Monthly Archives: May 2023

Colleen’s Kindle May 2023 Reads

Let me introduce you to the KU books filling my Kindle this month. Click the book image to visit the books on Amazon.com. Knuckleheads : Dreamer’s Alliance – Book 1, by Dan Antion My Recommendation: Knuckleheads is a coming of age tale that introduces us to Zach and Billy, two boys with extraordinary abilities. ZachContinue reading “Colleen’s Kindle May 2023 Reads”

Lavender & Peppermint, Quadrille

Lavender tea steeped with a sprig of wild peppermint an afternoon pick me up, when nothing else will do. A flower fragrance enhanced with the bite of mint like summer blue skys, patterned with gray clouds and lightning. Lavender and peppermint my healing brew. © Colleen M. Chesebro It’s Monday at dVerse, and Paean isContinue reading “Lavender & Peppermint, Quadrille”

WordPress Issues… again!

I don’t know what kind of updates WordPress did the last few days, but I know the changes affected different browsers too. I’m finally back on Firefox after Safari kept freezing. Yesterday, I lost the ability to use the top tool bar for posts. Every time I tried to publish a post, I froze. SafariContinue reading “WordPress Issues… again!”

Around the Campfire Literary Journal-DEADLINE 5/31/2023

Originally posted on Word Craft Poetry :
Have you submitted??? There’s 5 days left! 🔥 You can submit three (3) entries. The title does not count in the word count. 99 Word Stories, 99 word freestyle poetry, 99 Word BOTS & Memoir, Double Ennead (99 Syllable poetry) 🔥 Carrot Ranch Literary Community Around the Campfire is…

Birthing a Unicorn, Syllabic Acrostic

For #TankaTuesday this week, I asked everyone to write an acrostic poem with 8, 9, or 10 syllables per line—or a mixture of the counts, using one of the following words: MAGICAL CHARM SPECTER FANTASY CONJURE UNICORN IMAGINATION ORACLE MALEVOLENCE I chose the word: 🦄 UNICORN 🦄 My syllable count is 10-9-9-9-9-9-10. It’s a niceContinue reading “Birthing a Unicorn, Syllabic Acrostic”

W3 Prompt #55: Wea’ve Written WeeklyW3

David’s W3 Challenge this week is from Punam. Punam’s prompt guidelines: M E D I T A T I O N Mental images flow like waves on the seaEngage your breath—in and out, soft and slowDe-stress, let go, just beImagine the nothingness, breath…Take time to focus on your love and kindnessAccept any thoughts and letContinue reading “W3 Prompt #55: Wea’ve Written WeeklyW3”

Smorgasbord Book Promotions – Meet the Authors 2023 – #Romance #Montana Linda Bradley, #Poetry Colleen Chesebro, #WWII #VichyFrance Paulette Mahurin

Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine:
Welcome to the last in the 2023 series of meet the authors. This series offered me the opportunity to not just share my personal recommendation for the author, but to also check for new books I might have missed, changes to biographies and profile photos and check links. I…

New Moon Blessings – Black New Moon in Taurus

The New Moon for May 2023 falls on May 19th EST. It’s called a Black Moon because it’s the third New Moon in a season (spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in Australia) that has four New Moons! Laura Bruno explains these transitions HERE. On the new moon of each month, we have theContinue reading “New Moon Blessings – Black New Moon in Taurus”