Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Enjoy Free Christmas and Holiday Features!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  This morning, I wanted to simply take a few minutes to remind everyone about all of the holiday features available here on my Writing Pages. Freely shared, as always, because it’s the holiday season and that simply is how we roll here, anyway. I encourage you to Like and Follow my Writer’s Page on Facebook and on Twitter to be notified and enjoy all of the…

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Happy November Autumns -- When the Frost is on the Pumpkin!

Hey howdy, and thank you for visiting with us! Recently, I have been thinking about fall visits to my uncle’s farm as a small boy years ago. Enjoying beautiful November Autumns in the countryside. We just went thru a much below-average cold spell the past week, feeling more like January than October with overnight lows down to 22F each night. Early morning walks with my little chihuahua (bundled…

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Happy Halloween -- An Original Poem Offering -- "NEVERMORE"

Happy Halloween! How are your Halloween preparations coming along? Are you wearing a costume, have it picked out or is it made and ready? Necessary make-up at hand? Wigs? Treat Bag or Plastic Pumpkin? False Vampire Teeth brushed and flossed for the big night? Are you having or going to a Halloween party or get-together this year? Does anyone ever bob for apples anymore? That was messy fun back in…

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Happy Halloween! Memories of Halloween Painted Storefront Windows!

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A Halloween Special -- "The Raven" Poem by Edgar Allan Poe (And 'The Simpsons, Too!')

Happy Halloween! We are continuing a Halloween tradition here on the Writing Pages, sharing Edgar Allan Poe’s gripping and epic poem — “The Raven” — to help set the mood for the soon-approaching Halloween night. And as it would happen, the next full moon is on October 28th, just a few days before.  Oooh — I just had a shiver merely thinking about it all. Did you feel one, too? With a waning but…

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My Little Dog Lost -- And Only A Miracle Brought Her Back!

Happy Day and Thank You for visiting with us! We’re getting a bit personal today. The intended purpose of my Writing Pages here, just like my Little Red Bear Adventure story books, has always been to entertain, inform, and educate a bit along the way. Having been thru so much this year dealing with various health issues and strong encouragement from my family to do so (after sixteen surgeries,…

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Hooray for Autumn! We Are Back, Thinking About Fall and All The Great New Features And Things Ahead!

Well folks, here we are — back again. As they say, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? It’s almost like starting over. Again. I am just now resuming work and writing after a much-too-long, lengthy absence due to personal health issues. This time, another four-level spinal fusion surgery, followed by a complication and another major surgery a month later to remedy that. Anemic leaving the hospital, the…

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It's Summer, It's August, and "It's Hot!" (Poem by Shel Silverstein)

As this is written here on the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri, it is late August, the “Dog Days of Summer”, 102F degrees outside in the full afternoon sunshine, and a withering heat index of 117. Whoa. That’s hot, by any stretch of the imagination or thermometer. Squirrels are flared out flat as a pancake, cooling their bellies on shaded concrete. Birds are eerily silent and panting in the…

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Deciphering A Few Old-fashioned Christmas Carol Lyrics

Deciphering A Few Old-fashioned Christmas Carol Lyrics

Happy Holidays! Have you ever really studied the lyrics of some of our older and favorite Christmas Carols that most have committed to memory over the years and joyously sing during the holiday season? How many children know what a “bobtail” is today? And how about — “Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la!” from the “Deck The Halls” song?  “Troll?”   Say what?!? Really!?? …

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Happy December and Happy Holidays! Free Christmas & Holiday Features!

Happy December and Happy Holidays! Free Christmas & Holiday Features!

Happy December and Happy Holidays!  The holiday season will be in full swing now that we have turned the calendar page to December. Today, I wanted to simply take a few minutes to remind everyone about all of the holiday features available here on my Writing Pages. Freely shared, as always, because that is how we roll here. I encourage you to Like and Follow my Writer’s Page on Facebook and on…

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Simply a quick note to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Between morning parades, dinner, football games, the Puppy Bowl, and pumpkin pies, let’s all take a moment to remember the true meaning and purpose of the day — THANKS – GIVING — a special day to give THANKS for all of the blessings in our lives. Even in the complex and challenging times, in the long run, they most frequently serve to…

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Happy "National Good Neighbor Day!"

Happy “National Good Neighbor Day!”

Happy “National Good Neighbor Day!” Do you remember the days when someone new would move into the neighborhood and folks would bring them warm casseroles for dinners or a basket of things to welcome them into the neighborhood? Or, the tradition of bringing a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine as a blessing to ensure everyone would have enough to eat in the home? Some would bring salt and a new…

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Sharing Autumn Joy & Free Wallpaper Images!

Sharing Autumn Joy & Free Wallpaper Images!

Little Red Bear’s best friend and neighbor, Bobo the Black Bear, stopped by a few minutes ago to inform Little Red Bear that the Rainbow Trout were biting this morning over at Little Piney Creek, and off they went, fishing poles in paws, right out the door in the middle of writing the next adventure story! So, I figured now might be a good time to sit down to say — HAPPY FALL, Y’ALL! The Autumn…

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Happy Birthday to Smokey the Bear!

Happy Birthday to Smokey the Bear!

Happy Birthday to Smokey the Bear!  A robust 78 years old today, Smokey is still dutifully at it, still spreading the word about fire prevention and safety for everyone. Smokey the Bear was born on August 9, 1944, when the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council both agreed that a fictional bear would be the symbol going forward for their efforts to promote forest fire prevention and safety.…

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Happy National Root Beer Float Day!

Happy National Root Beer Float Day!

Happy National Root Beer Float Day! According to the National Day Calendar folks, whose version of history is provided below, the Root Beer Float was initially known as the “Black Cow.” But not in our home growing up. Although the perfect summer treat, my father loved and made Root Beer Floats for us year-round. But, a Root Beer Float was a Root Beer Float because he had another name for a Black…

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Small Little Unexpected Acts of Kindness (And a Teabag Squeezer Thingy)

Small Little Unexpected Acts of Kindness (And a Teabag Squeezer Thingy)

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The Wondrous and Wonderful Week That Was!

The Wondrous and Wonderful Week That Was!

Hey, y’all — how is your new year going so far? Wait ’til you hear about the week I had… My new year started off with a Bang the past week! I’d be surprised if you hadn’t heard it. (Not a literal but rather a figurative “Bang!”, of course.) What a fantastic week and auspicious start to the new year here! Hope yours went as well, and as always, please don’t be shy and feel free to share in the…

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