When a craving for power becomes a crusade, when two rival dynasties rip the country apart in their desire to rule it and thrones are the spoils of a battlefield, the stakes can only rise. And if the highest stake you have is your son?
You play it.
Coffee? A wee dram of the water of life? Here in Scotland, it’s called uisge beatha—whiskey, the water of life. The first …
I can’t thank you enough for this fabulous review! [Barb grinning like a fool]
It’s short, a very pleasant afternoon’s reading, and so funny! I started off highlighting passages for quotes, soon realising I would end up quoting more of the book than I was leaving out. Not many books make me laugh out loud, but this did.
Write a blog, they said. You can turn it into a book and make a ton of money. Only…guess who …
Godwin’s Law When my daughter was in high school, their debate team had a disqualifier they called Godwin’s Rule: a …
Once Upon a Time:Chapter 1~
A girl met her prince. He was tall, dark, and handsome. (Actually, he was a Republican. But he was definitely tall.) They fell in love, and got married. *
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I’m no technical genius and when I first started blogging, I needed to learn my way…
As far as I could tell, the Ahmedabad Airport was staffed by the entire Indian army, each soldier carrying a honking huge gun. I grabbed my suitcase and exited baggage control into India. Noise. Chaos. People, dogs, honking horns, more people. More soldiers. More guns. Dozens of sincere men who called me “Sister” and suggested they could take me anywhere on the planet I might want to go.
A new year is about to start and that can only mean one thing. (Or two things if you include trying to figure out WTF “Auld Lang Syne” means…) All over the world, people are about to go to a lot of time and trouble to come up with New Year’s resolutions and then they will actually try to keep those resolutions. This is so wrong in so many ways:
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No distance of place nor lapse of time, can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
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Feel the fear and do it anyway.
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From the depths of the trashcan
