You know how some people are physical creatures (running, water-skiing, dirt bike riding, quadding) and others are slightly more intellectual and then there are those who are some of both? Well, I wa...
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) I watch the sunrise over the ocean like a wild animal creeping out of a forest den. It will be full daylight soon and the pain will come. Sure, I could run back inside and h...
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Below is the opening scene for my WIP. I have gone over this scene the most as I revise my work. WARNING: Language. For the second time in three days, Celeste Murphy pretended the plaster pieces that...
Darlene Steelman’s photostream on Flickr. Hung out with the family and went to Cedar Run Animal Refuge in New Jersey. It was a beautiful day. Filed under: Darlene Steelman
I thought life was supposed to get more simplistic as age came along… no? Not in my life. I am sure there is still hope. I digress. My life is more amazing these days than it was this time last...
Sherry sat at her kitchen table stone faced. Her cell phone sat on that same table, stone faced as well. Moments ago, it vibrated in a violent rage as she stared out the rain-covered window. She knew...
Ok, so this past week has not exactly gone according to plan. I seem to be in a funk when it comes to getting back into my WIP. I haven’t really read many blogs and my excited energy of getting...
I’m Baaaaaack!! (screamed like Steven Tyler of Aerosmith in the beginning of “Back in the Saddle” – go listen, it’s awesome) I took a week off due to brain cramp over lo...
Bronze statue of Rocky Balboa at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, created by A. Thomas Schomberg, as commissioned by Sylvester Stallone. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ah, the underdog. The person or bein...
A clock made in Revolutionary France, showing the 10-hour metric clock. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Time. “Time” is a wonderful song by Pink Floyd. It is Track Four on their 1973 album The...
The last twenty days have been a complete roller coaster of physical. mental and emotional whack-ed-ness. Tax season is over (yay!) and I can finally get back into focusing on my goals. Between famil...
image: recovery-gifts.net Sober is a way of life for me. I did some soul-searching (like I always do) and asked around. Apparently I am breaking the Anonymity rule by mentioning AA on my blog. So ...
Gram (Photo credit: Hashbrwn) How do we reinvent ourselves? We have to change things up. Reinventing means taking something old and making it different. We reinvent ourselves when we take a long hard...
Quarantine Island, Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Photo from Heyward Point Road (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Q words, Q words.. I had an awful time thinking of a Q word. I made a list (did not check it tw...
Peaceful spot at Mallards Pike Lake Away from the picnic area, its possible to find a tranquil spot by the lower lake. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Peaceful. Tranquil. Serene. How great is it when we...
Over thinking. UGH. I do it a lot. It destroys my sense of confidence after I made a choice. Did I choose correctly? Was there another option? Maybe I should have zigged instead of zagged. Over th...
Welcome - Keep Coming Back Newcomer – In the Twelve Step Programs of the world it stands for that person who walks through the door of a support meeting for the first time (or in the first mont...
Image: www.kkbn.com Yep. This picture pretty much depicts my world as it stands right now. Everything is driving me nuts and I am feeling burnt out. I was journaling on Saturday and kind of came t...
Welcome to another edition of Talk About It Tuesday. This segment starts of a bit more serious than prior weeks. Dolphins are said to be some of the smartest, social mammals in the world. They are ...
Ah, the sweet smell, feel and look of the magnificent ROW80 badge! Alright, enough with the corniness. Seriously, Darlene. This week has been an absolute roller coaster ride (for lack of a better c...
image courtesy of powerfulintentions.org “I saw you in the window today, you looked good,” Reflection said. “Really? I thought I looked like hell myself.” “Oh, come on,...
Super Mega Awesome April Denton tagged me over at a blackheart Poetess. Unlike April I have not seen this going around… so I am going to do my gosh dangnabbitest to get this thing right. Rules:...
Welcome to Thursday’s Walking Dead segment. I hope everyone is enjoying the show so far. As a writer, I have to say, I am digging the writing on The Walking Dead. It is raw conversation and it...
I haven’t checked in on the ROW80 Jimmy Jaun because I had little to report. I have been reading and commenting blogs like crazy. Yeah, a lot of reading/commenting. I subscribe to a lot of b...
Image courtesy of ropespolyplast.com Welcome to another edition of Talk About It Tuesday. Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day last week. The weather is getting warmer here on the East...
Special Bullet So I sat in a box for the last, oh, I don’t know, seven years? Just sat there on a shelf with dozens of other boxes on other shelves with the others and I am finally free. I don...
The Walking Dead Welcome to the second installment of The Walking Dead Chow Down. For the first installment click right here! I spent Saturday with my redneck fireplace, oatmeal raisin cookies (with...
I have the ROW80 spirit. However, if I write another “catchy title” that has the word ROW in the it, I most likely will dye my hair green and join a circus. I finished the first edit on m...
I just realized my dorkness level based on my title alone. Don’t ask me why these things pop in my head. Things like the Soooooul Train which used to come on television weekend mornings i...
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