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• Breathing In the Air and Tasting the Wines in Napa Valley | Part Two

  

  (This is part two of my travel piece about Napa Valley and San Francisco. To read part one, click here). Besides the abundance of wineries, there are some... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Breathing In the Air and Tasting the Wines in Napa Valley | Part Two

  

  (This is part two of my travel piece about Napa Valley and San Francisco. To read part one, click here). Besides the abundance of wineries, there are some... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Breathing in the Air and Tasting The Wines in Napa Valley

  

  First, there was the air, consistently devoid of humidity according the locals, and as fresh and crisp as you would imagine the hills and unspoiled land of... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Campus Book Talk Tonight and Some Monday Inspiration

  

  I’m excited to talk to students tonight about the self-publishing world. Faculty in the Halls, a program at Stevenson University, has asked me to speak to... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Recounting Five Years of My Life As a Blogger

  

  On April 6, the notice above popped up in my notifications on my blogging platform, WordPress. I was thankful for the reminder because I wouldn’t have remembere... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Fiction: Writing the Prologue & Baseball Girl

  

  There is much debate in the fictional writing world as to whether or not your story should begin with a prologue. The last three books I have read–all mainstrea... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why I Probably Shouldn’t Have Ridiculously Large Clocks in the House

  

  The clock on our screened-in porch.The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. ~ Esther WilliamsThere they are before me. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Good Book Will Never Let You Down

  

  I’m about to finish Adriana Trigiani’s touching and inspiring novel entitled The Shoemaker’s Wife. I’ve enjoyed reading this sweeping story of Italian immigrant... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Royal Lesson: Typing Class Came in Handy

  

  All mine: This Royal typewriter has special meaning to me.***Just for a minute, I’m going to take you back with me to typing class in 8th grade at Severn River... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Inspired by Joanna Gaines and Fixer Upper on HGTV

  

  Joanna and Chip Gaines. Photo credit: HGTV Fixer UpperMy husband and I have been updating our home since we bought it in June of 2013. Little by little we have... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• No More Blues with Blue Skies

  

  The sun was streaming through the windows of our home this morning, and I snapped a shot…the blue sky was amazing.***How do you get rid of the winter blues? Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gawking at HGTV’s Show “Tiny Houses”

  

  An example of a tiny house from Tiny Houses on HGTV. Photo credit: HGTVSo, the other night after tiring of watching primary election coverage, I flipped over... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Please Don’t Squeeze the Charmin Or Do Any of THESE Things

  

  ***I’ve been toying with the idea of this post for a few days now, and it’s based on some recent and past behavior I’ve come across; I just didn’t know how to... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• All The Books We Want to Read | Building Your Summer Reading List

  

  My Spring Summer Reading Pile of Books | Steph’s Scribe***Today is my last weekday of spring break, and I’m about to finish up some spring cleaning and... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Springtime in Annapolis

  

  This morning I decided to do a little research for the novel I’m working on—yes, I’m writing again, and I’ve got two chapters under my belt thus far. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 5 Sure-Fire Ways To Boost Creativity

  

  ***In the textbook I co-authored with Dr. Leeanne Bell McManus and Chip Rouse about Event Planning, we have an entire chapter dedicated to creativity. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Unending Appeal of The Book Store & Wine Bar

  

  Photo credit: Capital-GazetteIn today’s world of hustle and bustle, working late hours and weekends, barely finding time to do our laundry or run to the... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Missing Downton Abbey? 10 Light Period Films to Help Fill The Void

  

  Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott in Ever After.***As Downton Abbey is gone and we are all missing the engaging period drama that filled our lives for the last... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Really Short Story Told in Text Messages—Friday Fiction

  

  LeavingShe picked up the cellphone. The text message simply said, “Very clever.” It was his response to the previous text she had sent which stated, “It took... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• That Magic Moment When It All Clicks—Writing A New Novel

  

  ***Here’s how this story goes…I published Beneath the Mimosa Tree in 2012. Baseball Girl followed three years later, and this week I am celebrating it’s one-yea... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION