Good Riddance, 2020! Except for the good parts…
Learn from the old… Most of us agree that 2020 has been the worst year ever. We can’t wait to send it packing at midnight tonight. Personally, my family has lost two dear uncles and ten friends to COVID, with many more family members and friends falling ill. We’ve suffered job loss, lock downs, school […]
Facebook Live – Interview with author, Mary Ting
“Vessel Time Live” with Anna Elias I was fortunate to share time with international bestselling, award-winning author Mary Ting on FB Live. We discussed her newest book, “When the Wind Chimes,” plus future books including next year’s latest in the “ISAN” series. We also talked shop on her personal journey as an author, and many […]
FaceBook Live Chat — “Character: What+Why=Who”
“VESSEL TIME LIVE” with author Anna M. Elias Writers invent characters whole cloth for their fictional tales. These people have to feel real on the page or screen or we don’t connect. Old or young, villain or hero, killer or savior, they must “live and breathe” in their world as we do in ours – […]
FaceBook Live Chat — “Politics: Surviving A House Divided”
“Vessels Time Live” Weekly Facebook chat with author, Anna M. Elias In light of the election, I use examples from my own life to talk about how to stay whole in a family that does NOT vote alike. I also spotlight The Vessels’ rift between Governor Ron Galt and his estranged father, Sam Fullerton. It’s […]
Halloween Question: Tricks as Treats – Why do we love to fear?
~ TRICKS AS TREATS~ There is no “Vessel Time Live” on my author’s Facebook this week, so I’m sharing a thought for the day: Why do we love to be scared? Whether a scary movie, a haunted house, or a trip to the dentist with all those sharp tools, there is something appealing about the […]
The Eyes Have It…
This one came to me in a writing practice yesterday. The prompt was “Write about a reflection.” As with all writing practices, I put pen to paper with no idea what would follow. Here it is: The mirror comes to mind most readily. A reflection of our faces, our hair and clothes – at the […]
It’s Just Cleaning Day. Right?
It has been a year since Mom died. Her beautiful soul passed peacefully and pain free in our home, under Hospice care, after losing her battle to brain cancer. The memories are happy, and we have no regrets, but the scar is still fresh. Every holiday and birthday without her has held its own form […]
Love – Heaven’s Bitcoin
Mom is heavy on my mind today. Not only is March 20th her birthday, our first without her on this plane, but she died four months ago today at age 91. She passed peacefully in her bed on that beautiful clear Sunday, with my family by her side. Even our dog, Karma, would not leave […]
Art of the Wheel
My sweet, proper, southern mother of 91 years has always been curious. She loves learning and is easily fascinated by what she doesn’t know, or what she finds intriguing. Like car wheels. My mother has had a life-long fascination with car wheels. Safety, design, color, model and make are important elements in vehicle options for […]
Let it be Soul
I’ve always found it interesting that siblings – children from the same parents, kids born from the same gene pool and cut from the same DNA – can be so vastly different from one another and their families. It’s true for my brother and me, and it’s true for the generations of siblings I’ve known […]