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Blog Posts by CarolynCHolland(9,534)   165 Blog Posts Total Now Displaying Page 6, Posts 126 to 150 « Previous | Next » 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A BUG (MOTH) IN HER EAR Last night, my creator, Carolyn, came up with a new definition for the phrase “You have a bug in your ear!” It happened at 3:15 a.m. She was trying to sleep, laying on her side, with her cat Honey laying on her shoulder and purring... SOCKATORY (Original Post) “Wh…where am I?” Water dripped off Jym Anklet as he rubbed his heel with his toes, while noticing the sterile white room and feeling the cold surface of the emergency-room drawer. “Whoa, that’s quite... JOCHEBED SAVES MOSES, AIDS PRINCESS This was a five-minute radio script my husband and I presented in Connellsville, PA., while he was serving as pastor of a church in that community. C: Monte, remember the time you told me our daughter Sandy had you wrapped around her little... COURTHOUSE EXPERIENCE IN ELLSWORTH, MAINE “That’s Yankee ingenuity,” the man at an adjacent table called to us as he saw how Monte and I were copying deeds. In our previous visit to the Hancock County (Maine) Courthouse Monte and I had learned we could use any equipment... QUECREEK MINE MEMORIAL SITE & 5th ANNIVERSARY To link to an article on the Quecreek Mine disaster and rescue and for information on the 5th anniversary of the event (as posted at www.ProBlogs.com/beanerywriters in the Beanery Online Literary Magazine click on: QUECREEK MINE RESCUE 5th... FATHER-DAUGHTER REUNION TV talk shows often feature “reunion” experiences, usually between adopted children and their bio-parents, but sometimes between children of divorce and their “lost” parent. My experience is in the latter category. My... CHILDISH IMMATURITY The piece below was composed for a writing competition. The topic was “childhood experience.” “Hemoglobin!” It hit me like a giant wave crashing against the shore. The research I’d worked on all s CHILDREN HOME ALONE: THE QUESTIONS Five Pittsburgh children ages 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 died in a 1:30 a.m. fire recently. Two 8-year olds survived. There was no adult in the home at the time of the fire, allegedly caused by children playing with matches. The two mothers involved, who... RIVER (Specifically, the Youghiegheny River) I maneuvered through the fast flowing river, sandle-clad feet gingerly stepping from rock to rock , feet barely maintaining their hold on the silt- covering blanketing the stones. I concentrated on not falling as I sought the perfect rock... STAR GAZER LILIES and a BLUE BUTTERFLY The temperate summer evening, the last day of July, was perfect for a stroll. I’d been sitting at my computer most of the day writing, and the exercise was a welcome relief. As was the brief encounters with my neighbors, who were also... ABRAHAM, SARAH, HAGAR and sons ISHMAEL and ISAAC (Original Post) This was a five-minute radio script my husband and I presented in Connellsville, PA., while he was serving as pastor of a church in that community. Moderator: Sarah and Abraham were among God’s faithful servants. Abraham... CHILDREN OF GOD posted Galatians 4:4,7 4. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons…7 Therefore you are n o longer a... YOU MEAN THIS NEW ENGLANDER IS A WESTSYLVANIAN? Throughout the years, after I’d written newspaper articles on historical sites and local people, I was considered a “historian” worthy of learning more about the community history. Thus, I’d be invited to join the local... ADAM & EVE ASK: HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? (Original Post) Why must we struggle with life? This six-part series on Adam and Eve responds to the question:. How did they get to the point of having to struggle with life? Wildlife on the far side of the field cringed at the couple’s... TWO ADOPTION DATES (ORIGINAL pOST) Infertility. An experience I never expected to have, considering my husband and my family histories. I, the product of divorce, had parents who had created seven children each. My husband was the youngest of ten. What was more... PHOTOS AND POSTS Tonight I posted some pictures I found while sorting out my photograph file. To view them click on http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/ One is of a U-Haul truck that was parked in a cemetery for weeks. To read the story it illustrates... NORTHERN BAYBERRY YIELDS READY-MADE CANDLES In the process of writing a historic romance novel, I keep finding material that is unfamiliar, such as the “plant that yields ready-made candles.” Hopefully you will enjoy the fruit of my research as much as I did, and perhaps you... NOVEL WRITING AFFECTED BY GLOBAL WARMING If I read my notation correctly, the item about global warming caught my attention on November 12, 2001. It read: Sea level has risen 12-20 inches along Maine’s coast…during the past 250 years, a researcher said. It’s the... HOPE FOR UTAH MINERS There's always hope...recall the Quecreek Mine disaster in Pennsylvania 5 years ago...for encouragement, read about it at QUECREEK MINE RESCUE 5th ANNIVERSARY (in the Beanery Online Literary Magazine, www.ProBlogs.com/beanerywriters ). Our prayers... BLOOD TYPECASTING Their eyes met across the room. He maneuvers slowly through the crowded bar to her side, and offers to buy her a drink. Things appear good. Suddenly she asks: By the way, what’s your blood type? Not your standard question, but a routine... ADAM & EVE ASK: HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? Part 2 of 6 Part 2 of 6 parts being posted Saturday evenings. To read Part 1 click on: ADAM & EVE ASK: HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? (Original Post) Why must we struggle with life? This six-part series on Adam and Eve responds to the question: How did they... THE SMART CAR Click on www.flickr.com/photos/beaneryonlineliterarymagazine to see two views of the Smart car, then click on THE SMART CAR: IS IT SAFE ON AMERICAN ROADS? to read a second article on the Smart Car. This article was posted first in the Beane WORKPLACE STRESS REDUCTION ACTIVITIES: MORTIFYING AND FUN My older sister would be mortified. She wouldn’t have a Slinky, Etch-a-Sketch, toy, or---heaven forbid, a squirt gun ---on her office desk. However, the AP article I read in the late 1990s stated: “America’s office workers are... WOMANHOOD IS WONDERFUL (Original Post) I took my husband Monte by surprise last week. He’d returned home from visiting a hospitalized church member. Seeming down a little, he explained how much this man had been through. The patient had experienced quite a bit of... CHURCH SERVICES HARMFUL How should churches care for God's people? Two churches sponsored the special evening church service. My husband, Monte, was pastor of one of these churches. The other church planned the service. Monte wanted me to attend, fearing, rightly, that... 165 Blog Posts Total Now Displaying Page 6, Posts 126 to 150 « Previous | Next » 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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