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MDBCs 26 Jun 2023

June 26th 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Christian feast day: Anthelm of Belley David the Dendrite Hermogius Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church) Jeremiah (Lutheran) John and Paul José María Robles Hurtado

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June 26, 2023

Libby Drew

Home, Sweet Home

Life: We arrived home last night after a two-week vacation. It was a working vacation, but still. I feel that two weeks is too long to be away. I missed my dogs, my bed, my morning coffee on the back deck… all the things. I don’t mind travel, even for work, but I’m always happy to come home. I didn’t always feel this way. I used to wander all over the place and was famous for taking off for faraway places without a passing thought to an itinerary. So I guess people do change. W

Libby Drew in Life and Writing

June 25, 2023

MDBCs 25 Jun 2023

June 25th 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Philippines) Christian feast day: David of Munktorp Eurosia Maximus (Massimo) of Turin Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran) Prosper of Aquitaine

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June 25, 2023

Words, Words and Words

Book Review: Men in Caring Occupations by Ruth Simpson

In Britain, men make-up just under 10% of nurses and yet the image of nursing still firmly remains female. So what does it mean to be a man in a female dominated profession? Ruth Simpson (Professor in Management at Brunel Business School) undertook research looking at gender roles in employment. She looked at the experiences of men in four different traditionally female dominated professions (which were cabin crew on airplanes, nurses, primary school teachers and librarians). This research

Drew Payne in Book review

June 24, 2023

Methodwriter85's Blog

Closure and hitting on the closing days of my 30's

Wow, it's been a long time. I am six months into being 37 years old now- can you believe it? I loved my early 30's, the mid-30's were consumed by the Covid Pandemic, and so far my late 30's have been an interesting ride. Actually, it's been a long and difficult year for me. For pretty much all of my 30's I've been in a holding pattern- living with my mom at her house, helping her with bills, and working in a movie theater. Even the Covid pandemic didn't really change that much for me, save

methodwriter85 in life

June 24, 2023

MDBCs 24 Jun 2023

June 24th 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) Bannockburn Day (Scotland) Christian feast day: María Guadalupe García Zavala Nativity of Saint John the Baptist June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)

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June 24, 2023

MDBCs 23 Jun 2023

June 23rd 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Æthelthryth Marie of Oignies Joseph Cafasso June 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland) Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourg) International Widows Day (international)[34]

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June 23, 2023

MDBCs 22 Jun 2023

June 22nd 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Aaron of Aleth Alban, first recorded Martyr in Britain (commemoration, Anglicanism) Blessed Pope Innocent V Eusebius of Samosata (Eastern Orthodox Church) John Fisher (Catholic Church) Nicetas of Remesiana

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June 22, 2023

Carlos Hazday

RIP Carlos Hazday April 23, 1958 - June 16, 2023 It is my sad duty to inform everyone that a beloved member of the GA community has passed away. Carlos Hazday was a staunch supporter of GA. He took over the popular Ask an Author blog when it was in danger of being discontinued and made it into one of GA’s most anticipated blog series. Carlos was also a great advocate for the anthology, by writing stories, editing, and encouraging writers to participate. He made many f

Valkyrie in Memorial

June 21, 2023

foreshadow - Word of the Day - Wed Jun 21, 2023

June 21, 2023

June Signature Excerpt: The Dawn of Day by Dolores Esteban

The Dawn of Day was Monday's Signature story feature, and I hope you took the time to check it out. If not, this excerpt might change your mind. I've done two, since the story is one of those which gives you insight into two very different happenings.... Want to read more? Click here!

Cia in Signature Feature

June 21, 2023

MDBCs 21 Jun 2023

June 21st 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alban of Mainz Aloysius Gonzaga Engelmund of Velsen Martin of Tongres Onesimos Nesib (Lutheran) June 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Martyrs (Togo) Father's Day (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Uganda, Pak

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June 21, 2023

ejecta - Word of the Day - Tue Jun 20, 2023

June 20, 2023

MDBCs 20 Jun 2023

June 20th 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Adalbert of Magdeburg Florentina John of Matera Blessed Margareta Ebner Methodius of Olympus Pope Silverius June 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the National Flag (Ar

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June 20, 2023

peagreen - Word of the Day - Mon Jun 19, 2023

June 19, 2023

June Signature Feature: The Dawn of Day by Dolores Esteban

June and halfway through the year. I don't know about you, but I truly believe that entire ages have come and gone in 2023 so far. I thought this story, Dawn of Day by Dolores Esteban was intriguing when I read it in the past and so fits how I feel about June so far. What do you think? Length: 40,080 Description: A gravitational wave sweeps the USS Explorer to the star system 55 Cancri. The crew detects a deserted alien airport on a planet in the habitable zone. The planet, howe

Cia in Signature Feature

June 19, 2023

MDBCs 19 Jun 2023

June 19th 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Deodatus (or Didier) of Nevers (or of Jointures) Gervasius and Protasius (Catholic Church) Hildegrim of Châlons Juliana Falconieri Romuald Ursicinus of Ravenna Zosimus June 19 (East

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June 19, 2023

Words, Words and Words

Book Review: Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot is ill, he is dying, and he invites his old friend, Arthur Hastings, to stay with him at the Styles guesthouse, for one, last investigation. Poirot, though now an invalid, is chasing his one last case, a serial killer with a terrible modus operandi, known only as X. Here Christie returned to the location of the very first Poirot novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, except this is not the glamorous life of the upper-class people who filled Christie’s novels of the 1930s and

Drew Payne in Book review

June 18, 2023

solanaceous - Word of the Day - Sun Jun 18, 2023

June 18, 2023

Weekly Wrap Up (Jun. 11 - Jun. 17)

** Ear Worm Warning ** Skidamarink a doo, I love you. Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you. I warned you I was out at a mall today, and I heard this kid singing this song, which I haven't heard in years! Well gosh darnitt , now I can't git it out of my head. Maybe since I shared the song with you all, it will finally leave my consciousness I liked the song as a kid because it had the word dink in it Can I say that word here @Myr ? Now before I forg

wildone in Weekly Wrap Up

June 18, 2023

MDBCs 18 Jun 2023

June 18th 2023 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Autistic Pride Day (International) Christian feast day: Bernard Mizeki (Anglican and Episcopal Church) Elisabeth of Schönau Gregorio Barbarigo Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus Marina the Monk (Maronite Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

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June 18, 2023

baldric - Word of the Day - Sat Jun 17, 2023