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Since we spent Thanksgiving in Philly, here's some Philadelphia facts.  Did you know that Philly had the first volunteer fire department, medical school and library in the colonies? And west of town the first Botanical Garden?


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Wacky Writerly Wednesday

Monday-Tuesday

Some random shots from Longwood Gardens🌺:

Longwood Gardens is a botanical garden, located in Kennett Square PA. It is over a thousand acres of gardens, fields and woods. If and when you are in the vicinity, I highly recommend a visit.

Have you been to Longwood Gardens? What's your favorite botanical garden?

Weekend Wishes

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Thanks to the lovely and talented Jacqui Murray for reviewing TumbleStar. If you want to take a peak: Review.

YOUR Life Story

I’m so excited to share, my good friend, almost cousin and fellow writer,  J.Q Rose’s latest release with you. If you are looking for a holiday gift for that hard to buy for relative or friend, what purrfect timing. I plan on gifting it at Christmas. 

 Your Words, Your Life Story is available in paperback at amazon

ISBN 978-1702360579

AMAZON LINK https://www.amazon.com/dp/Your-Words-Life-Story-Memories/1702360571

Your Words, Your Life Story is a low content book--8000 words and lined pages for journaling.

Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories, is a journal and a guide for capturing the moments that impacted your life—the happy, sad, funny and crazy times that shaped a generation. Family and friends want to relive your experience through your words.  Purchase  the paperback now at amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/Your-Words-Life-Story-Memories/1702360571

TAGLINE Your Words, Your Life Story will help you spark and share your memories.

BACK OF THE BOOK: Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories

Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories, is a journal and a guide for capturing the moments that impacted your life—the happy, sad, funny and crazy times that shaped a generation. Family and friends want to relive your experience through your words.

Not into writing? Discover audio and video programs to bring your authentic voice to your family.

Your Words, Your Life Story will help you spark and share your memories.

Preserving the experiences of the past for future generations is important. They will wonder as they peruse the stories how you ever lived without a TV, computer, microwave (or whatever appliance they use in the future.)

The story of your life, the struggles, the joys, the accomplishments, will be what the next generations understand. Your account will be a guide to help them through their own lives.

Start now to put together the stories that make up your life story, a treasured family keepsake.

J.Q.’s Bio--Using her storytelling skills, JQ provides chills and giggles in her published mysteries and information and enrichment in articles featured in books, magazines, newspapers, and online magazines.

J.Q. taught elementary school for several years and never lost the love for teaching passed down from her teacher grandmother and mother. She satisfies that aspect of her character by presenting workshops on Creative Writing and Writing Your Life Story. Her passion is to teach and encourage folks to share their life stories with their family and be an eye witness to history, as well as a guide for future generations.

When J.Q.  isn’t writing, she enjoys photography, playing Pegs and Jokers board games, and traveling with her husband. They spend winters in Florida and summers up north camping and hunting toads, frogs, and salamanders with her four grandsons and granddaughter.

AND...in the spirit of the holiday, J.Q. will be gifting a free copy to a randomly drawn commenter. Drawing for U.S. residents. 

IWSG Wednesday

The first Wednesday of every month is officially IWSG day. Members post about their doubts and fears, discuss struggles and triumphs, and offer words of encouragement to others who are struggling.

Thanks, as always, to Alex Cavanaugh, founder and Ninja Captain extraordinaire and our awesome co-hosts.

The IWSG optional monthly question can be found under the IWSG Sign-up tab on the Insecure Writer's Support Group Blog.

Book Reads

Last month I had the pleasure of a sneak peak at Beverly Stowe McClure's GABE'S GUARDIAN ANGEL. I don't want to give anything away since it's not yet released, though it is available for preorder at Amazon. Just let me say, you are in for a reading treat. 

And for another holiday pleasure stop by tomorrow for information on J.Q. Rose's new release, YOUR  LIFE STORY.  You're going to love it. It will make a purrfect gift for those on your Christmas list who are hard to buy for.

Read last month: Indie author Joe Congel's DEADLY PASSION .   This one's for the gumshoe aficionados out there. A great read, with a chilling twist.

Currently reading: Good bud and Queen of Prehistorics, Jacqui Murray's: BORN IN A TREACHEROUS TIME. If you like Xhosa, I recommend that you give Lucy a spin.

AND for the verb chasers....

Monday-Tuesday

We're back! We spent Thanksgiving in Philly with the baby girl and her husband were the HH got cake #4. 😊 Homemade chocolate with chocolate mousse icing. It was delicious.

As mentioned previously, they recently bought a 1913 row home and are in the middle of remodeling. As you can see the SIL has rebuilt the stairs.

Added a built-in bookcase.

Remodeled the bathroom and powder room. 

They have a projector, so the HH was able to watch the Bears Thanksgiving on the wall:)

AND...we had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

Pictures of Longwood Garden next week. How was your Thanksgiving? Were you home or did you travel?