Nancy Roob, Chief Executive of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, a Social-Services Grant maker with $1 billion in assets since 2005, recently launched Blue Meridian Partners with the goal… Read More
A new DNA method of monitoring fish in lakes could detect 14 of 16 key fish species present in Lake Windermere, compared to four species detected by conventional surveys. This is important b… Read More
(All pictures by Jennifer Maggio Photography)This week I have a very special guest. A true Horror icon I am lucky to interview. The ghoulishly beautiful writer and Scream Queen of Horror, ac… Read More
We all spend a lot of time scheduling our lives. We have a meeting here or the kids have practice there, we need to pick the dry cleaning up here, Aunt Edna is coming on this date, call thi… Read More
Excerpts from various unfinished, finished, published and unpublished pieces of fiction and other literary efforts.
An Honest Review – July 2017
Shortly after she finished the fifth re… Read More
My writing may never change the world or receive great accolades. I am not an activist, philosopher or a scientist. I don’t even dare to dream of aspiring to the eleva… Read More
Blue Meridian Partners is a New Capital Aggregation collaboration that Plans to Invest at least $1 Billion in Non-Profits poised to make a National Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Child… Read More
Tales from the Didsbrook Writer’s Group …
‘Sit! Sit! Sit!’ Edna Fowler beams at us all warmly whilst smoothing out a few ripples in the waterproof tablecloth that sh… Read More
THE ESSAY STRUCTURE THAT GETS YOU AN A+
Here’s the essay structure that always gets me an A!
Introduction:
1. Start with a short impactful sentence.
“I was born in the driveway o… Read More
In the Spirit of the Season, here are 50 Christmas quotes to help bring good cheer to your heart during the holidays. Thanks to the website Daring To Live Fully for the list.
1. “… Read More
Rugs and Carpets – Utility, Brilliance, Societal Impacts on the Fabric of History
There can be little doubt about the fact that rugs of all types have always served as more than just e… Read More
An international success, PEN Award winner, and an autobiographical author. Irish Author Edna O’Brien has lived, and written about, an extraordinary life. She continues to shock, and p… Read More
Elizabeth Bowen is a famous Irish writer who is remembered for her literary works. She is known for her novels and short stories, which have been adapted into television and film. Some of he… Read More
Revised from last year, I thought it was a good time to share my favourite Christmas quotes!
In the Spirit of the Season, here are 50 Christmas quotes to help bring good cheer to your hea… Read More
Woman ‘sells’ her husband for N6,000 to buy clothes
Edna Mukwana, a Kenyan woman as has left many in bewilderment after she sold her husband for Ksh 1700 equivalent to N6,000 t… Read More
Relic is an Australian horror film directed by Natalie Erika James and starring Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote.
Not the typical
I went into Relic expecting it to be… Read More
“The Friend Who Dies So His Friends Can Live (Golgotha and the Tomb)” by Lawrence RussA few days ago, I wrote an e-mail to one of my best friends, Rich Armstrong, about a new pho… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alaska: The Palmer City Council failed Action Memorandum 21-055 by a 4-3 vote at their Sept. 28 meeting. Proposed by Mayor Edna DeVries, AM 21-055 would have requested P… Read More
The 2022 Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced its defending champions’ return as the event continues to build on its comeback to global racing. Ruth Chepngetich (KEN), Seifu Tura… Read More
Dame Edna Everage, an Australian entertainer best known for her character Dame Edna, is in hospital after complications from hip replacement surgery. The 89-year-old is being treated in Sydn… Read More
Dame Edna Everage, one of the most well-known comedians of all time, has passed away at the age of 89. Humphries, who was being treated for a serious condition following complications from h… Read More
ORANGE, Va. – The first time Denise Thompson heard about Edna Lewis, the Black American chef who helped illuminate Southern cuisine, it was from a regular customer at her restaurant, C… Read More
Bode Agusto, the founder of Nigeria’s first credit rating agency, Agusto & Co, has passed on at 68.
Chieftain of the People Democratic Party and Media mogul, Dele Momodu confirmed… Read More