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By Susan Carlisle Susan Carlisle My feet are propped up on a table in the sunroom as I daydream in the warm spring sunshine and look out over the slowly greening backyard. What am I daydreaming about in this idyllic spot? My upcoming birthday. You see, this year I’ll celebrate it in Guam. A…
By Susan Carlisle www.SusanCarlisle.com It rises above the tree line like the bow of a mighty ship made out of aluminum and glass. This is what you see as you approach Quantico, Virginia traveling north on the interstate. We were on our way to the National Museum of the Marine Corps. I think I have…
By: Sandra Elzie Today, Dec 5th, my mother would have been 84. She died way too young, but then cancer has a way of ignoring age. (She was 69 when she passed) At the same time she was living her last days, my father was in a rest home with Alzheimer’s, so there wasn’t…
What were you doing in 1950? Not born yet? Well, let me tell you what life was like in the 50’s. A lot of the Vets were still getting out of the service and still getting GI Bill assistance for education and with buying homes, so the housing market was booming. Most homes at this…
By: Sandra Elzie Commitment to a cause can carry a high price. How high? It can cost you little or it can cost you everything you have…including your very life. I’m currently writing a romance that is near and dear to my heart. Although the story is fiction, it is closely based on stories my…
