Happy Nadian Thanksgiving!!! 🦃
We do go a little wild up here in the Great White North. No, we are not covered in snow yet, but close
So since it is in the news here, I thought I would bring this up earlier than normal. Usually I talk about the dreaded, not to me, changing of the clocks for Daylight Savings Time. Well, why it is in the news, is that British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba have decided to do away with falling back and staying on Daylight Savings Time. Sas
Edit to add: My organizational skills failed and missed there were 2 unpublished stories, not one! But that just means you have one more to go on Wednesday!
Hey Secret Author Contest fans! I know you're eager for details, and there have been so many secret stories revealed. Guess what, there's just one more to come tomorrow! First off, let's check again for the stories that have been posted aren't secret. Tomorrow, you will get the last story. Then keep an eye on the Secret Author Story Ta
What’s up Buttercup? 😜
So I’m saying that to portray that I’m in a happy mood. I have been creating the wrap up all week with the plan of handing off to Myr on Saturday night for him to add the story list and publish. So the entire blog was done, ready to go. I just was putting in the last secret author entry, went to hit save, a pop up came up and asked me if I was sure. As normal, I didn’t read what I was doing and deleted the whole thing 😮 Happy thoughts, Steve. Happy thoughts
So
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Well, I know everyone has been enjoying these stories our Secret Author is posting... Way to go on the comments and reviews!! And the Secret Author Contest Talking Topic is going strong too! Are you having fun guessing who wrote what? *cackles*
Let's see what has posted so far!
As, always, keep chatting on our talking topic too! We still have more stories to come, but after they are all posted I will share a list of all the story titles and the author names for members (authors can
Top 1 Most Read Western - Weird West
Fantasy in a Western. (Cowboys and Centaurs)
GFD: Children Of Sunset by Comicality Author Passed Away
Top 2 Most Read Western - Western Historical
Classic Old West story. This is an 'old west' story with focus on 'old west' tropes, versus the Historical Western, which is focused on more historical accuracy while being set in the West.
Sidewinder by Headstall Complete
Larkspur: A Sidewinder Tale by Headstall C
So... clearly I was not good at Sneakin... because last month I failed to get the CSR out on time! Luckily this month penginsrgay answered some questions for me. Did you read this story about someone else not so good at sneaking around? Share your thoughts below!
Q: Do you eat your fruits and vegetables?
A: Religiously!
Q: If you were an animal, what would you be?
A: Next!
Q: What’s one location you’d love to go to research for a story?
A: Probably China. I've met a few gay
I’ve got a secret, secret, secret 🤫
No, I’m not going to sing all of Mr Roboto by Styx. That song was in my mind though when writing this. Go to YouTube if you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about 😀
The secret is out though, partially. Rather than doing the blogs in chronological order, let’s jump to Thursday where Cia kicked off the 1-a-day Secret Author contest. Now all you have to do is read, react, comment and then guess who you think the author is. No problem. Being Sunday n
That's right! Get your spy glasses, red herring hunting, secret revealing blacklights on (okay, maybe not that... who knows what you'll see?!!) 🫢But today is the kickoff for the Secret Author Story Contest Stories. One will be posted per day until they've all been revealed... but the authors are still hidden. Just who wrote these stories?!
Read today's kick off story here or find each day's new story featured in the Stories tab.
Discuss your thoughts (after you read
Okay, there's no secret around the deadline! Today's the last day to send me your submission for the Secret Author Story Contest. The theme is "Hidden". For readers, I hope you're ready! Authors, remember, don't share that you're in on the contest quite yet!!
One story will be posted each day by our "Secret Author" until all of them have been posted. Please like, comment, and review!
A topic will be started for readers to share their thoughts on who wrote each story.
After
Time is relative, but people like to keep it simple....a hodgepodge of time zones is what led the railroads to set time zones so they could publish schedules. Being retired, I have no preference between standard time and daylight saving time.
Living in MA means we change twice a year but I would prefer that we didn't do it and stayed on Standard Time (ST). Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a misnomer as we don't actually save any daylight. And the last time the U.S. chose permanent DST in the seventies there was an uproar to turn the clock back to ST. Besides there's that little thing called the bodies circadian rhythm which aligns with the clock being set to Standard Time.
Now, I enjoy Science Fiction stories which often include t
I bagled on three of the words this week....oneiric and sonder....
As to daylight vs. standard time...why don't they adjust the clocks by a half hour one way or the other? You'll never be able to satisfy either proponents of daylight vs. standard time....
In storytelling, the concept of "amaranthine"--meaning everlasting, unfading, or immortal--serves as a powerful thematic anchor that elevates mortal struggles into timeless myths. Rooted in the Greek myth of the amaranth, a mythical flower that never dies, this concept provides deep emotional resonance by contrasting the fleeting nature of human life with things that endure forever.
Here is why the concept of amaranthine is so vital in storytelling, grouped by its narrative functions:
Just the facts:
AMARANTHINE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Amaranthine | Word of the Day | Merriam-Webster
Adjectives for AMARANTHINE - Merriam-Webster
What is another word for amaranthine? | Amaranthine Synonyms - WordHippo Thesaurus
Amaranthine
Amarantine (also spelled amaranthine) means undying, everlasting, or unfading, and can also refer to a dark reddish-purple color.
Origins and Etymology
Greek Roots: Th
Amaranthine means "unfading," "undying," or "everlasting," and it comes from the Ancient Greek word amarantos. It combines the prefix a-, meaning "not" or "without", with the root word marainein or maraínō, which means "to waste away," "decay," or "fade". The combined Greek word amarantos literally translates to "unfading" or "immortal". The noun amaranth evolved from Latin amarantus and Greek roots to name a mythical unfading flower, and later applied to real ornamental plants with long-last
Germany and Austria-Hungary were the first two to use DST in 1916 in order to cut down on the use of coal to produce artificial lighting and save coal for the war effort in WWI, and the UK and other European countries quickly followed. The US followed suit in 1918, because having more sunlight during working hours meant burning less coal to run the artificial lighting in factories, but the law was repealed in 1919. It was later reinstituted during WWII and then permanently standardized nation