Category: #amwriting

• A Rose (Rosa Banksiae) and a Tip for a Happy and Healthy Lifestyle

  Class: Rose Species Syns:   R. banksiana, Banksian rose, Banks’ Rose, Lady Banks’ Cultivated since 1796   Rosa banksiae is one of the best shrubs for a wall and in a few years will reach the top of most houses. It produces an abundance of pretty small roses with the sweetest fragrance you can imagine. The…

  SCLMRose

  8 Jul 2018

  #amblogging, #amwriting, #Inspirational, #MotivationalTips, #PositiveThinking, Blogging, Rose Gardening, Roses

  Inspiration, Motivational, Rose Gardening, Roses

• Have You Filed Your Income Tax Return?

  You only have six days left to do your tax return. So get going. Deadline is April 17. I just did ours. On April 1, my husband told me he could no longer do our tax return this year. Since the deadline is fast approaching, I then volunteered to do it. My husband, being from…

  SCLMRose

  12 Apr 2018

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging

  1040, Income Tax Return, IRS, Preparing your Tax Return

• Friday Funnies – Loving Husband

      Time for some laughter. I dug this one up from an old blog of mine at activerain.com when I used to blog Friday Funnies on Fridays and Wordless Wednesday on Wednesdays.   A man and his ever-nagging wife went to Jerusalem for vacation. While they were there, the wife passed away.   The…

  SCLMRose

  6 Apr 2018

  #amwriting, Blogging, Laughter is the best medicine

  Friday Funnies, Humor, Jokes, Laughter is the best medicine

• Easter Greetings

      Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! Wishing you and your loved one a Happy and Blessed Easter!!!   Rosalinda            

  SCLMRose

  1 Apr 2018

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #Holidays, Blogging

  Easter, Holiday of Obligations, Resurrection

• Welcome Spring, A Time of Renewal

      I love living in the South where spring comes early. While NY where I came from is still having freezing weather and snow storm is still the norm in March, here in Charleston, the days are getting longer and warm air is creeping in. As I walk the dog this morning, I heard…

  SCLMRose

  21 Mar 2018

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging, Gardening, Positive Thinking, Wednesday Wisdom

  #amwriting, Easter, Gardening, Positive Thinking, Spring

• Pruning your Roses – A Spring Rite for Rosarians

  We prune our roses for several reasons – to keep our roses healthy, to control its excessive growth and to shape the bush for a better display.   Before we rush out there in the garden, make sure you have all the right equipments. A good pair of bypass pruner preferably Felco. No 2 is…

  SCLMRose

  11 Mar 2018

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging, Pruning, Rose Gardening

• “The Wentworth Legacy” is now on Kindle Unlimited

    The Wentworth Legacy is now on Kindle Unlimited. Check it out here. Spencer Wentworth’s carefree life does not prepare him when he inherits a huge fortune with an attached responsibility. When the stock market collapses in 1929, the family fortune suffers a huge loss and is in the brink of bankruptcy. He has to…

  SCLMRose

  24 Feb 2018

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #GildedAge, #Kirkus, #LongIslandGoldCoast, #lovestory, #mustreadbooks, #PoweredByIndie, #RoaringTwenties, #Romance, Blogging, Books, Historical Novels, Kirkus Review

  Books, Gilded Age, Historical Novels, New York, Prohibition, Roaring 20s

• An Awful Day for Whitney Lake Residents

  Whitney Lake is a close-knit community and we are always looking after each other. So when the news came out of a missing girl from one of our streets, the whole neighborhood was all out in full force searching everywhere. Together with the police force and the fire department, the residents of Whitney Lake were…

  SCLMRose

  14 Feb 2018

  #amwriting, Blogging, Charleston SC

  Charleston SC, Missing Child, Whitney Lake

• Cupid, Red Rose and Valentine

    This month as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, it is interesting to note that the rose is not only a symbol of love but a symbol of discretion. Legend has it that Cupid gave a red rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to bribe him to secrecy over the dalliance of Venus and so…

  SCLMRose

  13 Feb 2018

  #amwriting, #Holidays, #Love, #Romance, #ValentinesDay, Blogging, Poetry, Roses, Valentine’s Day

  Cupid, Roses, Valentine, Valentine’s Day

• When the American soldiers landed in Batangas – 1945

    This is the continuation of the article that appeared on Pacific Paratrooper’s blog about my parent’s escape from the Japanese when the American soldiers landed in Batangas in 1945. If you have not read it yet, I advise you to go to Pacific Paratrooper’s blog first before you continue reading this article. Thanks.  …

  SCLMRose

  17 Jan 2018

  #amwriting, Blogging, Historical Events, Philippine History, Philippine War, The Philippines, WWII

  Batangas, Pacific Theater, The Philippines, World War II, WWII