Valentines from Nature

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 8 Comments

I enjoy celebrating Valentine’s Day. It’s a nice way to say you’re thinking about your family, someone special, or dear friends. ~Camila Alves Perhaps romance is in the air on this Valentine’s Day. Perhaps it’s just family love or fun with friends. Perhaps this is just another day to you. Or an excuse to eat a little chocolate and bring …

Some Valentine’s Day History

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Romance will be in the air this week with Valentine’s Day on Thursday. People will be searching for cards with hearts and guys will be carrying flowers and candy to their sweethearts. But do you know the origin of Valentine’s Day? Actually there are several different legends, but I like this one. Long, long ago, around 268 A.D. in the …

The Strange Phenomenon of Wordnesia

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 33 Comments

Wordnesia: That strange phenomenon of blanking on the spelling or meaning of a common word. Have you ever blanked out on a word that you were writing? You know the word but suddenly you have no idea how to spell it. Or perhaps you have written a word, but it doesn’t look right. Maybe the word couch for example. All …

A February Spring Day

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The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within. ~William Cullen Bryant Sometimes Mother Nature gives us a wintertime gift. We got such a gift today here in Kentucky with plentiful sunshine and the temperature zooming up to 68 degrees. Let me repeat that! Sixty-eight degrees on February 3rd. What makes it even more …