Category: Ramblings of a Writer
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Remembering the Brave Heroes
My great-grandfather, Harmon Camburn, enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 two weeks after the start of the Civil War. He was nineteen. His infantry unit, 2nd Michigan, fought in several major battles during the horrific war. His final and nearly fatal active participation in the war occurred on November 24, 1863. His unit had […]
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A Bit of Spring as Summer Surges
Last year, my husband constructed a butterfly garden next to his raised beds. This year, we are enjoying the flowers of his labor. And so are the butterflies and bees.
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On Ducks and Geese
ON DUCKS AND GEESE During the pandemic, we found different ways to entertain ourselves. Some may question our affinity to one of our new pastimes, but it kept us out of trouble and perhaps sane. Although some may be questioning the sanity part as we move into the third year of COVID. Our house sits […]
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Take That, AP Style! Court of Law Rules the Oxford Comma Necessary
Happy National Grammar Day! Here’s a post from The Write Life on the Oxford comma debate. I adhere to this rule in my own writing and in the writings of those I edit. The reasons for using it are explained below. This settles the Oxford comma debate! Except…it goes against AP style. Here’s an overview […]
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WISHING YOU LIGHT AND LOVE
Wishing you all a lovely season of beauty, love, and peace. I am grateful to all as we head into the second decade of the millennium. Love, P.C.
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AND ANOTHER ONE. . .
How many times in the past two months have I said, I just can’t do it? Plenty–but those moments of doubt lasted brief seconds, and I’d go right back at it. And today the sixth book in the Rivals in Love sweet contemporary romance series, Love on Stage, releases. To me, the novel’s publication translates […]
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AND IT’S ANOTHER NEW RELEASE!
And now for Book Five in the Rivals in Love series. Love on Course features the baby of the Crandall clan as he explores his Italian and Irish culinary heritages while his girlfriend leaves Chicago for a new job in Florida. The sweet contemporary romance offers up some tasty treats and follows the adventures of […]
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