Guess the word for Wednesday - see if you know the meaning...
WORD: Magnanimous
Now guess the meaning....
Do you know...
Can you say....?
If not, and even if you do, scroll down to see if you were "write" or wrong... ;D
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MAGNANIMOUS is a good thing. It MEANS "having or showing a generous and kind nature"
and you can check it out here
We've been redoing an upstairs bedroom and one of the things we did is take out a wall and turn the attic into a little library...or at least we're working on it.
Here's how we did it. First my husband and his brother framed it in.
I love vintage fabrics and lace, maybe that's why I buy so much of it. So, I always have little leftover strips of the stuff laying around the house and one day I decided to tea-dye some, which might sound difficult but all it means is that I brewed some tea and put the lace down in the pot - you can see it here.
Then I used some fabric stiffener and tried to make it stiff enough to turn it into a bracelet. But it wasn't stiff enough. So then I spray painted the lace and that did it.
Next I sewed on a snap button so I could keep it on my wrist and Wah-Lah! New lace bracelet.
The Pacific Northwest is known for creative people, we have Portlandia, Grimm and Leverage all right here in little 'ole Portland, Oregon not to mention tons of independent productions taking place all over the city. So, I guess it comes as no surprise that we have a lot of writers living in this beautiful part of the country.
And with writers comes writers' conferences and one that is well known in these parts is Willamette Writers. Their big event is coming August 2-4 to the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel.
There will be writers, agents and editors galore. So, if you're a writer or even a wannabe, you might want to make plans now to attend this conference. So, hop on over to the website and check it out here.
I once wrote an article for Writer's Journal called Submission Block because I knew a gal who had written over twelve complete manuscripts, meaning she'd written them, revised them, been critiqued on them and then re-revised them, and she'd never submitted one.
But, if you don't submit, you'll never get published...
And today I was reading an Awesome blog post about the same thing...sort of. It talks about how we, writers, sometimes end up counting the wrong things--like rejections. Instead, I think we need to think of those rejections as proof that we putting our words out there. We're taking the chance, a leap of faith that someone out there will understand us. And that is success within itself. We are living the dream or daring to "just do it" whether or not anyone ever puts our words to press, we have done all that we can do to make the dream a reality. And, what more can a person (or writer) do?
One of my favorite sayings is "I'd rather fail at doing something, than succeed at doing nothing."
And if you want to read writerly words of encouragement, hop over to Operation Awesome...because it will definitely make you feel inspired. And, remember to count your submissions - not your rejections.
My hubby and his brother finished the beams in the main part of the remodeled bedroom
Friday May 23rd is opening night of the Rose Festival - now called City Fair - fireworks start at 9:45 p.m. at Tom McCall Park.
The fireworks will be choreographed to music provided by 101.9 KINK FM.
Enjoy a FREE concert by Hit Machine at 8:30pm and an encore immediately following the fireworks display.
It will be a weekend filled with amusement rides and fun.
A friend at work today told me about how Memorial Day first started and I thought it was interesting enough to do a post about. So I came home to look it up and the first thing that popped up was Snopes.
My friend said that Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May, 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC when they honored
She told me that the 257 bodies were reburied to give them a decent burial and that it took the former slaves
Afterwards they had a parade to celebrate and in gratitude for the ultimate sacrifice the people had given in fighting for their freedom.
Guess what the word means...
WORD FOR WEDNESDAY:
Persnickety
Do you know what it means?
Can you guess?
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persnickity means a person who is fussy about small details
On this day in 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after she was convicted of adultery.
Maybe that doesn't seem so interesting to you. But, Anne Boleyn looks a lot like my niece. Yep, it's true.
My hubby and I went to her castle over in England a few years ago and we walking through the stairwell when we came upon a painting and my husband turned to me and said, "Who does that look like?"
I looked up and started to laugh. It was like one of those scenes out of a vampire movie where you see your relative in an old (and I mean VERY old) painting, hanging on the wall.
Yes, she looked so much like my niece that I had to show her when I came back home.
Of course my niece didn't say much but I could see it in her eyes that she saw the resemblance...whether she wanted to admit it or not.
So, when I saw that this day in history was the day that Anne was beheaded, it made me think of my niece.
I'm on the website...on Crimson Frost Books.
Listed as an "author". It makes me feel like it's really real. I can hardly wait to see the cover art. And, I'm told The Viking Princess will be out in late fall or early winter. So, a short time, at least in the world of publishing.
This is a fun story of warriors, women and the world back in the days of King Arthur. My main character is a strong female warrior, who rides on the front lines into battle. She is no sissy Princess. This is a warrior woman whose willing to fight for what she believes in.
I'll keep y'all posted as the publication date comes closer. But I wanted to share my excitement.
We celebrated Mother's Day by hanging the Danish Flag out on the house in honor of my hubby's mother and her homeland.
This is an educational story about a family in Denmark that helps to hide a young Jewish girl from the Nazis during the occupation.
It is a dramatic story of how the Germans occupied Denmark and the fear they inspired during this time.
In the end, the family helped more than this one little girl. They helped a group of Jewish people escape into Sweden but it wasn't without drama. And even though this one particular story is a true life reenactment, it represented many true-life events.
Reading this story was even more interesting because of the location. I'd been to all the locations mentioned in the book. And my husband's father had been alive and living in these locations during the Nazi occupation. His uncle has shared stories with him about how they were young men during this page in history.
What is it?
This is almost a word for Wednesday.
We've probably all eaten tapioca pudding but do you know what it is? Where it comes from...?
My hubby thought it might just be gelatin, like a jello mixture. But no, that's not what it is.
Tapioca comes from the root of a plant. It makes a starchy substance that can be used in different formats and one of those formats in round little balls of the starchy substance, or Tapioca balls.
And it makes wonderful pudding.
So there you have it. That's what tapioca is.
Don't forget - Saturday from 10 to noon is a technology smooze at TaborSpace on 54th and Belmont.
It's free and you'll learn a thing or two about blogs, websites, and maybe even a little bit about Twitter.
So, if you're thinking about starting a blog or a website, come join us at TaborSpace.
It was a busy weekend of yoga,
