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I had to post this picture from the Barcelona farmer's market.  For some reason every time I look at it I have to chuckle because he seems to have an expression of absolute distaste for his surroundings.  Poor little fish was caught by a fisherman and now has nothing to smile about. Leslie

I just realized I never published this post so here it is better late than never I suppose. I'm getting ready to take a vacation, yes another trip when it seems like I just returned from Las Vegas.  That trip was only a long weekend and I've told myself it doesn't count as a real vacation.  This one I'll be out of commission for ten long, luxurious, sight-seeing filled, food and drink overdose crammed days.  Yahoo! With the above on my mind, and my mind already two steps away from checking out, I'm trying to wrap up some work and contemplating just how to get it all done in time. I never like to leave things until the last minute, in fact my bags are almost completely packed and I have still over a week to go before I enter fantasy vacation mode.  With so much jammed into my head about my trip, how can I focus on what is really important at the moment, such as completing the short story I need to submit before I leave town?  I still have to wrap ...

I can't believe my last post was on September 5th and it's now the 27th.  I have no idea what happened to this month except that I was in vacation mode for the last three weeks, even if my actual vacation didn't last that long.  So now that I'm back and trying to get myself motivated again I have to wonder what is a vacation really for. This is the first time in a very long time that I had a structured vacation.  Seven nights on a cruise ship, traveling to Europe and back, shore excursions every day and no time to rest.  Did I enjoy myself - yes.  Would I do it again - never.  Is this how a person should vacation from work and the stress of daily life?  For me it may have been more stressful to try to do everything that was scheduled.  My usual vacation involves some time at the beach doing absolutely nothing.  Okay the truth is there might be one or two margaritas too. Silly me actually thought I might do a little writing at some point i...

In my last post I wrote about trying to find my inspiration for a short story in the Romance genre.  I used my real life experiences of late and molded those into a storyline.  I'm halfway through the manuscript and I'm excited to find out where my protagonist will wind up.  Nice when it's even a surprise to the author! So here is a brief excerpt from the early draft.  I hope you like it. Three Loves and a Wedding               The invitation arrived in Monday morning’s mail, peeking out from beneath a handful of bills and stuck to the back of a sale flyer.   Her hands trembled as she sliced open the verbena colored envelope and the soft scent of lavender wafted over her, alluding to the romantic content tucked within.   Devon slid the card out and holding her breath she read the content. Trisha and Spencer joyfully invite you to attend the celebration of our wedding and the ...

Lately I've been thinking about past loves.  I use the term "loves" loosely because I'm not sure I was really in love with any of them but maybe at the time I was infatuated.  At any rate, I've been thinking about them because apparently they've been thinking of me.  In the last few months I've been contacted by three men I dated in the past.  The first came as a voice mail message while I was out of the country.  Thankfully, I missed that call because I'm not sure how I would have responded.  It gave me a chuckle and I had to listen to it about ten times to be sure I didn't imagine it.  The second came as a birthday wish electronically from a guy I dated more than ten years ago.  The third I received just today via Facebook from someone which I had a sort of dating, sort of just friends relationship. Lastly my long time friend is getting married this weekend.  Her third and his second marriage but I hope it's the last for both ...