Author Archives: Time Traveler of Life

Back in the day… In the early days of Real Estate, it was a fun experience working with and against other Realtors to get the best deal for my clients, while also doing the right thing because it was right. Yes, it was hard, but sometimes dirty work! By dirty, I mean convincing a guyContinue reading “Real Estate Used to be Funny”

Wouldn’t it be a surprise to have an adult human being of sound mind and body working for YOU AND ME and not for himself? How many times, enjoying your morning coffee or tea, have you wondered, “WTF is going on in Washington?” I didn’t vote for that fake gold, grifter! I wanted a personContinue reading “Brenda for President!”

The good old days were actually very good. For much of them, we didn’t have the threat of war hanging over our heads, and at least we were able to ignore much of what was going on everywhere else except in our own back yards. In the 70s and the 80s, life was good. IContinue reading “The Good Old Days!”

Forgive me for looking back to the good old days of writing words via pen or pencil on paper! I first got the writing bug way back when things were very different. No computers, and many of us didn’t have a typewriter. One of my high school teachers required five handwritten pages on anything everyContinue reading “Hello writers!”

A few years ago, when I was a fledgling wanna-be writer and an enthusiastic believer in “if you write something new, different, and interesting, people will like it!” Well, that it ain’t necessarily so! There are thousands of scripts written only to be thrown in the trash or remain stored in the bottom drawer. TheContinue reading “Book Publishing has changed!”

Wouldn’t it be nice to have an adult in the White House who gets more done quietly, working behind the scenes and smiling, rather than screaming, calling everyone nasty, and downgrading nicknames! Why didn’t the one who wanted to make things better not get elected? I know she had that one glaring deficiency! But theContinue reading “Brenda for President”

Why do batteries come packed so tightly and securely that it takes three men and a boy to open them, and eggs are packed in flimsy Styrofoam? Why do prescription pills come in tiny plastic bottles with a seal that requires something short of a blowtorch to open? Some of them require a child toContinue reading “Why?”

After looking into my crystal ball, I have seen the possible future if our present Wanna Be King and his hand-picked Army continue to create confusion and madness in one fell swoop. Our current wanna-be King is planning to steal the midterm elections, and we will have another Republican majority in the HOUSE AND SENATE!Continue reading “Brenda for President!”

In my old age, and hopefully with the wisdom that comes with it, some things have occurred to me that will hopefully help me become a better writer. I start a book with an idea of what it will be about. When it is a sequel, there will be an event that has happened orContinue reading “My Writing Journey (Continued)”

We walked partway up the hill opposite our land to the path to Mr. Additon’s small wharf, where he allows us to tie up our boat. After loading our lunch, tackle box, and three reels into the boat, we climbed aboard. Mom sat in the front, lit a Pall Mall Red, and Lloyd sat inContinue reading “More Farm living in the 50s”

It was a fun, free time. As kids, there was not a lot of trouble we could get into on the farm. Remember I told you yesterday that we had 15 acres and a 100-year-old house? Well, that house had a huge kitchen (at least it was big to me), and the big feature wasContinue reading “More Farm Living in the50s”

Hello, friends… I am feeling nostalgic this morning, so I will share some of the good, bad, and the ugly of farm living. My experience was good, most of the time. My folks “bought the farm”, so to speak, when I was around 11 years old, and the smallest, skinniest kid in my class inContinue reading “Farm Living in the 50s!”

When we were kids, the only way to treat a schoolyard bully was to walk right up to HIM and punch him in the nose. When you drew blood, he usually ran to the teacher, crying about how mean you were and showing how he got hurt! What we have in Washington is an old-fashionedContinue reading “Well, here we go again!”

Is there a difference? Yes. A true denturist makes dentures. That is their main business! Not like many of the Dental Offices available now. A denturist specializes exclusively in the design, creation, fitting, and maintenance of dentures. Now that you know what a denturist is, here is the bad news: Denturists are only allowed toContinue reading “Dentist VS Denturist?”

I am really not a writer; I share my dreams and nightmares.  Some you will like, and some you will hate a little, but I hope my honesty helps you feel connected and understood in your own experiences. Much of the blame belongs to the lovely retired teacher, Mrs. Additon, who lived at the endContinue reading “Writing is sharing my dreams and nightmares!”

What I want is to hear that you actually did SOMETHING! I receive dozens of solicitations from the DNC every day! And they are from every state, needing just $1, $7, $15 or more to help you DO YOUR JOB! A question! Why can’t you do your job for your salary, which provides you withContinue reading “Do something!”

When you were young and full of energy, didn’t you wonder why those old people slowed down and just “sat”? Many people worked so damned hard to get everything they thought they needed for now, but lost sight of what they would need in their retirement.  And many worked hard to provide a future forContinue reading “Getin’ Old Ain’t for Sissies!”

I got this email today! BTW, here’s the link to getting a passport card. Mom, if you want to vote, you are gonna need one of these since you changed your name when you got married. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/card.html Get a Passport Card Correction!  The State of Maine changed my name. I was not consulted! My questionContinue reading “You need a New Passssport Card”

If you have been following Ruby & Nolan’s adventures from childhood, in book 1 through this book you have been there when they discovered a “pretty rock” and decided to keep it safe in their playhouse designed by their Dad to resemble an old time western fort. They thought it would be a good scentificContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book: 9 Volcano”

It is fun and exciting to go on vacation, fly away, spend quality time with friends and relatives, and meet new people. This time we actually flew! I am not sure how or why we decided to fly from Las Vegas to Seattle for a whirlwind visit with our Daughter and friends. We considered rentingContinue reading “Back from Vacation!”

I just read another article about an ultra-rich person who gave away an enormous amount of money to improve other people’s lives! Starting a foundation to help him give away money to help underserved people and communities! $12 billion to reduce poverty! $23 billion to different political campaigns to beat George W. Helping start theContinue reading “Give a Little!”

Just wanted to say hi and hope your morning is as good and happy as mine. I finished several sewing projects that have been cluttering my sewing room and giving me a headache. Now on to several other projects that have been knocking around in my head, wanting to come out to play. I haveContinue reading “Good Morning”

Just when you thought you knew what health care was all about, a new monkey wrench is thrown at you! This is a true experience, but it will seem like a joke. It isn’t! After months of feeling like the Doctor that I was seeing was not listening or caring a “tinker’s damn ” aboutContinue reading “What’s New in Health care?”

Hi, back again to say Hi, and good morning. Today I wanted to touch on my writing skill, or lack thereof. About a year ago, I had a stroke. It was on Christmas Day. Not the present I wanted under the Christmas tree, but we don’t always get what we want. I refuse to thinkContinue reading “About Writing”

Have you ever said that? You wouldn’t be alone. Did you say there are so many things I wish I had done, and wish I had done more fun things? I can’t say that, because we did have a ton of fun in our youth. In the market crash of 2008, we were one ofContinue reading “If I had it to do over again!”

We are typical Americans who are ashamed that so many good people were fooled by the racist propaganda spewed by the media about how wonderful it would be to have Trump as president again. We DID NOT VOTE for him and DO NOT SUPPORT any of his ridiculous policies he has rammed through his hand-pickedContinue reading “We Apologize!”

I just received a post on our local neighborhood site that our town is planning to fine anyone caught stealing shopping carts $1000. fine! I answered: How can a poor (as former Church Mice,) devil’s be able to pay that fine for stealing a shopping cart that they will put all their worldly possessions, fromContinue reading “Stealing is Stealing!”

That was the last thing I just said to a Salesperson pretending to be a Publisher. And she was calling from a pseudo-publisher that would LOVE to “help” me become a million seller! All I have to do is the hard work and write the book and pay them upfront buckos, and they promise toContinue reading “And You Have A Good Day!”

I have been so ashamed of my country…. We are assaulting protesting citizens on the street, and those who only want to go to work! Some are only guilty of being a minority! And some who are U.S. citizens. But that doesn’t stop those well-armed, masked, and with no openly displayed signs of being authorizedContinue reading “Can;t Remember When…”

I remember flying from Hartford, Conn., home to Maine for Christmas when I was 18 and working at Hartford Fire Insurance Co., and the price for the trip was $20, and I got a meal! Also, when the refreshment cart was wheeled up the aisle, there was room on either side to walk by toContinue reading “I Remember When…continued again”

The Evening News was just that! Does anyone but me remember voices of Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Dan Rather, Edward R. Murrow, and let’s not forget Leslie Stahl, Barbara Walters. I remember the announcement of the end of World War 2 on September 2nd, 1945. I was 5 years old. I remember the Red Cent,Continue reading “I Remember When…continued”

When, as an adult, you bought a bottle of aspirin and, after a hard day and a pounding headache, you decided to open that bottle. It took just a couple of seconds to unscrew the cap and pop a couple into your mouth. A swallow later, your headache was already better! Not so today! NowContinue reading “I Remember When, continued…”

Our trip to the grocery store was as exciting as a tooth ache. Usually Mom went alone, but on the rare times we were allowed to go with her, we knew better than to ask for ANYTHING! Her list was something like this: 25lb bag of flour (not enriched ground from wheat) bag of potatoesContinue reading “I Remember When…”

There was Insurance through your workplace sometimes if your company offered it, but if you weren’t lucky, you could visit a Doctor’s office for $20 or less. That “good old Doc” could put a leg or arm in a cast, put three or more stitches in a cut. Some even had X-ray machines. And theyContinue reading “I Remember When…”

Being a kid was FREE! We stayed outdoors playing games until it was dark. That was a hard and fast rule. The games were kick the can, hide and seek, baseball, and basketball, if someone was lucky enough to have a store-bought net. If not, we made do with what we had available. The rulesContinue reading “I remember when…”

Let’s categorize the failings of life since the BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL! So far, it has been a raging success! The one thing it has produced, is more RAGE for the people to chew on and they are raging about being cheated, on a daily basis. Jobs ain’t there! Taxes are going up! Prices are goingContinue reading “Here we go!”

There are so many things that bug me that my mind is a little jumbled. If this is your state of mind, you could join the club?! That is the old fart’s club (unable to understand the “why”) club!” Why are people complaining that food prices are going up every day? You voted for thatContinue reading “I don’t know where to start!”

Cover of the latest book that I am now in the process of editing! For most writers, this is the most grueling, time-consuming, and pure hell to do for yourself. However, allowing someone else who doesn’t know and love or hate your characters to cut and dismiss your scenes is cruel and heart-wrenching. I hateContinue reading “VOLCANO”

In these warm (hot) days, it is hard to think of the coming cold weather! But they are coming a lot faster than you think. However, the good thing about that is that we can all look forward to the fun of Halloween and the festive holidays. I really got involved in making costumes forContinue reading “Hope you are having a good day!”

When there was very little difference between the seasons, traffic congestion, and the price of renting a smidgen plot of land under a mobile home, we leaped into purchasing a stick-built, resale home in Kingman, a small town compared to Phoenix, but we are liking the small town living. This life-style isn’t for everyone. StoresContinue reading “Life in the Country”

Today is shaping up to be a good day! Yesterday ended up being a semi-disaster. Everything that could go wrong with my sewing went wrong. My day of sewing ended with me shutting everything down and heading to my office to write a few pages in Book 9 of the Ruby & Nolan series. ItContinue reading “Good Morning, America!”

I do sewing for friends for fun and to keep my hands busy. Today, I cut about 16 inches off a dress and hemmed it for a nice lady. When I called her to tell her it was done, she was surprised, as she had brought it to me yesterday. I am not always ableContinue reading “Today was a good day!”

I’ve ranted enough for a day or two, so today I am introducing you to a NEW BOOK that I just published at Draft2Digital. This one is available only in eBook form. My children’s stories are fun to read to your children, as I purposely use a lot of dialogue, and they are short. IContinue reading “Today’s Commercial!”

Well, not quite paradise, but living in a rural community in Kingman, Arizona, our little piece of land with our home, held together with love and determination. Life would be grander if the interest rate were just two percentage points lower. To all the Mortgage Companies, I was a Realtor and can see right throughContinue reading “Another day in Paradise!”

This is scary! I should NEVER allow my brain this kind of freedom! I am a left-handed Gemini, and we all need keepers! After you read this, you might agree. First, let me say, I abhor anachronisms! It pisses me off to have to think for 20 minutes, what they mean! My typing skills areContinue reading “I Am Trying Something New!”

I waited by the bridge for the boat to navigate the water lilies and bump against the side of the dirt road. Lloyd hopped out and secured it until I could climb in and take the middle seat. The minute I was seated with the oars in my hands, he pushed off and hopped intoContinue reading “Row, Row, Row your boat!”

I mentioned that I am working on a new book in the Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space series. This one is called VOLCANO! Before I tackle the editing of the book, sharing a page or two of the first chapter might be fun. Chapter 1. Donzereli to the rescue! “What the heck! DonzereliContinue reading “Good Morning!”

I was very lucky that my insurance awarded me 6 weeks of in-home rehabilitation three times a week. I looked forward to those kind but insistent workouts. They praised me every time I exceeded my goal. I wanted to get back to my former self, so I worked hard to do everything they suggested. IContinue reading “Post Stroke activities!”

I’ll bet you think the designations above are identical! They are a million miles apart! A Dentist works on your natural teeth to keep them healthy. A Denturist works to make “false teeth” function as your natural teeth would if they could. Don’t let anyone tell you, “It is your fault that you do notContinue reading “Dentist VS Denturist (continued)”

Is there a difference? Yes. There is supposed to be a difference, but that line has been narrowed down so much that denturists no longer exist. A denturist is a specialized dental care professional who is trained and works exclusively with patients requiring tooth replacement solutions. This is the definition found on the internet. I,Continue reading “Dentist VS Denturist?”