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Basic Sweet Tea

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If you follow me on Facebook, and you totally should, you probably read about my recent liberation from a certain fast food restaurant’s sweet tea.  For a mere ninety-nine cents, I would receive a large foam cup brimming with sweety-cold goodness.  My relationship with this lovely, cold drink had been  going along smoothly until one day, the sweetness came to a grinding halt. The cup of “tea” I received was more chipped ice than tea.  Needless to say, I was annoyed, but was willing to let it pass.  We all have our off days, don’t we? The next cup of “tea” I received was watery and tasteless.  That was it.  In my game of baseball, two strikes and you’re out. After mourning the loss of my refreshing drink, I woke up one morning with an ephiphany:  I’ll make my own tea! Here, dear readers, is the result of my toiling over… Continued

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Spring Gardening

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This is the time of year I wander into the garage and find my dusty old gardening gloves.  From there, I examine the tools that have endured the winter weather and figure out which ones to keep and which to replace.  Then, it’s checking for the last frost date and making the rounds of the nurseries to see who has the best seedlings at the best price. Gardening is my summer stress reliever.  It’s a way for me to get out into the sun to get that essential Vitamin D, as well as get a good workout pulling weeds, digging holes and all around garden care.  Plus, I get the added bonus of fresh tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and herbs. The nature of gardening is that it has the ability to restore one’s spirit, to heal with the richness and vitality of the earth.  It’s also a peaceful activity that can

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Create an Indoor Garden

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If you have a desire to garden and tend plants this year, this is the time to start. Nothing screams accomplishment than a variety of herbs for cooking or that sprig fresh mint in your sweet tea (or crushed at the bottom of your mint julep.) Uh, oh! Maybe you don’t have the outdoor area? Here are some helpful tips to get you started planning your indoor garden. 1. What is your purpose for the garden?  A project with the little ones? Growing herbs for cooking? Meditation and/or a calming activity? 2. How much space do you have? Your garden can be in a closet, the basement, corner of your bedroom – any space is a space for plants. A windowsill garden does very well for herbs and smaller veggies. 3. What kind of garden do you want? Snake plants, herbs, ferns, orchids, ivies? Depending on the light and the

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Off-Time – Crochet Edition

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So, some of you may be sitting there RIGHT NOW wondering….what the heck does Dahlia do when she’s not writing up those great stories of hers?  Well, dear readers of this blog, I’ll tell ya….in pictures. I’m a crochet fanatic.  I like to knit, but crochet is my thing, if you know what I’m saying.  It’s faster, to me, and you can get a lot of projects done quickly.  I do like the smooth lay of knitting, but….I sacrifice style for speed.   So whenever I’m trying to work out some plot twists or am simply taking a break from the keyboard, this is what I’m usually doing. If I’m quick, I can whip out a hat in 30 minutes. The scrunchie takes longer because I’m using a smaller needle. All in all, it’s fun, mindless,and the family gets a lot of warm stuff out of it to boot. Till

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Music Monday

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Hey, I haven’t been very musical in a while, so I decided to sit down with some hours of Monday left to go and make it a musical one.  I don’t have a lot to chat about today…so listen to the music, turn up the speakers and DANCE!       http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1nua7_the-time-jungle-love-morris-day_music         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzA0zdtkJI  

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Sexual Harrassment and Racism…in a Romance?

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Do Sexual Harassment and Racism Belong in Fiction? Sexual harassment and racism…pretty taboo topics, right? That’s why I chose to tackle them. I don’t like to read, nor do I like to write mindless entertainment. Most readers nowadays want a fluffy romance with minor complications and a HEA. While I do concede to Happy Ever Afters, I make sure it’s a rocky road to get there. You will find sexual harassment and racism both in Afterburn. Having been an aircraft mechanic for eleven years, I was dying to write about a woman grease monkey. Nobody else is! And let me tell you something about harassment…it’s ugly, but it’s there. Sexual harassment happens to women in male-dominated professions on an everyday basis. So, it’s an issue in Afterburn. It’s a fact of life and fiction isn’t real if it doesn’t portray real life. Racism: Another ugly, but sadly, real life issue. Even in

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