Romance and New Story In Progress

My soul lives in a world where romance rules

is this a chromosome thing

something young girls dream about

dressing as a princess or fairy

slowly maturing with age

from make believe dresses and crowns

to the words

penned so carefully of romance and sorrow

for yes in a good story

romance is something that must crawl

through the briar patch

to be judged and weighed

before the appreciation of happiness rests

upon your heart.

My in-progress story has

risen from the characters of "When the War Is Over"

picking up the story of Josie's daughter, Abigail

as she deals with life and her dreams

taken from a wholesome upbringing and life

where acceptance and love

is part of her self-confidence and strength

into a man's world of monarchs

money and infidelity

in 1885

Abigail's past and all she knows

is shaken by a series of events that should bring

her to question everything

how will she deal with so many emotions

as love sweeps her off her feet.

barb

Life Leads to Death

Both death and life

spin a web

from conception to the grave

dust to dust

ashes to ashes

we come into the world

simple and free

plunged down into the web

tangled in a world

created and made

by those who come before

making choices and ultimate decisions

on the road

to the final curtain call

Life is not always beautiful

but it offers

more than most grasp

and Death is not always

painful

even to those still in our web.

barb

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Romance, death and disappointment fill my stories.

"When the War Is Over" is the 3rd story of the John Ellery's Daughters but it is a stand alone story not requiring you to read John Ellery's Daughters or Secrets of the Isles.  It involves some of the same characters along with a lot of new characters.  The story takes placed during the Civil War as Josie Younger leaves her farm in the Shenandoah Valley in search of her husband.

"My Wild Irish Rose" is a story about a young orphan who returns to Boston in the early 20th Century as she comes of age and into her inheritance.  Having grown up in a school for girls, she has to put aside her feelings of being abandoned and find her place in the world.


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Barb

No Photos! What Happens in Vegas...

Yep...what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas unless you write about it.

Went to Vegas for a Glass Art Show which despite what you never knew

or even thought is a lot of work and my least favorite thing

to do in life...I know if you are an artist you must sell your art or your house

becomes overflowing with your work.

What I love about this show is the old friends.

What I don't like about this show is that it is in a casino

where the smoking makes me hoarse.

This year there was a horse show of Stallions so it

was filled with young cowboys, spurs and cockiness.

Always, always revel in your youth.

The other event was a bowling tournament so there

were people going up and down rolling their balls and wearing their

shirts with their leagues embroidered for being on TV

one must look their natty best don't you know.

We had a great show, enjoyed a lot of good food

a party around 'artistic shot glasses' done by so many good artists

trading with friends and catching up on the year

but the social life of an art show is tiring especially when it

is so good.

On the way home we enjoyed the hills and valleys

of blooming wildflowers or weeds depending on your view

and decided to stop in Winslow for a Chicago Dog and a little time

with the Eagles...

Only to come out to find a flat back tire.

The Winslow tow truck driver filled it before

leading us to a local tire store where they confirmed it was not fixable

so we had to put on a new tire.

Winslow has great, friendly helpful people

but it was a fairly new [expensive] Cooper tire with

a slash too close to the sidewall.

Came home to cold weather

the house is upside down with dirty laundry and show stuff

I have spent the morning opening up my Etsy Store

getting a new Square Reader since ours is not holding a charge

and just chilling out with mindless tasks.

I did finish Echo Volume 3 and was not disappointed

in the continuation of the Sci-fi story

I didn't open my laptop while gone so my new story

is just sitting waiting for me to get back to it

the refrigerator is empty, the empty house got dirty while I was gone

and that I don't understand.

So I am going to just take some time off

and enjoy my brain not in operation mode.

barb