Author Archives: Alice
13 Changes
It’s been just over a year since I moved my blog from WordPress.com to www.AliceAudrey.com, and just under 4 years since I started blogging. Much has changed in that time. Here are some that I have done, and some I am anticipating: 1. I learned a little bit of HTML. When I first started, I was afraid of pictures. 2. I learned a teeny-tiny bit of CMS (Content Management System – another blog programming thing). I was originally afraid of […]
Ah Maria, It’s School
Queen Maria Theresa had no interest in enlightenment, but she did many progressive things for her people where her son considered himself highly enlightened. What did he do? Maria’s positive achievements during this period were remarkable, if mostly unheralded. While serfdom existed to one degree or another throughout the empire, it was not because Maria wanted it that way or because she accepted the status quo as immutable. As we have seen, Maria was aware, to an extent, of the […]
Win a Copy of How to Engage an Earl
When Laird became earl he knew he’d have to settle down, but so soon? He abandons his own ball to sleep off a few too many drinks only to wake up in the the company of an adorable little thief bent on retrieving evidence that George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert were not only married, but had children. Anne freezes when she realizes she isn’t alone on Laird’s bedroom. She can hardly argue when he assumes she’s there for an assignation, […]
351/365 Cloud over the train station
I loitered around for several minutes waiting for this stupid cloud to move so I could get a good shot of the train station. It moved, all right, the same direction and speed at the sun. Gah!
Fireworks
Oooooooo. Ahhhhhhhhh. Wow. So pretty So cool So fun. Sometimes reading your blogs is like watching fireworks. Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Open Communication
Jack: Jill’s diary?! I wonder what she thinks about me. Jill: Jack! What are you doing? Jack: Darling, you’re always saying I’m an open book. I’m just keeping it fair. Today’s theme is open Previously in Jack and Jill: New Shoes The rules for Photohunt can be found here. Be sure to visit the home page.
Suzie’s House 171: And Then What?
“Huh. That Tracy.” Ben said as he and Gene walked home. He couldn’t believe she had kissed both Gene and himself right there in Lisa’s living room with Lisa watching and everything.” She’s really something,” “Yeah. She is.” Gene grinned like he knew something more.
Nessa’s Challenge
Everyone said her life was charmed. Always the prettiest with the best grades and rich parents. Cheerleading Captain. Student Council. Dating the quarterback. Some people liked to gossip about her, but she didn’t care. Let them be jealous. She knew they’d be charmed too if a genie was their mother. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most. […]
Labbit Labbit
I almost forgot it’s the first of the month, and for good luck I should post a picture of a rabbit and invite everyone to cheer “Rabbit! Rabbit!” with me. I didn’t have a rabbit handy, so I grabbed one of Mr. Al’s Labbits. Edited in response to Andi’s comments: See, they really do come fully equipped. Mr. Al didn’t add the cigarettes. They come with them. They are made of a hard plastic with a textured finish, are about […]
