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Unlike @Mrsgnomie, thanks for appreciating the ONE little bonus chapter!

Why is there not a bird emoji? 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I've got mixed feelings on this one tim. Emotions are are a never ending seesaw. You wake up happy, until suddenly you're not. I've laughed hysterically one moment, only to break down crying the next. Self-loathing is all too familiar. Different reasons, but just as real. Doubt, insecurity, past demons, whatever the reason, it's still a familiar foe. Sometimes we need to retreat to our safe place. That's okay. On the upside, there's laughter. There's joy. There are those we love who hold us up when we need it. To recognize the hard parts of life and face them as best we can, even though it seems too difficult, that is what life teaches us to do every day. This one makes me a little sad, but only because you deserve more days of happiness. xo

Winn Dixie had Bourbon marinated salmon filets on sale today so I picked some up for supper. OMG, they were amazing! Roasted Brussel sprouts were the perfect touch. Hope everyone has a good night! (I'm hoping the rain holds off until after my dog walk!)

@Danilo Syrtis seems to think he has the answer...🤣🤣

Thanks so much and thanks for coming along for the ride!

Thanks so much! It's really satisfying to get feedback such as yours. It's what fuels me as a writer. I truly appreciate comments throughout the story. Til next time... ❤

It was out for about an hour and a half. Just long enough for the house to start getting too hot. Luckily it cooled off pretty quick. I love watching thunderstorms too. There's just something about then that's awesome. Florida has some pretty incredible lightning shows too.

My worst summer nightmare.... big ol' thunderstorm and we've lost power. Ugh. Hope it doesn't last long. It's too damn hot.

What did Obi-Wan say to Luke when he had trouble with using chopsticks at the Chinese restaurant? Don't groan too much. It made me chuckle. Have a good Saturday y'all!

I'm glad I surprised you with it. The only thing that sucked was I had to figure out all the effing commas on my own 🤣🤣

I think Comicfan would have been proud. Really nice job tim. ❤

I think you've hit upon something important tim. For any artist, and by that I mean writer, painter, musician, actor, being able to step back and put something you've worked on, on hold, I think is a sign of growth. The ability to learn is ongoing. I just turned 53 last week and I hope I have many years of learning ahead of me. Knowledge is powerful. If you have to put something aside for the sake of being able to go back to it and learn why it's good, bad, how it can be improved, or if it needs to be deleted, then no matter what you've learned something. I just finished a story today. It was the first story that I had an editor from start to finish. She was great to work with, did not hold back on constructive criticism, made great suggestions on how to word something just a little differently so that it flowed better. She also taught me that I have a serious mental block when it comes to commas. (I honestly don't know why I forget them so often). I'm rambling, sorry. The gist of it is, I learned a lot by stepping back and letting someone else take a look. When I got stuck, she waited patiently, occasionally bounced ideas back and forth until the cogs started moving again. I truly appreciate the help and I believe the story came out better because of it. Stephen King is my all-time favorite author. The man is incredible when it comes to weaving stories and interweaving multiple books. The Dark Tower series blew me away with how he connected so many of his works. Pure. Genius. I've not read On Writing , but I think I may have to. I'm sure I will learn from it. As always, thanks for your thoughts. They always make me think. 😉 But i try to do the best i can, with what i have. ....and you succeed quite well tim. Have a good evening.

How 'bout wonderful, amazing, incredible,, stupendous, creative, awe-inspiring. Need I go on? ☺😏🤣 But really.... thank you!

Thanks Chris! The "Lucy" story has been in my brain since my kids were little. I finally found the right home for it. I wrote down a few days ago but @Kapucinski inspired me to add the beginning paragraph from Bruce's POV. I like how it turned out.

Thanks!❤

Thank you Belisima! It always make me do a little happy dance to hear feedback like yours. I'm not sure if these guys will show up again. Maybe? If they do make an appearance I really hope I don't have such a hard time coming up with a title! This one got sent to my editor labeled "untitled chapter...whatever" Kim’s story has been rattling around my brain for a while, just took some time to find the right characters to deal with it. Sorry about the cliffies! (Not really🤭)

I will file this idea away for future reference... lol!

I had to look up Caldecott. Never heard of it, so thanks.... I learned something new. Glad you enjoyed this little snippet.

And not one single ER reference 🤣🤣

Thank you Mawgrim. Hopefully it won't be too long. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Onim.... don't miss the little bonus I just posted. 😁

Bruce, Rosie and Tater had spent the evening running around the backyard while their humans ate the yummy smelling food. Now the three dogs were sitting in front of Kim. Bruce’s one ear twitched when he heard his human’s voice. “Down.” Bruce lay down and Rosie and Tater followed suit. Kim laughed as she opened a book and set it on her lap, “Good dogs," she said, getting three tail wags in return. Then she started to read: Lucy Meets the Monsters Lucy was bored. Her boys wer

Thanks! No plans for a sequel yet. There's other stuff in the vault that I need to dust off. But you never know!