The Beginning At Last

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  • Budgeting 101

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    Good morning and welcome to this easy, hassle free guide to budgeting! Following these simple steps, you too can be a budgeting whiz! Step 1: Work, make money and pay bills: Step 2: Make sure you buy food! Step 3: Put something away in savings: Step 4: Live a little! Life’s too short to do…

  • The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 8)

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    The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 7) Hell Beside, Heaven Within, Act 2 As Eva sat on the floor with her eyes transfixed on the melting walls, Xi picked the chair up off the floor. She went to the door and summoned Driver. “In the chair,” she gestured towards the wall where she had set it. Driver…

  • Fantasy Friday (02/16/24)

    Fantasy Friday (02/16/24)

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    Good day and TGIF, everyone! At this time last week, we were in the midst of spring-like temperatures, and now we’re a bit more back to normal with below freezing temps and wind chills. Next week, my course at the local college wraps up. I may sign up for another course in April. I am…

  • No Theme Thursday (02/15/24)

    No Theme Thursday (02/15/24)

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    Good day to all, and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! This week, I am giving the barbarians, gypsies, dragons and sorceresses a break and stepping a bit outside the box. I wanted to challenge myself to work a bit outside my wheelhouse, and hopefully it will inspire some of you as…

  • The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 7)

    The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 7)

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    The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 6) Hell Beside, Heaven Within Xi glanced over at Driver and nodded her head toward the door. “You can wait outside. I’d like to chat privately with our guest,” she said flatly. Driver nodded and headed towards the door. “Chat privately” was Xi’s coy way of saying “No witnesses.” Truthfully, even Driver,…

  • Wandering Wednesday (02/14/24)

    Wandering Wednesday (02/14/24)

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    Good day and Happy Valentine’s Day to all! I hope if you are spending the day with your special someone, it is the absolute best day ever! Take an extra moment today to truly appreciate all the special folks in your life. Life is precious and so are those around us. Let them know it.…

  • No Theme Thursday 2/8 Challenge Submissions

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    Good day/night to all! Today, I will be posting the Challenge Submissions for the 02/08 edition of NTT. This week, I am thrilled to share submissions from the following bloggers: Aasthawrites from Literary Evaluation Blog Pooja G from Lifesfinewhine Amy from “It’s Amy,” I said. Destiny from Destiny’s Designz Mr. Philo from Philosophy Through Photography…

  • The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 6)

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    Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 5) Warning: The following excerpt contains drug references which some may find offensive. Woeful Accommodations The look of absolute pleasure on Xi’s face chilled Eva straight to the bone. The glint from the tip of the syringe perfectly matched the glint in Xi’s eyes. Eva felt that awful hollow feeling in the…

  • The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 5)

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    The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 4) Dedicated Professional Xi Xiao couldn’t help but revel in the feeling of excitement coursing through her body. Much like a child on Christmas Eve, the anticipation of a new assignment was downright exhilarating. The tingle she felt up and down her spine intensified with each step down the staircase. She…

  • The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 4)

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    Click here for pt. 3 (Links to 1 & 2 also ) The Doctor Is In Emil didn’t bother changing out of his tuxedo yet. Instead, he went to his office, poured himself a drink, and sat down at his desk. He lay Eva’s black leather clutch in front of him and proceeded to empty…

  • Like I Remember??

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    I barely remember what I did yesterday, man. I don’t recall anything spectacular, so mom was probably still working at her job, and since I haven’t seen or spoken to my father in 25 years, I don’t have a clue nor a care. 😄 And now… Pictures. Just because. Inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the…

  • The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 3)

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    So, since I did a pt. 2, I figured I might as well keep going with a pt. 3 and so on, and try to make something of this thing. For those who have enjoyed the story thus far, I express my deepest appreciation. I will do my best to give you something worth reading,…

  • Monday Meanderings

    Monday Meanderings

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    Good day and welcome to a new week! Hope everyone’s Monday goes as smooth as possible. Staring down a potential snowstorm rolling in tomorrow with 6 – 12″ possible accumulation. Good times! As I type this there’s about six minutes left in the Super Bowl and it’s all tied up. By the time y’all read…

  • SLDS Follow-Up

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    When I posted my entry for this week’s SLDS Challenge, I wrote an accompanying snippet of text to go with the image I chose. Aasthawrites asked me where part 2 was. Well… I didn’t have a part 2, I told her. I had written it on a whim to give some context to the image.…

  • Sci-Fi Sunday (02/11/24)

    Sci-Fi Sunday (02/11/24)

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    Welcome to another addition of Sci-Fi Sunday! Hard to believe we’re already near the midpoint of another month. Crazy! I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend and making the most of it. Looking forward to a possible snowstorm after two days of 50-plus degree temps. My sinuses do not approve. 😄 Anyhow, enough of…

  • Beat the Count

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    1… Damn it, my head feels like it’s on fire. Fuck. Is that my blood? Is this even real? 2… Why are there clouds all around me? Is it raining? What the hell is this? 3… What the hell? I’m hearing voices. Where are you? Shit. This is my blood. 4… “Just stay down, boy.…

  • I’m on my way…

    I’m on my way…

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    I’m on my way, home sweet home… And now that we got that out of the way, onto the topic at hand. My place is going to be a big old cabin high up in the mountains. My own “fortress of solitude”, if you will. High above the din of the everyday world. Wood paneling…

  • SLDS Challenge (02/16/24)

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    Back with my entry for Susan T. Braithwaite’s Spies, Lies and Digital Skies Challenge. I bitched plenty about last week’s prompt, and this week’s was even tougher. I spent way longer working on this one than that one. Thanks, Susan! 🙄😋 This week’s prompt: Undercover mission at a glamorous event. Seems simple enough, eh? Yeah,…

  • Superhero Saturday (02/10/24)

    Superhero Saturday (02/10/24)

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    Good morning and welcome to another episode of Superhero Saturday! Today’s feature takes us all across the multiverse as we visit heroes from many different realms and realities. There’s action, there’s adventure and even a little romance in this week’s installment. Have a great day and let’s get on with the show! Does everything that…

  • Her Name Is What, Now?

    Her Name Is What, Now?

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    OK, so… While I would much prefer reading everyone else’s take on No Theme Thursday, I decided to take a stab at narrating one of these pics. I usually stick to poetry, so I am outside my wheelhouse here. Punctuation, structure, etc. will not be proper or pretty. You’ve been warned. Her Name Is What,…

  • Who ya gonna call?

    Who ya gonna call?

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    Well, not those guys. Maybe later. 😉 The assumption here is my kid would already know, so first thing I am probably going to do is call my mom. And yes, I’m on a Spidey kick again today. My mom, because she’s always supported me and loves to hear when things are going well for…

  • Fantasy Friday (02/09/24)

    Fantasy Friday (02/09/24)

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    TGIF, everyone! Hope the week was a good one and your weekend upcoming is even better. Today, we’ll take a trip back to the apothecary, pay a visit to the oracle, the priestess, and perhaps we’ll even encounter a gypsy caravan in our travels. There might be a little something for you romance fans out…

  • No Theme Thursday (02/08/24)

    No Theme Thursday (02/08/24)

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    Good day and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! As always, the challenge is out there to you writers, poets, bards and storytellers to pick an image and provide it with a theme and context. We had some killer submissions last week! For those who did not see them, here is a…

  • Sugar Fix!!!

    Sugar Fix!!!

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    Now we have drifted into dangerous territory here, because I do enjoy me some junk food. Or pogie bait, as we called it in the service. 😄 My favorite candy is usually “Yes”, but for the sake of this post, I will narrow it down to two, and one honorable mention. I tend to flip…

  • Wandering Wednesday

    Wandering Wednesday

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    Good day to all! Here were are at the midpoint of the week, where we can say it’s all downhill from here. Today we shall merely wander. Through the mountains, through the woods, or wherever our imaginations take us. Perhaps we’ll even set a spell and rest in our travels. Stay awesome and have a…