Category: #Author’s Life
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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How I conquered my fear of dogs
In Chinese Fortune Calendar, 2018 is called Brown Earth Dog Year. The first day of the Brown Dog is not the Chinese New Year in Chinese Astrology. 2018 Chinese Brown Dog starts on February 4, 2018 in China’s time zone, a week ago. Being 2018 is the Year of the Dog, it reminds me that…
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Do you have trouble remembering names? I do.
My son went to Florida and so I was taking care of his dog in his absence. I was walking Skipper yesterday and someone across the street waved and said,”Hi Rosalinda.” She looked familiar but I could not remember her name. It was embarrassing so I just waved back and said “Hi.” I must have…
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Snow in Charleston, SC. Really?
Yes, it does snow in Charleston. Not Charleston, West Viriginia but Charleston, South Carolina. Not often but it does. Today is one of those days. The last big one was in 1989, the same year they had Hurricane Hugo. It happened on Dec.22 and they got 8 inches of snow. Charleston had a white Christmas…
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I am a 2017 NaNoWriMo Winner
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, I would finish. I knew…
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NaNoWriMo Update – Day 10
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 previous books which are all…
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NANOWRIMO, HERE I COME
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 manage to finish them before…
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Fifty years ago, I came to America as a legal immigrant
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 passport and a hundred dollars…
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