Pillars of CreationA Quest for the Great Name in a Nietzschean World By Carlos Nicolás Flores Literary Fiction, Coming of AgePublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: 22 July, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** Where is God amidst the mass graves, poverty, drug trafficking, and corrupt officials on the Texas-Mexico border? Yoltic Cortez, a college dropout and aspiring writer […]
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A friend sent me this image, then I went to the Halloween Lovers Facebook page and saw so many other delightful pictures about this holiday celebrated in many countries in the world. Click on the link in the caption if you’d like to see more cute images, but do come back to read the essay
Happy Monday everyone. I’m still busy unpacking and setting up my new home. Had a walk-in shower installed on Saturday and happy that one major project is finished. Having workers in the house for several days really stressed my senior cat. She was anxious and vomited several times on Saturday, but was better on Sunday.
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So happy to have this guest post from Apple Gidley, sharing her views on keeping language of characters true to a time and place, especially when writing historical fiction. She’s the author of Annie’s Day, an historical that spans the years from right after WWI, through WWII, the Berlin Blockade, and into the early 2000s.
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So incredibly happy that Saturday’s No Kings Day events across the country, and even parts of the world, were peaceful and energizing. According to a report on NPR on Saturday evening, “Protests appeared to have been peaceful with no major incidents of violence reported.” For a full report on the rallies in various cities, read
The last time the United States had a king was in 1776. Let’s keep it that way. I can’t physically join a protest here in my corner of Texas, but my heart is with the millions of people across the country who will be marching today to show their demand and hope and desire for
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When moving to a new house it takes me longer to unpack than many folks as I find boxes of treasures that I need/want to sort through to see what still speaks to my heart and is a “keeper.” That is why it took so long to settle into my house in Sherman back in
This is actually not so funny. Federal agents from ICE and Border Patrol with no experience at crowd control or the proper use of pepper spray and pepper bullets are creating more problems than they are solving. And it’s their indiscriminate use of force that is escalating violence. Not saying that protestors are not wrong
I’m finally moved into the new house and am no longer totally boxed in in every room. There are still many boxes to unpack, but my office is set up. My kitchen is getting there. Found the coffeepot! And I have a place to sleep at night. So nice to have my computer set up
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Moving day is getting closer, so this will probably be my last blog post until after I’m settled in the new house. During my sorting and packing I’ve come across a few of my newspaper columns that I wrote for many years when my husband and I were raising our family. The kids were young
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