Author: Linda Mims

Educator, Author, Blogger, and supporter of Independent Writers. One mystery novel, The Neon Houses, http://amzn.to/2kSqdPX. Find me on Twitter @boom_lyn.

The Bitter With the Sweet

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I’m at the gym. I’m at Weight Watchers. I’m at line dance class. All of this to prepare for knee replacement surgery. The weight is coming down, but it’s a tough adjustment for a baby boomer (not a senior citizen—never that!). As the elders used to say, “if it ain’t one thing it’s another. If […]

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I’ve Been Looking for You

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 Whatever happened to J. A. Allen? This talented writer seems to have disappeared from the community of writers I follow. I was never in J. A.’s circle which included Anne Rice, by chance, and Dan Alatorre, but after she complimented a piece I’d written in my early days of blogging, I was her fan. Many […]

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Let it Snow!

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Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful  And since we’ve no place to go  Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow—by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, 1945 Snowy days define my retirement. Define, you may ask. Let me take the long way to explain why.  I just celebrated […]

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Fall Cleanup!

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Good Morning! Good Morning! Good Morning! Rise and Shine!!! 🌞 It’s another day that God has kept us, and we will rejoice and be glad in it. I’m off to work in the yard. There’s so much to be done and only a few days of moderate to warm temperatures left. This year instead of moaning […]

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