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  • Living the Desert Life
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  • Trapped in the House
  • A Quest for Milk
  • The invisible enemy.
  • Price Tower/Frank Llyod Wright Skyscraper
  • 7 Things to see in Bath, England
  • The Fear of Yoga
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  • Welcome
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  • Events
  • Women Writers’ Workshop
  • St Valentine: The Patron of Lovers
  • There is Hope When the Sun Rises
  • Six Ways to Celebrate the Feast of The Three Kings
  • Seven Candy Cane Facts or Fiction?
  • 8 Facts about Christmas Trees
  • Five Tips to Help You Choose a Writer’s Workshop/Retreat
  • Pizza for Breakfast?
  • Living the Desert Life
  • The Sting of Prejudice
  • Trapped in the House
  • A Quest for Milk
  • The invisible enemy.
  • Price Tower/Frank Llyod Wright Skyscraper
  • 7 Things to see in Bath, England
  • The Fear of Yoga
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  • Welcome
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Women Writers’ Workshop
  • St Valentine: The Patron of Lovers
  • There is Hope When the Sun Rises
  • Six Ways to Celebrate the Feast of The Three Kings
  • Seven Candy Cane Facts or Fiction?
  • 8 Facts about Christmas Trees
  • Five Tips to Help You Choose a Writer’s Workshop/Retreat
  • Pizza for Breakfast?
  • Living the Desert Life
  • The Sting of Prejudice
  • Trapped in the House
  • A Quest for Milk
  • The invisible enemy.
  • Price Tower/Frank Llyod Wright Skyscraper
  • 7 Things to see in Bath, England
  • The Fear of Yoga
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Women Writers’ Workshop

“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.” ― Virginia Woolf The … Continue reading Women Writers’ Workshop

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By carolkubota Posted on February 13, 2021February 13, 2021

My Valentine in Heaven

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and this is the poem I would send to my Valentine, my husband. Always Valentine I’ll always be the one who looks at you, And sees … Continue reading My Valentine in Heaven

Categories: Personal StoriesTags: death, loss of loved one, valentines
brown wooden panel with white heart
By carolkubota Posted on January 25, 2021

St Valentine: The Patron of Lovers

Who is St Valentine? Was he a temple priest who lived in the 1400s and beheaded by Claudius II for helping Christian couples get hitched? At the time, men were … Continue reading St Valentine: The Patron of Lovers

Categories: culture, USATags: St Valentine, valentines Day
By carolkubota Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

There is Hope When the Sun Rises

My mornings start with a walk at 7:00 with my dog and two friends. I spend time talking about politics and family. We converse with other walkers in the park … Continue reading There is Hope When the Sun Rises

Categories: Arizona, sunriseTags: sunrise
By carolkubota Posted on January 3, 2021January 4, 2021

Six Ways to Celebrate the Feast of The Three Kings

Christmas is over. You undressed your tree by taking off the ornaments and strings of lights and placing them in their designated plastic containers labeled “Christmas decorations.” You took your … Continue reading Six Ways to Celebrate the Feast of The Three Kings

Categories: Christmas, culture, Europe, USATags: Three Kings
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By carolkubota Posted on December 17, 2020

Seven Candy Cane Facts or Fiction?

“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.” Will Ferrell’s Buddy the Elf Seven candy cane facts or fiction? In … Continue reading Seven Candy Cane Facts or Fiction?

Categories: Christmas, culture
red bauble on green christmas tree covered with snow
By carolkubota Posted on December 13, 2020January 4, 2021

8 Facts about Christmas Trees

The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on … Continue reading 8 Facts about Christmas Trees

Categories: Arizona, Christmas, culture, Personal StoriesTags: christmas
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By carolkubota Posted on October 31, 2020January 4, 2021

Five Tips to Help You Choose a Writer’s Workshop/Retreat

“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.” ― Virginia Woolf   … Continue reading Five Tips to Help You Choose a Writer’s Workshop/Retreat

Categories: Personal Stories, retreats, USA, women, writingTags: women, writing retreats
By carolkubota Posted on October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

Pizza for Breakfast?

  “Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables Pizza for Breakfast? My friend Myra … Continue reading Pizza for Breakfast?

Categories: culture, Europe
By carolkubota Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Living the Desert Life

A swift streak of color, A silhouette in jade, Ultra marine! A flash of silver underneath On all will be seen. ~Margaret Wheeler Ross (1867–1953), “Spring Styles on the Desert: … Continue reading Living the Desert Life

Categories: Arizona, USA
By carolkubota Posted on September 5, 2020September 27, 2020

The Sting of Prejudice

Mary and her siblings Growing up, I did not feel the sting of prejudice.  My parents and grandparents taught me to not feel inferior or subordinate to anyone. Unlike recently … Continue reading The Sting of Prejudice

Categories: culture, Personal Stories
By carolkubota Posted on August 1, 2020September 20, 2020

Trapped in the House

Are you reading this in your pajamas? The sales of pajamas have tripled in the last five months, and the sales of business wear have decreased. Maybe you are wearing … Continue reading Trapped in the House

Categories: Arizona, culture, Personal Stories, USA

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