Inspiration

  • A New Year’s Food for Thought

    People make New Year’s Resolutions every year on New Year’s Day. However, very few people can stick with their New Year’s resolutions. This year, take a different approach, take the pressure off, and learn how to improve your life by… Continue reading

  • Monday Motivation

    While cleaning up my husband’s papers, I came across this piece of ethos amongst his notes while a student at a Dale Carnegie class. That must be at least 40 years ago. It applied then and it still very much… Continue reading

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Also for the freedom we enjoy each day, remember our troops as you share your meal with your family. Happy Thanksgiving to All!! Continue reading

  • Rosey things to do in September and October

      Twilight Zone     Warm, sunny days and cool nights make our roses bloom larger and more brilliantly colored. However, we still have to do our part to make it happen. The summer heat typically continues into the month… Continue reading

  • Limited Time Offer for Stop and Smell the Roses – One Week Only

      Starting Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. PDT and ends on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. PDT when it goes back to its regular price of $4.99. you can order the kindle copy of Stop and… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • Chronic Kidney Disease

          Two years ago to the day, Feb. 1, 2016, my husband was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease. He was not feeling well for months and his doctors could not figure out why. He was so sick that… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • I am a NANOWRIMO winner

    I did it! I am a 2015 NANOWRIMO WINNER. I finished the NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month) Challenge for 2015 in spite of all the distractions in November. It is the third book in the series “Journey to Freedom”. I’m… Continue reading