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I am a 2017 NaNoWriMo Winner

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1 Dec 2017

I made it to the finish line. I am a 2017 NANOWRIMO WINNER! This year was tough. I didn’t think I could make it. Back in October, I was not even sure I’d do the challenge. With encouragement from some friends, I took the challenge. I knew if I joined,…
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Veteran’s Day Remembrance

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11 Nov 2017

Reblogged from last year – Evolution of Veteran’s Day Veteran’s Day evolved in the years following World War I, or “The Great War,” as it was known at the time. The Great War, a war to end all wars, ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, of the…
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NaNoWriMo Update – Day 10

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11 Nov 2017

It’s Day 10 on my 2017 NaNoWriMo challenge. I’m a third of the way to the finish line. So far so good. The story is moving along at a steady pace. Since I started on Day 1, I have a faint idea of what I wanted to write. Unlike my…
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NANOWRIMO, HERE I COME

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2 Nov 2017

As a follow up to my blog of Oct. 12 when I was on the fence whether to take the NaNoWriMo challenge this year or not, I came up with my decision at the last minute, last night at midnight. With three newsletters to write, I didn’t think I could…
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#amwriting, BAHALA NA (Come What May), Blogging, Historical Events, Philippine History, U.S. History, War in the Philipines, WWII

I Have Returned

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20 Oct 2017

Seventy-three ago today, Gen. Douglas MacArthur said, “I have returned.” Below is an excerpt from “BAHALA NA (Come What May”: “On October 20, 1944, MacArthur landed in Leyte, fulfilling his promise to the Filipino people by wading ashore at Leyte, but the evening before the Leyte landing, MacArthur spoke through…
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Fifty years ago, I came to America as a legal immigrant

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14 Oct 2017

Fifty years ago on October 14, 1967, I stepped out of a Philippine Airline flight from Manila into a new country with a third preference visa for professionals. I was a CPA from the Philippines. I arrived at Honolulu International Airport with my vanity case, my handbag with my Philippines…
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Do I take the 2017 NaNoWriMo Challenge or not?

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12 Oct 2017

I took the NaNoWriMo challenge in 2013 with The Iron Butterfly, a story based on the life of my grandmother, a young widow with nine children to support after her husband died unexpectedly. She was a strong woman of great conviction. I won the challenge and self-published The Iron Butterfly…
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How to Stay Debt Free While Living on Social Security and Stay Happy

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16 Sep 2017

Are you one of those people who can’t seem to keep up with your expenses? Keeping up with the Joneses will put you in the poor house. We had, even while my husband and I were both gainfully employed at that time. I was making good money and more so…
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Rose Day of Remembrance – September 11

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11 Sep 2017

“To remember, lest we forget.” There isn’t an American who is not affected by that tragedy at the New York Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Everyone who died in that tragedy left someone behind who loved them. Rose is a flower of love. To honor and pay tribute to…
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New Words to Improve your Vocabulary

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20 Aug 2017

The more I read, the more I find out that there are plenty of words I don’t even know exist and have no idea what it means. Most of the words below come from the book “Fallen Leaves” by Will Durant, the same author of the eleven volumes of “Story…
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