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• Coping with the Loss of Downton Abbey

  

  Oh, how we will miss you, Downton Abbey.Yes, folks, it’s time to say goodbye. This evening marks the finale of six years of Downton Abbey on PBS in the United... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nobody Has Ever Loved Me As Much As I Loved Him—Friday Fiction

  

  Photo credit: Mikethemadbiologist.com. Back Bay, Boston.NOBODY HAS EVER LOVED ME AS MUCH AS I HAVE LOVED HIMThe light grows dim. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Quick Book Recommendations

  

  I may not be writing and working on my next novel and collection of short stories as much as I should be, but I sure have read some pretty good books lately. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The World Needs More Brooklyns and Abbeys

  

  Last night, my family and I went to see Brooklyn in Annapolis. I’d heard great things about the movie, and as I host an Oscar Party every year, I thought it... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Steph’s Scribe’s Best Hollywood Glam Oscar Dresses

  

  Oscar Night is one of my favorite evenings of the year. As movie buffs and fashion enthusiasts, my friends and I enjoy eating, drinking, gabbing, and watching... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Way the Rain Smells

  

  Blessings fall from the sky. Heaven is weeping. The earth is cold and damp this morning, long tired from winter’s weather beating down upon it. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• And Then Inspiration Comes: Start Writing | Hints and Tips for Writers and...

  

  You want to write. Writing is in your blood. You bloggers know this is true. You novelists know this is true. Magazine writers, newspaper writers, nonfiction... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Attacking Another (Smaller) Home Renovation Project

  

  Our existing kitchen will be a work in progress in a matter of weeks. This morning I met with our wonderful contractor, Rick Cole, and his son Justin, about wha... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Box Stores and the Internet Killing the Local Bookstores? Not So Fast.

  

  Longfellow Books, Portland, Maine. Photo: BuzzFeedThere is good news today, and as soon as I saw the piece in The New York Times by Francis X. Clines, I knew I... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Opening The Door to Love Or Closing the Door to Love

  

  * * *In celebration of Valentine’s Day this weekend, instead of a little Friday Fiction, I’m featuring two poems I wrote. I don’t write poetry as much as I did... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Five Inexpensive Ways to Make This Valentine’s Day Special

  

  Egad! I’m really about to do this. (And did I really just used an expression that is as archaic as I feel lately?) The answer is, yes. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Highlights & Appreciation

  

  This past week began with a bang as viewers were treated to another outstanding episode of Downton Abbey. With Robert’s bloody collapse at the dinner table, we... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tears from the Heart

  

  This past Friday night, I took my daughter to see Broadway Across America’s Phantom of the Opera in Baltimore at the Hippodrome. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• After I Was Dead — Friday Fiction

  

  I’m taking another crack at Friday Fiction with a ghost story. I decided to push myself and try something entirely new. Writing ghost fiction…that sounds fun. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pretty Things, Poetry, and Handmade Valentines

  

  Photo credit: Stephanie VerniP R E T T Y   T H I N G SYesterday, after having been stuck in our home for several days due to the enormous dumping of snow we... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Snow-Inspired Whites For Comfort and Style

  

  Scenes from the weekend.After being surrounded by a blanket of approximately 30 inches of snow, the beauty of it truly is stunning. The blast of snow inspired m... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing Can’t Be ‘Thin Love’

  

  Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all. ~ Toni Morrison I admire writer Toni Morrison. She is smart, insightful, and willing to write for herself.... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fifty Shades of…Shades

  

  A few different pairs, but all big enough to protect the full eye.Fifty Shades of ShadesNo. I don’t own fifty pairs of shades, nor have I read Fifty Shades of... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Playing with Photography and Memories

  

  Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever…it remembers little things, long after you have... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Snape and Col. Brandon There Was Committed Love

  

  Learning the news of Alan Rickman’s passing today made me stop and pause. Rickman, 69, star of stage and screen, who is probably best known for his role as Snap... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION