Author Archives: Alice
13 Video Games
Taken at random from my shelf. Some of these I wonder why we still have, some I wish had never made their way into the house, and some I play. Sassy Brit Novel 1st Lines Part 4!! Paige Tyler Emily/Randomability In order to get the permalink from this post you must both put your URL in the Mr. Linky thing and leave a comment The hub is here As always, I welcome the link to your Thursday Thirteen in my […]
Ah Maria, From the Brink of Ruin
In the first few month of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria’s reign, she faced invasion, world war, and noble Hungarians. She cut a deal with king Frederick of Prussia that would have allowed her to defeat her enemies, if not for her husband’s military incompetence. How does Frederick respond? If Maria had few illusions as to what a tricky “friend” Frederick could be, his behavior after their deal, the Klineschnellendorf Convention (Yes, I had to spell check that BY HAND!) […]
Kreativ Blogger Award
Emily of Marvelous Recipes gave me this one. Thanks Emily! The rules for accepting this award are: 1. Post the award. 2. Thank and mention the person who gave you the award. 3. Pass the award on to seven bloggers who you think embody the spirit of the Kreativ Blogger Award. 4. Name seven things about yourself that others don’t know. 5. Don’t forget to notify the seven Kreativ Bloggers about their award and post a link to their blog. […]
224/365 Narrow Road
You think the road was narrow? Should have seen the bridge. I’d show you, but the battery on my camera ran out.
Numnumnum
Jill: Honey, reading the daily newspaper? Jack: Um…. Yeahhhh. Jill: Let me see what’s so interesting. *reach* Jack: Um….. Please don’t hit me. Jill: Snacks? You’ve been hiding snacks? Look at the way Gin and Tonic are gobbling them up. Have you been doing this every day this whole time we’ve been dieting? Jack: Well. Yeah. Maybe. Jill: Well, then I guess I don’t need to hide these anymore. Today’s theme is daily Previously in Jack and Jill: Sweet Talker […]
Suzie’s House 153: Good Bye, Drew
“Mom! You’re home! Where’s Drew?” Ben leaned to the left and then to the right, trying to see around the hug fest between Mom and Diane and Miranda. Seemed like one minute the house was empty, the next everyone came home at once. Except Ben couldn’t see Drew. He tried slipping around everybody in the hall to look out the front door, even though Drew wasn’t the type to hang out on the porch, and besides, Vin was inside, so […]
Between the Right and the Left
So many of you asked me to continue where I left off a couple of weeks ago with Lover’s Lane that I felt obliged. The deal would be going down in fifteen minutes. If Drew wasn’t there before the snitch, his cover would be blown. Half way between a car rocking with noisy lovers and a car with a hand on the glass, a quiet moan that could be love or death, he stopped. The Lover’s Lane stalker? Or the […]
13 Pieces to a Puzzle
If you mentally re-arrange these images and put them all together you get a picture that was taken from a post that I posted in the last two weeks. Can you guess which post? Extra points if you can guess the person depicted. In order to get the permalink from this post you must both put your URL in the Mr. Linky thing and leave a comment The hub is here As always, I welcome the link to your Thursday […]
