIME AGAIN!
These are the items still on my Thanksgiving Day grocery list for tomorrow's last day of holiday shopping… Green beans Cranberries and...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read
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Back Then and The Here and Now
Thinking back to my mom happens more often now. Mom passed away December 19, 2016. She was seventy-nine years old and had been struggling...
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Nov 21, 20244 min read
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I don't do it for the awards but, boy-oh-boy! Are they nice.
Some great news on the writing front just before the release date, Sunday, November 17, 2024... Literary Titan has awarded The Heartbreak...
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Nov 14, 20241 min read
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How to Survive Our Parents (Or, I was raised by wolves and my sister's going to kill me for writing this.)
My mom, whenever I would rustle up the cats as a kid, would say, "Susi, don't mollox the cat!" So, like, there's no such word as mollox,...
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Nov 11, 20246 min read
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Why I Write
Let me explain... I don't write for the bombs, the bullets or the blood. Oh, wait. That's a line from A Few Good Men . Okay. For...
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Nov 3, 20243 min read
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5-Star Reviews Make Me Want to Shout, "Skwee!"
This is sort of related to what I typically post to The Dementia Chronicles 2.0 so, I hope you don't mind if I post some good news. My...
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Oct 31, 20246 min read
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While He Sleeps, I Write
Most days I spend at home writing. Working from home allows me many freedoms to care for things around here like caring for Bob as well...
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Sep 24, 20244 min read
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How to Completely Make a Pigsty Out of Your Kitchen in Five Easy Steps
Step 1 Go downstairs to clean your kitchen but instead get sidetracked by the mountain of laundry waiting for you on your laundry room...
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Sep 22, 20242 min read
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AND THE LAUNCH BEGINS
It gets busy now. The work for a book launch feels never ending. Right now, I’m working on gathering reviews from readers (always), from...
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Sep 12, 20244 min read
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Squaring Up
Once, Bob and I went to the doctor for a weird thing. We went to a stomach surgeon. And, although he was a stomach surgeon, I felt I...
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Sep 2, 20244 min read
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THE GREAT CROSSOVER: How Nonfiction Inspires Fiction And Vice Versa
After some nudging from writers both here on the island and on social media, I decided to host a 3-hour writing workshop that will...
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Aug 30, 20242 min read
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All the Words He Cannot Speak
Bob used to talk in his sleep (I call it sleeptalking ) and formed actual words. Sometimes I'd slap a hand over my mouth to stifle a...
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Aug 28, 20243 min read
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Loving August After One Helluva July
So many things happened this July. And I’d tell you but reliving nightmares is not my bag. Please allow me to leapfrog over July and...
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Aug 19, 20242 min read
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