I am a part of everything that I have read. - Theodore Roosevelt
Category: General
Digital Divide
LIBRARIAN LIZ IS IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, FORBES AUTHOR Panos Mourdoukoutas wrote an article dismissing the importance of libraries. He suggested using Amazon, Netflix, and Starbucks instead. Okay, there's so much wrong with that. I, along with everyone in my profession, took some serious umbrage. You might have read some tweets about it. The thing that … Continue reading Digital Divide
Sharing my World – July 23, 2018
In regards to puzzle what’s your choice: jigsaw, crossword, word search, mazes, logic or numeric puzzles, something else, or nothing? Hmm... mazes and word searches. Everything else makes my four-letter word for what we use to see and a five-letter word for what two sticks make if they're lying horizontally and vertically on each other. … Continue reading Sharing my World – July 23, 2018
Quoth The Raven
Here's a true story. One of the things I did in Baltimore was visit Edgar Allen Poe's grave. Mr. Poe is resting in downtown Baltimore's Westminster Burying Grounds and Crypt. If you're in Baltimore, stop on by for a visit. Besides Poe, there are a lot of dead people buried here. There's also a crypt. … Continue reading Quoth The Raven
Interesting
"SO WHAT DO you think about it?" Lizzie sits across from me, so excited she can barely sit still. I plaster on a smile and set her manuscript on the table between us. That was the problem with Lizzie; she believed in her work when a wiser person wouldn't. This was going to be rough. … Continue reading Interesting
Omega House
Happy Saturday, Everyone! Check it out... my awesome story, Omega House, is now up on Rejected Manuscripts! The good people on Rejected Manuscripts take your rejected stories (with word counts of less than 1500) and publish them on their website. There's a vote thing going on, too. Apparently, the most popular will make it into … Continue reading Omega House
Baltimore
I went to Baltimore this week. What a beautiful city! I want to go back and do some more exploring. In the meantime, here's a few signs for you: Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge: Signs of Any Kind
Sharing my World – July 18, 2018
Since we are approaching the hottest part of our summer in the northern hemisphere, what’s your favorite ice-cream, frozen yogurt or sorbet flavor? Vanilla. I know. Sneer all you want, but a good vanilla has a lot of nuance and subtly within its creamy goodness. Plus, it goes with everything. Put it in your coffee, … Continue reading Sharing my World – July 18, 2018
Three Things
In honor of Friday 13th... and the awesome Three Things Challenge, here's a story. _____ * _____ * _____ * _____ * _____ BECKSHIRE HOUSE HAS since been destroyed, but its legend as one of the most haunted houses in America endures. One of the only people to survive a night in the house, Edward … Continue reading Three Things
Liz Charnes 