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Picnic Ideas For Spring
A perfect picnic date sounds lovely! Here’s a plan to make it a memorable and enjoyable experience. Picnics are a perfect gesture of a comeback this season. Setting: – Choose a scenic spot with a beautiful view, such as a park, garden, or by a lake or river. – Consider the weather and have a…
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Boosting Your Mental Health During Autumn
If you are an avid summer fan, you know that moving from the seasons of summer to autumn can be very difficult. Transitioning from basking in the summer heat to wrapping yourself up in the cold, bleak weather is a huge shift for those who love the summer season. In this article, I’ll give you…
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Our Differences Make Us Better Together
Marriage is defined in the dictionary as a noun. Webster’s defines marriage as 1) A similar union of more than two people; a polygamous marriage. 2) The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some jurisdictions, between two persons of the same sex, usually entailing legal obligations of each…
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Friendships Feed Our Souls
Friendships, especially those ride-or-die friends, are the lifeline to keeping a woman’s sanity in place. When I was a teenager and even through my twenties, the more friends I had, the more I felt like I was on top of the world. It told me I was something to everybody, which could actually never be…
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Recipe- September Cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups sifted flour 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp ground cloves ½ tsp allspice ½ tsp nutmeg 1 cup chopped almonds ½ cup softened butter ½ cup light brown sugar 1/3 cup apple sauce 1 egg 1 apple Soft caramel candies Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sift…
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20 Wishes – Scrapbooking and Wish-Making To Make Your Life Better
What if you could make 20 wishes? In Debbie Macomber’s 2009 feel-good novel Twenty Wishes, widow and bookstore owner Anne-Marie starts a new challenge that will change her friends and her own life. This challenge requires each of the fabulous ladies in the friend group to ditch their routine and do something they’ve been putting…
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Poetry- Time Affair
Push me against the broken glass, and penetrate my soul. Eyes like blue fire in winter electrify me whole. Grab me hard behind my head, and gobble up my skin. Lips like pink petals in springtime lock me in a spin. Pull me tight to your rocky flesh, and peek inside my moan. Hands like…
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Heritage Day
Heritage Day is a day when people concentrate on the importance of South Africa’s cultural heritage. September 24th was previously known as Shaka Day. The holiday honored Shaka, a famous Zulu king. After apartheid came to an end in South Africa, changes were made to Heritage Day. Heritage Day was called Shaka Day in history.…
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Poetry- Denial
Grief is overwhelming Odious and hungry Eliminating and endless Chaos guaranteed I hate grief And regrets Promises and pleas Because they deplete They eat and multiply Unworthiness like maggots It’s better to deny grief Brain space To erase sorrow Not to be giddy in its absence But to be stoic and strong Braced and brave…
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Poetry- We Met Among The Frost
I want nothing more than to cross your glacial wall, to witness the flora unfurl, reborn. In the middle of fire and ice, I pass the time by bidding farewell to the fading sun, who travels further into the darkness of space, leaving behind a feverish romance. At summer’s final breath, I carry on the…
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My Ring Became My Weapon
Lilly was hoping for a great, wealthy, and free life when she agreed to marry and become Mrs. Rooh. Her one-month-long partner was a businessman who owned a lavish double-story house and expensive cars. It was a day of celebration and jubilee. Little did Lilly know that she was marrying a jackal-wearing sheepskin. A few…
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Mocha The Bookstore Cat
Autumn Harvest Bookstore is where I call my home. Although I may only be a cat, I’m pretty observant of the people and the world around me. My name is Mocha, and I am a small brown American shorthair who always sticks her nose in other people’s business. I take the saying “Curiosity killed the…
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