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The Craft of Writing – Diana Cranstoun
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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. The Craft of Writing. May 4, 2015. IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT. If I’m being totally honest, there are probably places in Scotland where they really do talk like that. In fact, many years ago, when visiting Aberdeen, (150 miles from Glasgow where I lived) I struggled to figure out the nationality of the people sitting at the table next to me in the restaurant. Were they Dutch? Turns out they were Aberdonians, but with their Doric.
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In My Father’s Footsteps – Diana Cranstoun
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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. In My Father’s Footsteps. In May 1940, my father, Jack Cranstoun, was one of 340,000 soldiers rescued in what became known as the Miracle of Dunkirk. Sixty-nine years later, accompanied by my good friend Anna, I travelled to France to retrace his journey to that bloodied beach. If you wish you read an account of my pilgrimage, please click here. To purchase a copy of In My Father’s Footsteps. The landscape at Vimy appears other-worldly as the shell ...
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Irn Bru – Diana Cranstoun
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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. May 4, 2015. IT’S A BRAW, BRICHT, MOONLICHT NICHT, THE NICHT. If I’m being totally honest, there are probably places in Scotland where they really do talk like that. In fact, many years ago, when visiting Aberdeen, (150 miles from Glasgow where I lived) I struggled to figure out the nationality of the people sitting at the table next to me in the restaurant. Were they Dutch? Turns out they were Aberdonians, but with their Doric. 8211; How are you?
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Gilmerton Cove – Diana Cranstoun
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Strong Women. Strong Stories. In My Father’s Footsteps. April 21, 2015. Rightly described as Edinburgh’s Best Kept Secret, Gilmerton Cove. Place to visit if you’re a fan of mysteries. Hidden beneath an unprepossessing cottage on Gilmerton’s main road, historians and archeologists still don’t know for sure when this network of secret passages was built, or even what they were used for. The entrance to Gilmerton Cove. If so, why dig a well that doesn’t reach water? Were they used by Covenanters. Only twent...
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J.J. Massa ~ Writer: April 2012
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I read, I write, I sing, I dance, I rant - I live. Books, Blog, Buddies. We have a ton of fun around here. Sunday, April 29, 2012. I wanted to put out a little note. I suppose you could say that just wanted to whip myself into a sobbing frenzy, but truthfully, most of you have been with me for a long time. I thought you'd want to know that. He died with dignity and strength. He really was my rock. Links to this post. Friday, April 20, 2012. I've releases a book, so here's all the dirt:. Mark has had a th...
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J.J. Massa ~ Writer: BLOG HOP POST #1
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I read, I write, I sing, I dance, I rant - I live. Books, Blog, Buddies. We have a ton of fun around here. Sunday, July 01, 2012. BLOG HOP POST #1. Is it hot enough for ya? I say- I say: is it HOT. Don't you hate that? We know it's hot. Everybody knows it's hot. It's the 4. Of July for crying out loud. It's supposed. Now that we have that. Out of the way…I'm going to natter on about being behind again. Natter on. Frolicking, as the case may be. Of July" like a wet dog, huh? And here we have Rocco, my nei...
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J.J. Massa ~ Writer: Meet Patricia W. Fischer--She's Worth it!
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I read, I write, I sing, I dance, I rant - I live. Books, Blog, Buddies. We have a ton of fun around here. Thursday, October 04, 2012. Meet Patricia W. Fischer- She's Worth it! By Patricia W. Fischer. In 1991, I had hit bottom. I’d fallen for a guy who was the human equivalent of slime. Well that’s not fair to slime, but you get the point. He had the three things I soon discovered was the trifecta of bad boyfriends:. No consistent job, a former drug problem, and a record. Working two jobs waiting tables ...
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J.J. Massa ~ Writer: Last day of the Hop
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I read, I write, I sing, I dance, I rant - I live. Books, Blog, Buddies. We have a ton of fun around here. Sunday, April 08, 2012. Last day of the Hop. Happy Easter, Good Pesach or Passover, Good Theravadin New Year, and if I left anything out, Have a GREAT Sunday, April 8! This is the last day of the. Blog Hop and what a. Since you seemed to enjoy the excerpt from. Yesterday (or was it the day before? I'm going to post a bit of the sequel,. I'm also going to post a bit of. For five years Renaud Brunet h...
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J.J. Massa ~ Writer: September 2012
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I read, I write, I sing, I dance, I rant - I live. Books, Blog, Buddies. We have a ton of fun around here. Friday, September 28, 2012. I've been so busy! I say that constantly, don't I? Even so, the words are still true. Over the next few days, I'll be popping in and out to tell you little tidbits about my various books. I named that book what I did because, at the time I wrote it Cajuns and werewolves were a particular weak spot of mine. Come to think of it, that hasn't changed a bit *g*. What I learned...
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