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Giving Thanks Today, I give thanks for so many things. If I tried to list them all, you wouldn’t get through reading this blog until your grandchildren were old and feeble and ready for the home. But list a few, I must. I’m thankful for life. Never again will I wish even a second of…
by CiCi Barnes “You’re heroine is too old.” I received that statement on a critique from a contest I entered a year ago. My heroine was 38, college graduate, a lawyer, single. When did life end at 30? She was tall, slim beautiful, full of life, strong, independent, not looking for love, but certainly wouldn’t…
by CiCi Barnes Now that “Back to School” is well underway for Southerners, I reflect on my fellow teachers having to return to the classroom so early. Back in the day, we started after Labor Day, and still, in the South, it was too hot. I cranked up the air conditioner in my classroom and…
Soap Operas: The Mother of all conflicts (and father of everyone on the show.) ~by CiCi Barnes Watched any good soap operas lately? Or should I leave out the ‘good’ in that question? Now that I work from home . . . Work? Who said writing was work? Just throw words on the screen, send…
by CiCi Barnes It’s June 30th, the end of our wedding blogs. We’ve planned, we’ve laughed over snafus, we’ve made it through walking down the aisle and taking the vows. Our bloggers have shared their ups and downs, compared the whole shebang to writing and our lovely followers have added their spice to the mix…
