Once upon a time … or an old, pre-teen diary!
Here’s a short, “true-ish” story that actually happened about a dozen years ago when I found some of my pre-teen diaries in the attic when we moved. What happened to them is awful. Haha. Read it and see.
Crime to Book to Film – Wow.
Seven Story Plots – What Are They?
Q: What Is Your Favorite Candy?
by Jackie Houchin FIRST favorite is Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. (Most fave candy in the US, BTW!) I love the smooth milk chocolate on the outside, and the cakey peanut butter filling inside. Together, a bite is pure pleasure. The chocolate melts pretty quickly, but the filling can be pressed against the roof of my…
Q: What’s Your Favorite Thing to Cook?
by Jackie Houchin A: I love, love, love cooking and eating my own Vegetable-Beef Soup. Yum!! Here’s how I make it. I start with some really good beef, like a top sirloin steak. I ruthlessly trim every bit of fat off the steak and cut it into dice-sized pieces. In a large stock pot on…
#BLOGANUARY – What do you complain about the most? Day 30
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 30 – What do I complain about mostly? — Things that don’t work when or how they should. Okay, here I go. I complain about electronics when they don’t load quickly enough,…
#BLOGANUARY – What are your favorite sports to watch and play? Day 29
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 29 – Fave sports? To watch — I like to watch Little League Soccer. The kids try so hard, and yet there is no cut-throatness about it, or “fake” injury. The little…
#BLOGANUARY – What would I do if I won the Lottery? Day 28
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 28 – Win the lottery? Oh, WOW! — (I’d first have to play it.) It would depend on how much the Lottery ticket was for, of course. But say, it was in…
#BLOGANUARY – What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? Day 25
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 25 – Favorite leisure time thing? Reading, of course. I’ve joined the Alphabet Soup Book Reading club and the 53 Book Reading Club for several years and have gone WAY over 26…
#BLOGANUARY – Name an attraction close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. Day 24
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 24 – A local attraction that I haven’t gotten around to visiting? That has to be the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. I’ve meant to visit there…
Words and Reviews 