Thursday Tea Party

Hello lovelies! I am enjoying a rare morning treat. Hot apple Cider topped with a wee bit of Irish butter and honey. What do you enjoy as a morning treat?

Quite a bit has been happening over here…I indulged and spent the money to get me a decent laptop, It’s an Acer Aspire 3. I am still trying to get the settings the way I want. I have been without a proper computer for many years. I will want to upgrade the memory, as it is too slow for a couple of the games I want. I will also have to get a few accessories to make it do everything I want to do…but it has already been a boon to my writing.

Understand…I get into a slump every year, usually between thanksgiving and my birthday. This year was especially bad, I went from writing a daily poem and some other word count in whatever other story I was working on to managing nothing more than my blog for the whole of February. To be honest that became problematic with a biweekly poetry post going out. I was starting to feel concerned about the lack of inspiration/motivation.

Don’t get me wrong…it isn’t exactly writer’s block…I have more ideas than I will ever be able to write…it is more of exhaustion. I usually am sick during the winter months, and when I am not I am cold and irritable. So I end up not wanting to do anything.

Well, yesterday while I was setting the new laptop up…I ended up writing. It was only a poem and about 750 words in Serena’s Kingdoms of Sin. Yes…my slump time was nearly over anyway…but it is nice to be writing again. There are so many new things in the works. Plans for future anthologies, plans for future books… but if I am not writing those plans go limp. No one likes their plans to go limp…..

So, I name my computers. It has been a habit for me..This laptop is Athena. I am hoping that she will be my companion in gaming and creativity. Do you name your computer? If so what name does yours have? I look forward to the adventures in writing, gaming, and creativity I will be exploring.

Now, If you will excuse me, Today is my boyfriend’s birthday. He and I have been together 24 years in may….he has been my muse and my nemesis depending upon the day…but he is always my rock. So today is his. (I snuck this post in while he was killing zombies in 7 days to die. ) Hope it is a good day for you as well.

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday Tunes

Today I am sharing a song that I am honestly not sure who is the original artist. I got it off of a Nightcore channel. Nightcore takes songs done by others and pairs them with anime videos. They sometimes adjust vocals… Male voices /female voices/deeper voices …etc. The song was written by Toderick Hall.

No Place Like Home


[Pre-Chorus 1]
Pay no attention
To the man behind the curtain
He’s a brainless, heartless, coward
With no power
That’s just another trick of his
He ain’t no wiz so don’t feed his fire
Jump in my balloon
I’ll take you higher
Take you somewhere over the rainbow
Get your ticket to the show
Heels clicking, here we go
Cause you already know

[Chorus]
There’s no place like (home)
There’s no place like (home)
There’s no place like (home)
There’s no place like
(We’re straight out of Oz)
There’s no place like home

[Verse 1]
Is where the heart is
Some brainiacs will tell you home is where your house and car is
But if you’re brave enough to love the ones you hate the hardest
You might find (home)
You might find (home)
Cause sometimes

Home is where your deepest scar is
Society will try to cast you where they think your part is
Give awards and accolades to what they think a star is
But go find your (home)
Go find your (home)

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Pay no attention
To the lies they try to feed ya
It’s a wicked, twisted fable
He’s not stable
It’s just another box of tricks
Some crock of shit
And good dreams go
Wasted
Hungry for the fame
Don’t let them taste it
He’s been stealin’ dreams
9 to 5, Monday to Friday
Imma tell the story my way
Cause the only way home ain’t on this yellow brick highway

[Chorus]
There’s no place like (home) (hey)
There’s no place like (home) (hey)
There’s no place like (home) (oooh)
There’s no place like
(We’re straight out of Oz, there’s no place like)

[Bridge]
And if you’re lost out there
In the night, wishing on stars
Wonderin’ who you are
Just know that you’re never alone
And there’s no place like home

And we gon’ fight and we gon’ cry
And I’m gon’ fight for you until I die
Right there is right where you belong
And there’s no place like home

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Pay no attention
To the man who’ll try to change ya
He’s a dark, familiar, stranger
But that’s a danger
The storm is strong
But it won’t be long
And no matter where you roam
There’s no place like
Home

Birthday month

So… My grandma used to call catalogs wish books. And a little wishing never hurt. Amazon is an online version of those wish books… So I made a birthday wishlist! 😂 My birthday is Friday the 13th. And I am celebrating y’all.

Announced fun!

I finally broke down and ordered me a laptop. While, yes, I do have a computer.. It’s old and slow. It does not really have the ability to do anything more than the basics of layout… And it is stationary. That is such a deficit for me. I am not good for sitting in the same place day in and day out. I am considering the laptop as my birthday present to myself. (My birthday is March 13. Presents are so much fun!) I ordered an Acer Aspire 3. I am hoping to be able to do art, writing, gaming and a wee bit of zombie killing (7 days to die).

Poets : WB Yeats

Yeats is a wee bit of a snob’s poet. Lol. He is wonderful, but most people do not read his work. I have always found it profound.

Moon Ate the Dark Challenge: Patricia Harris

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Patricia Harris is a dreamer, crafter, gamer and digital artist who loves creativity in life. A half mad poet, her writing is found all over social media and various other websites, including coffee house writers. She is a devoted mom who can be found doing a variety of art when she isn’t penning poetry and writing words. She is half of the indie publishing company Fae Corps publishing. Her collection of writings include a memoir, children’s books, and poetry.

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Thursday twist

Ok. I did not sleep last night … So I am exhausted. It means that I don’t have the where with all to do a tea party. It also means that I am sitting here falling asleep. Coffee is hopefully going to keep me upright until I can go to bed. Thank you for your patience.

Book covers and ambitious ideas

Ok. April is likely to be a very busy time. National poetry month usually sees me posting poetry posts on here daily as I do the P. A. D. Challenge. I also plan on doing a daily prompt for the Fae corps Blog. It is also going to be when we are starting a call for submissions on two different anthologies. Fae Dreams… Poetry, art, and short stories with a theme of goals, plans, and dreams. (We recieved one too many submissions for Through the Sunshine and offered a guaranteed spot in this to the author). And Nightmare Whispers, a group of horror stories. This one is a tribute to where we started.

I am working on editing the stories submitted for Through the Sunshine, and compilation of Birchwood Grove Gazette. We are doing the basic edits… Then we give the author time to do their own edits. After we recieve the polished story we finalize the formatting of the final anthology. We have to get it all ready by the middle of May for release in June.

My partner and I discussed delaying Fae Dreams. We may still. I have to see how things go. I don’t know yet how ambitious we are going to be. We have ideas for a thriller themed anthology as well, though the title and cover have not been forthcoming from our muses so far.

I am proud to claim that the above covers are my creations. I think that I am really getting better at this. Keep an eye on the Fae Corps Blog, as that is where any official announcement will be. This is mostly me doing mental meandering.