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Blog Posts by CarolynCHolland(9,534)   165 Blog Posts Total Now Displaying Page 4, Posts 76 to 100 « Previous | Next » 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 What Does the (Writing) Future Hold? What does the future hold? What surprises are in store for me in 2007? In lieu of a holistic view of the New Year, I’ll restrict my comments to the writing side of my life. But first, a review of 2006. The Cat With the Calico Tail Repeatedly I’m asked why the wooden cat sitting on my windowsill is painted so silly, having a gray and orange striped tail attached to its all-white body. A few years ago my artistic niece Debbie painted the craft item for me, using our... Nothing on My Own I can do nothing on my own initiative. John 5:30a NAS As I sit and write, I must acknowledge those many persons who have contributed to the words I type in my laptop computer. It is true: I can do nothing on my own. To write, I need What Happens to the Missing Socks? About the time Joe's submitted his item on sock darning (click on www.ProBlogs.com/beanerywriters in the category Joe's Writings) I came across the following piece on The Missing Socks. It seemed appropriate to post it at this time! (This piece... True Confessions of a Glass Perhaps everyone remembers their first writing that was published. In perusing my files, I came across mine---which I’d forgotten! I was a student at Erie County Technical Institute in Williamsville, New York, majoring in medical laboratory... These Cats Missed Their Blessing Service My neighbor Pet missed the annual event. I missed it too. My cat Gizmo and Pet’s five cats, Goober, Tiger, Swatze, Mindy Lou and Mandy Sue missed the event. We all missed the annual Blessing of the Pets in a nearby town. Co-sponsored by an... REJECTION FROM A BAD-WRITING CONTEST! I found the writing below in my files. In 1987 I’d submitted it to a Pittsburgh newspaper’s “bad writing contest.” As life goes, the piece was rejected. Perhaps I’m not the best, but it’s evidence I’m also... WHAT? MARRY A PROSTITUTE, HOSEA ASKED GOD There are many interesting marriages in the Bible. Below is a skit based on an interview with Hosea about his marriage to a prostitute. It was moderated by Monte on a radio program in Connellsville, Pennsylvania several years ago. Monte: Today we... THE UNICORN: MYTH OR REALITY? Its beauty is beyond comprehension and it’s boundless strength prevents its capture, according to literature through the ages. Authors from many cultures affirm its existence yet there are those who claim the beast is merely a myth. Who... Journalism Question While reading back newspapers on my return home from vacation I read an article about the shootings of the Amish schoolchildren in their schoolhouse. The following paragraph came from the October 6 article: As the caskets passed the church... AGELESS WRITERS Yesterday the Beanery Online Literary Magazine ( www.ProBlogs.com/beanerywriters ) featured Kathleen’s poem about a poet. The work of this very special writer began at age three and continued for a decade before the author died at age 13.... PERFECT OR FLAWED? I t never ceases to amaze me how two people often view the same person very differently. Below are two interpretations of the same persons, Moses and Rocky. Moses: Was his a “life, filled with spectacle, mystery and miracle…the... Nice to Meet Y'all! After many years I’m finally coming out of the imagination into reality! Let me introduce myself. My name is Cochran Cornell. People refer to me as cantankerous, but I cannot understand why. I’m not difficult or irritating! How can I... COCHRAN COCKROACH'S LETTER ABOUT FINDING HIS IDENTITY Hey, did you read the recent newspaper item? My creator Carolyn did and she showed me the amazing article. It gave me a whole new view of myself. It was even better than those college students making roach robots! You see, the Pentagon’s... BOLM ARCHIVES HOST SITE PROBLEM FIXED On Sunday evening, May 20 (2007) at 11:27 p.m. (its time) the ProBlogs host site announced they’d “encountered an error on one of our databases which was causing the ProBlogs website to malfunction.” The problem was obvious on... WE MET PEOPLE FROM BACK HOME WHILE IN NEW ENGLAND (Original Post) During our 2003 visit to New England, Monte and I met many people connected with our hometowns or with some aspect of our history. Below is my journal page I composed about these chance meetings. One night I left our room in... KILLED STRANGELY: A NEW ENGLAND MURDER STORY On Feb. 8, 1673, a 73-year old widow, Rebecca Cornell, was found deceased, burned to death, in front of her bedroom fireplace. Her son, Thomas Cornell, 46, was hung for her “murder” on May 23, 1673. An air of mystery and intrigue... CLIMB MT. EVEREST? NOT ME! ORIGINAL POST. Filed in JOURNALING category. Tourism ministry official Khadananda Dhakal said it was too early for the government to compile the total number (of persons climbing Mount Everest this year, but they say) a record 514 people have so... DARE TO BE A CLOWN: Clown History In America, the first clowns were circus clowns, often sent ahead of the circus with promotional material. Their function was to attract audiences. Under the big top, they worked as time-fillers, tension-relievers between dangerous acts and as... FLIGHT 93 CRASH SITE MEMORIAL: How Complex Should it Be? There's controversy again at the Flight 93 Crash site Temporary Memorial in Somerset County, Pa. According to a June 6, 2007, Tribune-Review newspaper story. Mike Svonavec, part owner of Svonavec Inc., a stone quarry company owing the 273-acre... AQUILA AND PRISCILLA: A Script on their Marriage (Original Post) Genesis creations stories tell us two stories about human beings. In Genesis 1 God creates humans, male and female, to be fruitful and multiply. The Genesis 2 version relates it a little differently---Adam is created first and then... LOBSTERS: INSECTS OF THE SEA? My 2003 New England vacation taught me a lot about lobsters. They shed multiple times in their life, mostly as they are growing. Their shell doesn’t grow although they do. Soft-shelled lobsters have molted and have less but sweeter meat. The... MOXIE AND ITS MYSTIQUE (Original Post) Southwestern Pennsylvanians drink pop or soda pop. In New England, they order tonic. Either way, the beverage is carbonated, sugary tasting, and usually a well-known brand. That is, unless it’s Moxie, which is neither sweet... FATHER'S DAY POEM: "WALK A LITTLE PLAINER, DADDY" " Walk a little plainer, Daddy,” Said a little boy so frail. “I’m following in your footsteps and I don’t want to fail.” THE ISLES OF SHOALS: BEAUTY, MYSTERY, INTRIGUE I just learned of the death of my aunt and uncle, Marion and Gene Stegner. Marion died at March 28, 2007. Gene died June 2, 2007; his memorial service was today, June 16. I’m posting this New England article in their memory. Last year my... 165 Blog Posts Total Now Displaying Page 4, Posts 76 to 100 « Previous | Next » 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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