Christmas lights zigzagged across the road and shoppers hurried for the warmth of department stores. An icy wind brought a chill to the falling snow.
Category: Holidays & Observances
You Can Time Travel
As today is Time Traveller Day, I wanted to tell you that everyone can travel back in time. I’ve done it on many occasions and it is a great source of pleasure. Would you like to take part and celebrate this day by going back in time too? Instructions on How to Travel Back in…
National Day of the Horse
When I was eight years old, my mother let two sisters, a sixteen and eighteen year old take me to the other side of the city to a riding school. In 1966, the world was a different place. Each week I went with them to spend the day at the stables. I’d muck out horses,…
Let’s Warm Up The Soul!
Though there doesn’t really seem to be a clear beginning to the celebration of the National Chicken Soup For The Soul Day, this observance is a positive one that spawned from the book series. It appears the first mention of the proposed ‘day’ and it’s activities was in 2002 in a publication called, Creative Forecasting.…
Blog Series, Educational & Non-Fiction, Gift Ideas For Readers, Holidays & Observances, Young Readers
Books For Kids – DIWALI
Author Post, Educational & Non-Fiction, Holidays & Observances, Norns Triad Publications, Women Writers
Happy Holidays To All!
I have learned in life that people enjoy getting their panties in a bunch, especially over stupid things. I have, also, come to understand that when someone says something like, ‘bless you’, they aren’t trying to convert you. Rather, they are expressing a meaningful gesture towards you. It doesn’t matter what you believe; to them,…
National Author’s Day
It takes a lot to take write a book. There are many steps involved to go from concept to publication. From draft to sales, you have multiple rewrites, edit passes (including self, professional editing services, and beta readers), formatting, cover design, blurbs, and what avenue you want to pursue for publishing (traditional, small press, or…
Amazon & Kindle, Blog Series, Book DEALS, Educational & Non-Fiction, Gift Ideas For Readers, Holidays & Observances, Nature & Biology, Norns Triad Publications, Women Writers, Young Readers
FREE eBook for National Young Readers Week
The second full week of November is National Young Readers Week. This year, it will be celebrated from Nov 9th until Nov 13th, 2020. This is an observance founded by Pizza Hut and the Library of Congress in 1985. It is meant to help encourage reading in our youth. Literacy is of particular importance to…
FAMILY LITERACY – A Day To Start The Month
Everyone knows that reading is important for strengthening knowledge and communication. Still, there are many more reasons to pick up a book and enjoy it – even more to share it with your family. After all, learning starts at home! Research shows that parents and caregivers who read aloud to children are the best way…
It’s National Author’s Day!
Today is a day when we respect those who record our histories. The writers who pen our stories and the stories we wish we true. The Authors who create worlds and characters we love. It is National Author’s Day. According to HuffPost.com: “Both fiction and nonfiction books have the potential to enrich our personal and…
