Author Archives: Alice
Christmas Pony
Alicia and Sally leaned against the split-rail fence while watching the horses eat. The bails had been frozen together this morning. Getting them to the feeder and breaking them apart had taken half an hour. “You know, when I was a little girl I asked Santa for a pony every year.” Alicia broke the silence. “All through grade school and right up until I met you I wanted a pony. If I’d known how much work they take, I’d never […]
Surfing
It started off with a search for images to use on labels for gift wrap. We have a large collection of decorative cloth bags for wrapping Christmas gifts. Not only is it more ecological, it’s quicker and easier to grab a bag. Unluckily, the sticky labels I usually get at the store wont stay on. I need the kind of card stock with a hole type, but either can’t find them or they are ridiculously expensive. So I make my […]
Suzie’s House 486 : A Lion’s Pride
“I’m proud of you.” Vin stood by their bedroom door with his arms crossed over his chest and a proud smile. “Yeah? What’s that about?” Miranda refused to look at him any more than she had to. He didn’t need any encouragement if he was going to comment on her character. Instead, she focused on getting her image in the mirror of her vanity and getting the rest of the makeup off her face. This was purely practical. Nothing vain […]
Return of Internet
I lost internet access for a few days last week. Frankly it’s been poor for a long time. I’ve replaced my router and modem so many times. Like in the past, my signal just deteriorated badly. It seemed it would come back for a few minutes when I called the ISP tech support. I’d get a solid connection, feel silly for calling, and hang up. Over and over. Eventually the tech support was fast enough to actually “help” me. They […]
Suzie’s House 485 : Up to Snuff
Gene did not much care for Miranda. Not that he really disliked her. Certainly he hated his own father a lot more. Miranda never hit him, rarely said nasty things to him, and sometime even fed him. So she was mostly okay. But still, Miranda was the kind of woman he already knew he couldn’t handle.
Christmas in a Box
I keep Christmas in a box. It’s a very large, plastic box with “Christmas” sharpied on the sides. The idea is that when Christmas rolls around I can find all the decorations wrapping, etch that I need in the box. This year we lost the box. I’m not sure if it’s still out at the storage unit or buried too deep in the shed for anyone to fine. Regardless, Christmas isn’t available this year. I’m actually okay with that. I’m […]
The Last 13 Things I Have Done
In reverse order: 1. Come up with this post. 2. Read a few chapters of a manga called Gantz. 3. Realized I needed a T13 post. Drew a blank. 4. Read a few chapters of a manga called History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi. 5. Snacked on carrots. 6. Read Gantz 7. Discussed snow storms and travel plans 8. Ate seafood stir fry for supper. 9. Ok, there’s a lot more reading and eating, but I’ll skip to more highlights. Went to […]
Suzie’s House 484: Jumping the Gun
“It’s not my fault.” Lisa sounded even more prickly than Tracy expected. “When did I say it’s your fault.” Tracy couldn’t help getting a little defensive as she leaned over to look at Lisa’s laptop. “I’m just saying…. I don’t know! It’s just… forty two? Seriously? Only forty two?” “That’s forty two hits in two days, and it’s only on youtube. I mean, we haven’t put the music video anywhere else yet. Right? Once we get it on Facebook and […]
Black Friday
When did Black Friday become a good thing? yeah, I’m behind the times. The original deaths were years and years ago. It’s just that I never felt compelled to join the crush just for a random chance at maybe a good deal on a handful of items. I did try it once, years ago. By the time I got there around nine am the shelves with the good deals were all stripped bare already. None of it was stuff I […]
Suzie’s House 483 : Making Movies
Lisa wasn’t sure if she could use any of the film footage later, but she certainly was having fun. She dropped to her knees in front of Bruce, panned up along his stand to the underside of his keyboard, then zoomed in on his face. Normally she considered Bruce’s innate machismo nauseating. He was too brutal to be an oaf, but not smooth enough to be cool. Or so she thought until today. On film, with that narrow-eyed, knowing expression […]
NaNoWriMo
Seems like I hardly even announced that I was participating in this years National Novel Writing Month before I won it! This does not mean the book it done. I have a long way to go in search of a completed plot line, but I’ve achieved the 50,000 plus words of the NaNo challenge. Yay! Every book is a little different. This one was quite a bit different in process than previous efforts. I did not write anything out ahead […]
13 Words
Guess who is trying to come up with a Thursday Thirteen after bad time? 1. National 2. Novel 3. Writing 4. Month 5. is 6. in 7 November. 8. How 9. many 10. words 11. have 12. you 13. written? I’m up to 40,000 already. It’s one of my better noveling years. The photo is from dolphin chasing in Bali.
