There’s a first for everything and a couple of weeks ago was my first time. I’ve got to say, it was a very pleasant experience. I highly recommend it. That’s right, it was my first time and I’m sharing it with you guys! You’re welcome.
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A Bibliophile Conundrum
Posted in authors, blogging, books, Fiction, goals, grammar, humor, inspiration, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, reading, success, words, writers, writing, tagged addiction, bad books, book blurbs, book covers, book shelf, book shelves, bookmarks, challenge, ebooks, good books, Kindle, new books, passion, reading challenge on March 29, 2021| 6 Comments »
I love to read. Most writers do. Books are our drug of choice; the thing we rely on to keep us motivated, inspired, eager to put our own ideas down on paper. Writing can be exhilarating. So can reading. But, like writing, reading is not without its dark side. Read on and I’ll explain.
(more…)What Kind of Business Are You Running Here?
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, breakfast, Family, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, money, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, resolutions, social media, success, travel, vacation, weird, writing, tagged AI, always watching, artificial intelligence, Big Brother, computers, cookies, felons, GPS, Paypal, research, shut down, watch list, watching on March 15, 2021| 6 Comments »
So . . . apparently, like Roz, Big Brother really IS always watching. And, if he doesn’t approve of your activities, BAM he’ll swoop on in and shut you down until you can prove you’re worthy of Big Brother’s approval.
So . . . apparently, like Roz, Big Brother really IS always watching. And, if he doesn’t approve of your activities, BAM he’ll swoop on in and shut you down until you can prove you’re worthy of Big Brother’s approval.
I Won’t Let It Steal My Joy
Posted in Amazon.com, authors, blogging, books, Fiction, goals, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, On Solid Ground, reading, romance, words, writers, writing, tagged big words, cover blurbs, dictionary, genre fiction, interesting, joy, joy of reading, Latin, Latin words, literary fiction, new book, pretentious, smart on February 15, 2021| 7 Comments »
I really enjoy reading. I’ve been reading almost my entire life and before I could read my mother read to me. I credit my mom for my love of books. I’ve always liked a good mystery, like Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and Phyllis Whitney books as I got a little older. My taste in books has expanded over the years, especially since I started writing. I still have my favorite genres, but I sometimes challenge myself to read something beyond my normal literary go-to’s.
(more…)Hard To Believe I Was On the Honor Roll
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, Family, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, laughter, redneck, success, Vicksburg, weird, writing, tagged aging, bacon, brain fart, dumb, dumb mistakes, dumb stuff, grades, honor roll, intincts, junk, losing it, not thinking, not using your brain, stupid, stupid stuff, stupidity on January 25, 2021| 10 Comments »
All through my years of schooling, I maintained consistently high grades; honor roll every year. Except for algebra my junior year of high school. That ruined my GPA for one entire year. (Stupid math.) I did redeem myself in college though. While still struggling with numbers, I managed to get a B- in algebra my last year. I had to pass that class or I wouldn’t graduate. But I did. Again, with honors. Whew. But, I digress. At present, there are many days I do some incredibly stupid, not A+ or even B- things, and certainly not honor roll things. It’s like my brain forgets to do its job. I used to be “with it.” I used to not need notes to remember things. I used to use common sense and logic to figure things out. Nowadays, not so much. Some days I don’t even recognize myself because I do some really dumb stuff.
(more…)The End Is Really The Beginning
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, Fiction, goals, grammar, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, motivation, positivity, reading, resolutions, social media, spring break, success, words, writers, writing, tagged 2021, book covers, books, empty nest, empty nest syndrome, goals, inspiration, manuscript, motivation, Murphy's Law, new beginnings, new books, new opportunity, new start, photo surfing, photographs, photos, plot, plots, plotting, starting over, the end on January 4, 2021| 4 Comments »
Happy new year! Grand tidings for brighter, more peaceful days. Only 75 days until spring officially starts! I think we’ve all breathed a sigh of relief that we’ve made it through 2020. That is behind us. Done. Gone. The End. Time for a new beginning. A new year. A new opportunity. Every day is a chance to make a fresh new start.
(more…)Meet Murphy, My New Best Friend
Posted in authors, blogging, breakfast, driving, eating, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, success, trivia, weird, writers, writing, tagged being prepared, crash dummies, do better, doing better, Edwards Air Force Base, excellence, experiments, failure, internet, Murphy's Law, not working, overpacking, random, volunteers, weird, wrong on November 9, 2020| 6 Comments »
We’ve all heard of Murphy’s Law. We’ve all probably made reference to it at least once in our lifetime. If you’re not familiar with the expression, basically it means everything that can go wrong will go wrong. But I bet you didn’t know that time has distorted the law’s intended meaning entirely. It’s quite the opposite of the commonly used version.
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