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Email: schlichtingbarb@gmail.comBarbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-86129960275789293392024-03-21T11:13:00.000-07:002024-03-21T11:13:35.448-07:00BIRDS<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2o9Hgc6PoYQiYIj7GmLRUbLw5Yozm8p8zRKLwQf7C61xO3xY-h3lcL7ASk2SxvN2O8YH1ADKtlRK5i8VowXzMwc0OvrSLYyyxl_687BfHhVAPtyc3Sfu8Ll7rD6owwMydUt-_fV38bY_pj3nK6tAQVQndCQG4wBNcYnA9jjEnkGO0yWo7VS8ZHO3b3c/s640/IMG_6701.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="539" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2o9Hgc6PoYQiYIj7GmLRUbLw5Yozm8p8zRKLwQf7C61xO3xY-h3lcL7ASk2SxvN2O8YH1ADKtlRK5i8VowXzMwc0OvrSLYyyxl_687BfHhVAPtyc3Sfu8Ll7rD6owwMydUt-_fV38bY_pj3nK6tAQVQndCQG4wBNcYnA9jjEnkGO0yWo7VS8ZHO3b3c/s320/IMG_6701.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;">Where do your ideas come from?</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUd5Lk7798vUVl3R62ojT9zaH_JEf55ML4BIueoFqXY6lw6KMzOSsH-6y1cNqYQpPlXHs9algbapuqJmlTJTYPLTAxvyhIkVL_bk_PUx3fyOyNMZREB5UTuBR-Zd7jw2wt6LmcU8cbfrE_xwGXzJich6CPiZZiYmTc-lK57zFb0DmjJU7YruY80IPGpQ/s1499/71PPvSAnUmL._SL1499_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUd5Lk7798vUVl3R62ojT9zaH_JEf55ML4BIueoFqXY6lw6KMzOSsH-6y1cNqYQpPlXHs9algbapuqJmlTJTYPLTAxvyhIkVL_bk_PUx3fyOyNMZREB5UTuBR-Zd7jw2wt6LmcU8cbfrE_xwGXzJich6CPiZZiYmTc-lK57zFb0DmjJU7YruY80IPGpQ/s320/71PPvSAnUmL._SL1499_.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Have you ever owned a bird? When I was growing up, we had a green parakeet. My brother and I were supposed to keep the cage clean but, of course, we did a lousy job of it. My mother wasn’t too happy with us and the bird would make noise all day which drove her crazy. The bird had to go. She found another home for it and one day after school, Jim and I had a job to do. We had to place the bird in a box and walk it to it’s new home. They had a cage so that wasn’t a worry. Here I am thinking about the bird and I don’t remember it’s name. Shame on me.<br /> The bird is one of the many parakeets in this book. </span></h2><div><br /></div><div>Please leave a comment below and check out my website.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://bit.ly/48FJE5Y" title="The Forger">The Forger </a> <a href="https://www.barbaraschlichting.com">Barb's Books</a><br /></div>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-61482777969377323612024-03-01T11:26:00.000-08:002024-03-01T11:26:01.896-08:00Ideas and where do they come from?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rReXjDvgPTnfrcowhtgJSnqtMTHrBW8yFCrMy7niTELikdp5aiZX8KBr_skKLdrZ73oT68-XopQagtLj4yHF6Rs6utx8sPy-rt9LEmDRXZWFquiCtjj_iYl9trQF28eGlsG8zVs4OMrRHpqqbvkt55jK16nbTmR_QQWa1HkkFllYPasN41j9qDqJXEM/s1536/00BarbHeadshots059.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rReXjDvgPTnfrcowhtgJSnqtMTHrBW8yFCrMy7niTELikdp5aiZX8KBr_skKLdrZ73oT68-XopQagtLj4yHF6Rs6utx8sPy-rt9LEmDRXZWFquiCtjj_iYl9trQF28eGlsG8zVs4OMrRHpqqbvkt55jK16nbTmR_QQWa1HkkFllYPasN41j9qDqJXEM/s320/00BarbHeadshots059.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">When I first taught special education in McIntosh, MN, I carpooled with two other people. In the morning, driving northwest on highway 2, we never saw the peacocks. As we drove home at the end of the school day, peacocks strut their stuff at the edge of the long driveway. The landowners were farmers. I always thought it a bit odd to see peacocks in basically the middle of nowhere, but didn't think much of it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> As a child, we had a green parakeet for a short time. It didn't take my mom long before it drove her nuts and my brother and I had to find another home for it. Someone gave my mom a bird just like it many years later but she didn't keep it long.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Growing up, my parents took us fishing. We lived in Minneapolis so it was a treat to go north to Red Lake to fish. We also had relatives who lived on lakes. Dad loved fishing and so did Mom. I always did and so have my brothers and now my children and grandchildren.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> One day it hit me--why not write a book that will include fishing, writing and birds? Seriously, why not?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> My first book in the series, THE FORGER. An Experienced Goods Detective Squad Mystery. I'm sure that you'll love it and if you do, please leave a review. </span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD6kiE5yi6v1RQFNVUXj62n10dvGOUzb-b-y0B3G9aPmv4rsAYioqcvb59I3ZCtVWascEWGN1FAKoThccux4QUeuNgAETRw9ik_SrzLHg9vjQCNbkXCp36-_Zl0QCBvu_Lp02JS9N-a5zByhmz2Dh1chfHKcfBIxuliIVoUp5piqExmTyrlsLGldXPaI/s1499/71PPvSAnUmL._SL1499_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD6kiE5yi6v1RQFNVUXj62n10dvGOUzb-b-y0B3G9aPmv4rsAYioqcvb59I3ZCtVWascEWGN1FAKoThccux4QUeuNgAETRw9ik_SrzLHg9vjQCNbkXCp36-_Zl0QCBvu_Lp02JS9N-a5zByhmz2Dh1chfHKcfBIxuliIVoUp5piqExmTyrlsLGldXPaI/s320/71PPvSAnUmL._SL1499_.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https:www.barbaraschlichting.com">Barb's Books</a>. <a href="https://bit.ly/48FJE5Y">THE FORGER</a><br /></span><p></p>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-62327249006255384712024-02-02T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T06:00:00.135-08:00Secondary Characters <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y7CdVdtPWRz5N_A4xeUB22gVa29VIiXhinPClo4lt05US9LVIyfY5iXmg7WxS7eXmp7iy8JZ4WzN883KB8rfycqgblEHrRKUfLCXYMPH6WfyzdIpqiwRZ5nOCo4DwAaDYKRNDiasFBxlfnyUh3slslvdQ5h1qR314GacQAVrh4bJqPXkl93Kj0kZJ20/s640/IMG_6701.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="539" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y7CdVdtPWRz5N_A4xeUB22gVa29VIiXhinPClo4lt05US9LVIyfY5iXmg7WxS7eXmp7iy8JZ4WzN883KB8rfycqgblEHrRKUfLCXYMPH6WfyzdIpqiwRZ5nOCo4DwAaDYKRNDiasFBxlfnyUh3slslvdQ5h1qR314GacQAVrh4bJqPXkl93Kj0kZJ20/w246-h292/IMG_6701.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-78636801929370342642023-12-01T09:30:00.001-08:002023-12-01T09:30:00.130-08:00Settings and emotions.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kEfTWthFqfo4ChLA3Rg-Sz556HBMHTWTI2vQb9sjtDih7zafL0NKsVDLnse6s74D6hbu8YJsP2NdL85EwLHLTtPL-3dMGm9fRQXYkFm6zI--2LtonPj2S9uc7hQiax2KSBzsFQvKo5hByMMtAys4LvvYwPyVSv8GxouZTrmyE7OZM6qSCtNTEcClzRY/s1536/00BarbHeadshots059.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kEfTWthFqfo4ChLA3Rg-Sz556HBMHTWTI2vQb9sjtDih7zafL0NKsVDLnse6s74D6hbu8YJsP2NdL85EwLHLTtPL-3dMGm9fRQXYkFm6zI--2LtonPj2S9uc7hQiax2KSBzsFQvKo5hByMMtAys4LvvYwPyVSv8GxouZTrmyE7OZM6qSCtNTEcClzRY/s320/00BarbHeadshots059.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since the holiday season is upon us, I wondered how to fit fishing into my work in progress. I’ve already decided that I would have my characters fly fish in Minnehaha Creek, I assume that it’s not possible to go fishing in mid-winter. I know it’s possible, but seriously, I wouldn’t want to just stand out in the cold for several hours to fly fish and the line would catch on ice. I figure that ice fishing is the way to handle the cold. The girls could easily have their own camper and drive out on the ice. We now can purchase fish houses for just that purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">The question to ask, is how on earth is it possible for me to live up Dylan Thomas and his amazing description of his setting. Read it once for fun, and afterwards, record the way that you feel. Next, read it for the many emotions which you feel. When finished, read it the third time and write down all the descriptive words used. Here it is, straight out of: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES by Dylan Thomas. Copyright 1954<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;"> For dinner we had turkey and blazing pudding, and after dinner the Uncles sat in front of the fire, loosened all buttons, put their large moist hands over their watch chains, groaned a little and slept. Mothers, aunts and sister scuttled to and fro, bearing tureens. Auntie Bessie, who had already been frightened, twice, by a clock-worked mouse, whimpered at the sideboard and had some elderberry. The dog was sick. Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWoAAdcRW81lR8qej7NgsMwpFHuriRaW5g8-K6dYzOIefYaXoqH0Kfiuac6yP6YuZr6aKt79Bg9o1Ce1-feukbW1yiGEK9NLJm30xBqD9p1v2bZMQRftyQJIVp-MQutOg9vyhBg1se0EEvSGREfaj5-9yw3yAxaRRb2dNgPYC9qDUHdkOlEbMYWD60Y8/s293/51oUBAdv5mL._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_ML2_.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="196" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWoAAdcRW81lR8qej7NgsMwpFHuriRaW5g8-K6dYzOIefYaXoqH0Kfiuac6yP6YuZr6aKt79Bg9o1Ce1-feukbW1yiGEK9NLJm30xBqD9p1v2bZMQRftyQJIVp-MQutOg9vyhBg1se0EEvSGREfaj5-9yw3yAxaRRb2dNgPYC9qDUHdkOlEbMYWD60Y8/s1600/51oUBAdv5mL._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_ML2_.jpeg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Wasn’t it wonderful? I love it and a movie was made of the book. 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The turkeys!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Is it possible to have the missing person from my book be snatched while looking out the window and watching turkeys’ gaggle along the busy street? Probably not, so that idea is dead in the water, but, if my two protagonists go fishing in northern Minnesota, they easily could stop and look for turkeys and other wildlife.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">It’s the time of the year for two Minnesota turkeys to head to Washington DC where they will be pardoned. First, they’ll walk off from the private coach and walk the red carpet into the Willard Hotel where they’ll spend a private night in this beautiful hotel. The following day, President Biden will pardon them both.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">President Truman was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1947.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hIENsRAgIh3P1OT00L64vO2Q1zVpGJRbpuCRT354zsfp7Kp-70M6BPYwg4-UXnlc-HuXRov-xGfC1x11JBpKFs3ucQtfATj1IjJ96QJgzOUpAVUpOb_zEkO8PbaJDVlmEqu_0yxbktV3KtcW3CpY-lOX7gH0WjTshyDIRAmZzx4DOEAFdSs6XDrsqrs/s225/225px-Truman2_thanksgiving.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="225" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hIENsRAgIh3P1OT00L64vO2Q1zVpGJRbpuCRT354zsfp7Kp-70M6BPYwg4-UXnlc-HuXRov-xGfC1x11JBpKFs3ucQtfATj1IjJ96QJgzOUpAVUpOb_zEkO8PbaJDVlmEqu_0yxbktV3KtcW3CpY-lOX7gH0WjTshyDIRAmZzx4DOEAFdSs6XDrsqrs/s1600/225px-Truman2_thanksgiving.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSS1xFXIcQO_6Sx2_s7SMMfGahNoatUEt83XBZirog0BBElCSiL_koXugj2_Rso_sziY2-3S6exHdxpV29Xz_-GEGSLofyEfic0fuGC9eln-HImmHM8sMv9EGgESsOH1q7em-VfTe6hAhyz_PahoDZEbirq-rD4yKf4KKpRlxA6DR0I9H-Uu2Jd8uxlg/s220/Unknown.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="220" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSS1xFXIcQO_6Sx2_s7SMMfGahNoatUEt83XBZirog0BBElCSiL_koXugj2_Rso_sziY2-3S6exHdxpV29Xz_-GEGSLofyEfic0fuGC9eln-HImmHM8sMv9EGgESsOH1q7em-VfTe6hAhyz_PahoDZEbirq-rD4yKf4KKpRlxA6DR0I9H-Uu2Jd8uxlg/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #222222;">In 2006, when then-President George W. Bush-needed to break from a security meeting to whistle off his dogs, who’d made a run at the two birds.</span> Unfortunately, I couldn’t locate a picture of him chasing turkeys.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">President Biden in 2022</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvm23Wbt09PdIUYGPR53Mt1-mDb7Z6_JHAoLFmPQepdnTW99coUS8-vEQ6hGyPjzBkH1kY2t95bVRwvtpcp7Ey7cmPOnog3brVninmeazr2pw_tw-yYhRju4lFnozaAcRaZ6x2dhNTJF3gQqKrhQGUCV423AlzLEifFVHZ6_SESPCrPqYDNbYL7pDs3c/s1481/white-house-turkeys-2022-1.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1481" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvm23Wbt09PdIUYGPR53Mt1-mDb7Z6_JHAoLFmPQepdnTW99coUS8-vEQ6hGyPjzBkH1kY2t95bVRwvtpcp7Ey7cmPOnog3brVninmeazr2pw_tw-yYhRju4lFnozaAcRaZ6x2dhNTJF3gQqKrhQGUCV423AlzLEifFVHZ6_SESPCrPqYDNbYL7pDs3c/s320/white-house-turkeys-2022-1.jpg.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">I decided not to rain on the turkey’s parade and stick to fishing, then I can explore my favorite place on earth, Minnehaha Falls. I’ve picked out the neighborhood where my characters will reside which is near Sanford Middle school and burger joint we’ll frequent is located two blocks from Howe grade school. I’m still going back home, but now I have to set the setting. I must evoke emotions from the setting. Each page of a book should make you want to taste what the character is eating, walk down the block and check out the stores or just plain want to be there. Then ask yourself what emotion do you feel?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Please, enjoy our nation holiday, Thanksgiving Day! Enjoy your turkey dinner with family and friends.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Barb. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><a href="http://www.barbaraschlichting.com">Barb's Books</a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089482504073">Facebook</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/BarbSchlichting">X--Twitter</a>. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/barbsbabbles/">Barb's Babbles Instagram</a><br /></o:p></p>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-59726184989590068982023-10-01T07:36:00.007-07:002023-10-01T07:36:00.147-07:00Writing what you know.<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Writing what you know.</span></h1><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmJduH565Vk0yPQvyUmOrlGj22kEx_JOYUMEHJbIRrJ6YZ1M3CnDRaPoXkU_AcpISem8ORXqLokUGXXFtEQ1uaDiMrLBX5Kpz9mqbhbbXhcWT8mqcLSRer8gsPzeQnJqLbRYslThqEYhA2VzSyfERjee187MDcPVJWdpo20vTK0ZTnPbO3TdyjDpNLUc/s1536/00BarbHeadshots059.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmJduH565Vk0yPQvyUmOrlGj22kEx_JOYUMEHJbIRrJ6YZ1M3CnDRaPoXkU_AcpISem8ORXqLokUGXXFtEQ1uaDiMrLBX5Kpz9mqbhbbXhcWT8mqcLSRer8gsPzeQnJqLbRYslThqEYhA2VzSyfERjee187MDcPVJWdpo20vTK0ZTnPbO3TdyjDpNLUc/s320/00BarbHeadshots059.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Recently our local newspaper published historical information about the town which I live in and have for over forty years. I wondered if I’m as attached to my growing-up town as I am to Bemidji. Then, I got to thinking-I never left!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">The settings for my books are almost completely in Minneapolis and conspicuously near my old grade school. Which brought me to one of the most beautiful places on earth, Minnehaha Falls. There is also a statue of Hiawatha carrying Minnehaha across the creek. It’s so engaging and spiritual.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRPi73aWGNKm3KG5zt3yqXOLSE3HqwY6a5BZ0nm4LaiNaELz-SQeSqF9PPIahu-Ed0iD3icb91RyNRC7TbVXmFqGW8bKCFOQ_t8eLdbR0DUzlmiGWvgdbvcaP-FPQsq9NDfODSBdIPEa7PFhi5sIfpzzGR5fbUJiEqXUD-38NDpsQEHECmfzoKFmdj74/s960/IMG_2741.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRPi73aWGNKm3KG5zt3yqXOLSE3HqwY6a5BZ0nm4LaiNaELz-SQeSqF9PPIahu-Ed0iD3icb91RyNRC7TbVXmFqGW8bKCFOQ_t8eLdbR0DUzlmiGWvgdbvcaP-FPQsq9NDfODSBdIPEa7PFhi5sIfpzzGR5fbUJiEqXUD-38NDpsQEHECmfzoKFmdj74/s320/IMG_2741.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1T7biSxNTomcwlNFIR_tkF2z9ISBc-8edcixuvJQzuVZ5-_NknJy_DTsNIPScbOCLDxiVFb6_o4lp5bTDbDzjsasyxIfELWq7FHWVx3HGNEiCpjfGG3rI5aQ0BKMVsIKZFC1DuPK79l7-H2AVQQoGmQtOE35msrCqQSXVRNvstGgCfKvVx1ux-ulqKbY/s960/IMG_2740.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1T7biSxNTomcwlNFIR_tkF2z9ISBc-8edcixuvJQzuVZ5-_NknJy_DTsNIPScbOCLDxiVFb6_o4lp5bTDbDzjsasyxIfELWq7FHWVx3HGNEiCpjfGG3rI5aQ0BKMVsIKZFC1DuPK79l7-H2AVQQoGmQtOE35msrCqQSXVRNvstGgCfKvVx1ux-ulqKbY/s320/IMG_2740.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">The setting is flowing through my mind like the creek. I’m starting to consider the water, lakes and trees as a backdrop to new novels.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">I used to fish an awful lot as a youngster and my husband went fishing when first married and with our boy’s. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Then, I’d sit on the dock with the grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">I began a book about fly-fishing, women’s version. It’s a book about two women who’d known each other since kindergarten who are best friends. They are also best friends with two men of the same age but are still employed as detectives for the Minneapolis Police Department. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">The four investigate the disappearance of a grade school classmate who was never found after she’d gone missing from the fourth grade.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">The search will take the reader to northern Minnesota and around my favorite neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">So, you see, you can go home!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;">Please feel free to share! 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<span style="font-size: small;">"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country. </span><br />
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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, l883. <br />
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In l884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in l885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country. <br />
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Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 2l, l887. During the year four more states -- Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York -- created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. <br />
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The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday -- a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement. <br />
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The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio and television. <br />
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The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership -- the American worker. <br />
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Dolley Madison, the first lady of the United States and wife
of James Madison, fourth president of America, popularized ice cream in the
White House. It was still a very impressive dessert because modern freezers
were not introduced yet. To make ice cream, an estate relied on an ice house
with large blocks of ice cut from frozen water, packed on straw and held in a
cool place.</div>
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Dolley preferred oyster ice cream. She used small, sweet
oysters from the Potomac River near her home to churn up an interesting
dessert. In 18th century cookbooks, chefs didn’t stick to the basics. Recipes
for parmesan ice cream, asparagus ice cream, chestnut cream and many other
flavors that don’t grace our modern day tables were popular.</div>
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I couldn’t find her recipe for oyster ice cream, but she’d
probably poach oysters in a cream base. The amount of oysters would dictate the
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Here is Dolley’s Peppermint Stick Ice Cream.</div>
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2 tbsp. cornstarch<br />
3 c. whole m ilk<br />
3/4 c. light corn syrup<br />
2 whole eggs, beaten lightly<br />
1 c. cream<br />
4 drops natural peppermint extract<br />
2 drops red food coloring<br />
3/4 c. peppermint candy, crushed</span></div>
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syrup and eggs. Cook over boiling water, stirring all the time for 10 minutes
or until the mixture has thickened. Chill. Stir in cream, extract and
coloring. Freeze in a 2 quart ice cream freezer according to the
manufacturer's instructions. When partially frozen, add crushed peppermint
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<![endif]--><br />Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-60205560149415750232023-06-29T10:00:00.002-07:002023-06-29T10:00:00.131-07:00FOURTH OF JULY<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrP0gD4G0j0av0HTLRdDAdm-YlXlb_bUjh2JYG4JCurHClqzxA1S48_JvLGhkSf474mvSPc3iMippMfnXWIBheFW6b1esPHRfQrOqMM90y1tOJPrwCbR9sPzDxHq9W6exvmmcIaZtWgalScpjw-jPc1iMkuxP8HCrt-sgYmLRKwunx5EciY-1EydSY/s1600/717A38A2-2CC7-40CE-AB3A-1CCE0CFEC07F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1600" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrP0gD4G0j0av0HTLRdDAdm-YlXlb_bUjh2JYG4JCurHClqzxA1S48_JvLGhkSf474mvSPc3iMippMfnXWIBheFW6b1esPHRfQrOqMM90y1tOJPrwCbR9sPzDxHq9W6exvmmcIaZtWgalScpjw-jPc1iMkuxP8HCrt-sgYmLRKwunx5EciY-1EydSY/w477-h139/717A38A2-2CC7-40CE-AB3A-1CCE0CFEC07F.jpeg" width="477" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDY8WNgowDfo20dQfmhshzX50CTK0xh8gkc-oHCwYNJ5jVIHXeI3A4OYyLLP1TjemAS7R2697LGLpYf95_dksrYtA2ZJRA7oahxLnIoGh7PnC6TZYiXkCFBEkETVVg4iZF5J_AyBKDoQejca9XUg8hhdOxts5ZXv6I0SQsOBFGWuFmK4jX0sFoOLB/s1536/00BarbHeadshots034.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDY8WNgowDfo20dQfmhshzX50CTK0xh8gkc-oHCwYNJ5jVIHXeI3A4OYyLLP1TjemAS7R2697LGLpYf95_dksrYtA2ZJRA7oahxLnIoGh7PnC6TZYiXkCFBEkETVVg4iZF5J_AyBKDoQejca9XUg8hhdOxts5ZXv6I0SQsOBFGWuFmK4jX0sFoOLB/s320/00BarbHeadshots034.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>July 2, 1776 is when John Adams proclaimed: I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, spirits, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. He wrote this to his beloved wife, Abigail. The revised Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, which is why it's celebrated on the Fourth.<br />
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Ever since 1777, Americans have celebrated the Day of Independence with fireworks, parades, picnics, family gatherings, etc. The first celebration had a firing of the canon, militia march and the reading of the Declaration of Independence with much 'HUZZA!' across the land. Ever since, there's not much changed. It seems that American's like a good party and it was passed with zeal as a proven National Holiday plus a few years later, adding the fifth as another day in which everyone will also get paid. There was a bit of snag with DC, since it's not a state, but the folks who live there, did finally obtain the same rights as everyone else.<br />
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Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who had finally made up and resumed their friendship after many years, died fifty years after the signing of the document. Two of our glorious Founding Fathers died together. It seems to be more of Divine intervention than a coincidence to me, that this should happen. <br />
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During the time of the Civil War, President Lincoln found it to be not a time of rejoicing but a time of sorrow, for he saw his Union slipping from further away plus all the dead haunted him. But with the Union victory in Vicksburg, they celebrated on July 7, 1863. In 1865, it's the first time that Freedmen could celebrate, reading the Emanicipation Proclamation in honor of the now assassinated President Lincoln. Tattered flags were flown and there was celebration all across the land, even at Gettysburg.<br />
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An added note, in 1868 President Johnson had the Declaration of Independence read not only in English but also in Spanish. 1883 it was read in Swedish in Moorhead, MN. God Bless those Swedes! 1907 Mark Twain gave a Fourth July speech in London. 1918, New York City gave a pageant parade with forty different nationalites. For the 150 year celebration, President Coolidge planted a willow tree similar to one that had been growing at Mount Vernon during President Washington's life. There were also speeches, ceremonies aplenty at Monticello and all across the land plus overseas. In 1919, one of the peaks in the Black Hills is renamed Mt. Theodore Roosevelt. In 1942, fireworks were cancelled because of 'blackout' during the war. 1960 gave us our 50th star, Hawaii. 1976, our nation's 200 anniversary, at 2:00 when the Declaration was approved, bells rang thirteen times simultaneously across our land commemorating our first thirteen colonies.<br />
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The Freedman speeches still ring across our land. The Declaration is still read. In spite of all of our differences and squabbles over politics, Americans still love our land and celebrate it with zest and honor.<br />
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So to EVERYONE who has served, will serve, knows someone who has or will, THANK YOU! GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AMERICA! <br /><br />
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I had a young Barb and Chris plus two seniors.</span></div><div><br /></div><div> The <span style="font-size: medium;">first act, the younger actors performed and the second, the two seniors took over. For Barb, it was a mother/daughter team. Chris's actors weren't related. The young Chris immediately took to the British accent, she was exceptional, and so was the senior Chris. Her accent was remarkable. There was so much to memorize, that I'm astounded at how quickly the youngsters learned their parts. They were so good. All were exceptional. I can't thank Bemidji Community Theater enough for producing my play.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpO9OZRMO13n-GR4GRAKH0WM5nNMwU0TGPdh0-dkt4ewfnguoDD7WW3sd5SZYYqmS3c1HEWqvJib9UW-DSV73BY1BeymHS3pmvuu6ydcQ-RPCxFnTwuyU1K9DYiep7Ot7N06KJR2dAG0PuiEvvtwCw2ycGmXLvlevIsSKvV4_4sU_eGQRzwTYr-N0/s4032/IMG_2312.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpO9OZRMO13n-GR4GRAKH0WM5nNMwU0TGPdh0-dkt4ewfnguoDD7WW3sd5SZYYqmS3c1HEWqvJib9UW-DSV73BY1BeymHS3pmvuu6ydcQ-RPCxFnTwuyU1K9DYiep7Ot7N06KJR2dAG0PuiEvvtwCw2ycGmXLvlevIsSKvV4_4sU_eGQRzwTYr-N0/s320/IMG_2312.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p> I'm pitching for all community theaters, please support them as they are a backbone to your community. Also, before you toss your, 'junk', see if they can use it for props. Almost all the clothing and props came from the prop shop. Please do this and help the theater out and this includes furniture, too.</p><p><br /></p><p> What's to come? No clue but stay tuned. </p><p> Barb</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.barbaraschlichting.com">Barb's Books</a>. <a href="https://bemidjicommunitytheater.com/">Bemidji Community Theater</a>. <br /></p>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-43779868078285199572023-04-18T09:41:00.001-07:002023-04-18T09:49:12.385-07:00New way of looking at things<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiK0LUINSB-iNft5_W_HH7GPtUhdAF-xtuMRoMpwaHyFerLv10mSeSSK_gBnDNeJ3Ny6CawWyBOthYtDgJCjDwWcvc7wDrtREYl9J-jvZsoWBYgMesvWZdRYQKNsrF7B9918nTQhGT4R5R2nTnpHtPtMvTAO77WosqO8LrdmaabKfBSUYbouUcejZ/s3555/D3BC3C88-56CC-4525-8BDD-9DB0AC71AFC8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3555" data-original-width="2314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiK0LUINSB-iNft5_W_HH7GPtUhdAF-xtuMRoMpwaHyFerLv10mSeSSK_gBnDNeJ3Ny6CawWyBOthYtDgJCjDwWcvc7wDrtREYl9J-jvZsoWBYgMesvWZdRYQKNsrF7B9918nTQhGT4R5R2nTnpHtPtMvTAO77WosqO8LrdmaabKfBSUYbouUcejZ/s320/D3BC3C88-56CC-4525-8BDD-9DB0AC71AFC8.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JaXAkoKq9czKoOLRa87Tsz7TyY9jqS78Qs44Oi_m6-W0qS_WzTyrAGaG35b4jlE6ix_1O4e8Xd3MCvTSCokz1xVDEQN9u4PKSwRMjGZi_fyQXJb40cD6EHrOWS7hfT2xCsfghwr0RwTt3zfW8uNxfBuqFsPvJJJA0YfZv_IwNFKtQIdMxZA44vgH/s1024/B112FC01-5434-46B6-8091-6960FCC9F043.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JaXAkoKq9czKoOLRa87Tsz7TyY9jqS78Qs44Oi_m6-W0qS_WzTyrAGaG35b4jlE6ix_1O4e8Xd3MCvTSCokz1xVDEQN9u4PKSwRMjGZi_fyQXJb40cD6EHrOWS7hfT2xCsfghwr0RwTt3zfW8uNxfBuqFsPvJJJA0YfZv_IwNFKtQIdMxZA44vgH/w206-h212/B112FC01-5434-46B6-8091-6960FCC9F043.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-68ae60df-7fff-86a5-1200-18400186e913" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-68ae60df-7fff-86a5-1200-18400186e913" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CORRESPONDING LIVES by Author Barbara Lindquist Schlichting is about two young girls, living in different countries, who became lifelong friends on paper.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> A chance magazine article placed by Chris and read by Barb, brought them together. Chris, the Brit, fascinated Barb, the American from Minnesota. Barb loved the differences in spelling, such as color and colour and the usage of words like fag for a cigarette whereas, Chris enjoyed the American slang and Barb’s sense of humor or is it, humour? Barb had never heard of ‘O’ levels and needed the British education system explained and wondered what different food items were such as biscuit’s. Chris wondered about a Norwegian delicacy, lefse, and why Barb didn’t study about the British monarchy instead of Scandinavian countries. The two also learned the differences of culture through a shared meal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Barb's dysfunctional childhood was complicated by a series of constant</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">moves, but her mother's death brought Chris and Barb closer. Barb's father’s involvement with a lady friend and lack of attention from him along with the breaking of a promise to help with a wedding, almost destroyed their friendship. The two persevered through raising families, family deaths, divorces, and aging over fifty-five years and they grew to love each other as sisters of the heart, but not in country, they became their own 'club'.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> CORRESPONDING LIVES is based on real events but is an act of fiction. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Playwright and Author Barbara Lindquist Schlichting</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <b>BEMIDJI COMMUNITY THEATER</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;"> You’re invited to the wonderful and amazing play based on myself and my dear English friend. It’s a true story about two women who began writing as childhood friends, raised families, and still maintained their close relationship until the passing of half of the duo-friendship. It’s about us: Chris and me. </span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;"> Think of LOVE LETTERS. </span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;"> This play is about myself, Barb, and a woman from England, Chris, who wrote to each other for about fifty-five years. We met five times. Chris first visited me and my family in Bemidji in 1981. I visited her alone a few years later, then my husband and I traveled to England and stayed for a few days. Another thirty years passed before I traveled to England again. After that, I visited her twice. The final time, we took a vacation together and traveled to Baths and Stratford Upon Avon. When she passed away in January 2019, I knew I would have to honor her and our friendship. I began to write a play. It seemed right since I write books. It took me a good year or longer before it was acceptable to present to the local community theater. </span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;"> I will direct CORRESPONDING LIVES! It will be produced at the Bemidji Community Theater in downtown Bemidji. The dates are-May 12,13,14,19,20, and 21, 2023. The 14 and 21 are matinees. </span></font></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><p> Phone # 218-766-0753 </p><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;"> Bemidji Community Theater <br /></span></font><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;"> 316 Beltrami Avenue </span></font></span></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hIXGO86W80qPqWkyeAuQuzyRZ7n26EnDUEDxLfk38W_P3Ua8Zqz6AY-9P6CvEGKdOZZvFjuipUUSo_UlxN-nzBbcXMn2ZeN3R5bnYIUScXLwEOTSZHYm0RvqsxHxzLRzqXkupXo3Qu8TYmMCP6FGs9rCyKDqKPB80cO1TfzrihZsE4IRk_XdqUqC/s3555/2FA09B2B-B1CC-4156-B3C6-A2B041D255FF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3555" data-original-width="2314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hIXGO86W80qPqWkyeAuQuzyRZ7n26EnDUEDxLfk38W_P3Ua8Zqz6AY-9P6CvEGKdOZZvFjuipUUSo_UlxN-nzBbcXMn2ZeN3R5bnYIUScXLwEOTSZHYm0RvqsxHxzLRzqXkupXo3Qu8TYmMCP6FGs9rCyKDqKPB80cO1TfzrihZsE4IRk_XdqUqC/s320/2FA09B2B-B1CC-4156-B3C6-A2B041D255FF.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: 100%;">Bemidji, MN 56601</span></font></span><div><a href="https://www.barbaraschlichting.com" title="Barb's Books">Barb's Books</a><br /></div></span></div>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-59194786546908829572023-03-09T07:43:00.042-08:002023-03-09T07:43:00.202-08:00St. Patrick's Day in the White House!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">It was a balmy March day
in Washington as the Irish ambassador to the U.S. headed to the White House. He
carried a small gift for the president: a box of Irish shamrock in honor of St.
Patrick's Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The year was 1952. The president, Harry
Truman, was out of town. So the ambassador, John Joseph Hearne, dropped off the
shamrock and went on his way. By doing this one act, Hearne notched the notion
of Irish-America to all of America.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1953, with Dwight Eisenhower in the
White House, the low-key shamrock presentation of the previous year began to
resemble the ceremony we know today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">A gift that had been
dropped off was now presented to the president in person. The small box
containing a few sprigs of shamrock evolved into a custom-made Waterford
crystal bowl full of sprouts, specially flown in for the event. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">When John F. Kennedy,
himself an Irish-American, the media event was full-blown. Interest diminished
after his death, but his successor, Lyndon Johnson, gamely kept the tradition
alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 1970s, the occasion settled into
a more routine, minor event on the schedule for Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Carter even delegated the task to his vice president one year. Ronald Reagan,
however, was fond of extolling his Irish roots, so his arrival in the White
House helped transform St. Patrick's Day in Washington into a jovial,
celebratory, all-day affair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By then, the nation's capital was
hosting its own parade, and the shamrock ceremony was soon joined on the
schedule by an annual congressional St. Patrick's Day luncheon in the U.S.
Capitol, hosted by House Speaker Tip O'Neill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">After Reagan, George H.W.
Bush accepted the shamrock for four years. Clinton set a precedent by meeting only with Irish
prime ministers. George W. Bush deliberately toned down the
celebration as a way of signaling his intention to limit his administration's
involvement with Northern Ireland.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President Obama made clear his commitment
to continuing the ritual, calling it "an affirmation of one of the
strongest bonds between peoples that exist in the world."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ireland, too, is committed to sustaining
the custom. A 2009 official government report on U.S.-Ireland relations cited
the importance of the shamrock ceremony: A</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">fter nearly 60 years
of St. Patrick's Day ceremonies, what's actually become of all those bowls of
shamrock?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ronald Reagan used one of his
Waterford bowls to hold jelly beans. Bill Clinton displayed his glassware in
the White House.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>White
House security regulations dictate that any food, drink or plant presented to
the president be "handled pursuant to Secret Service policy." That's
Secret Service-speak for destroyed -- an unceremonious fate, for an enduring
symbol of a long friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-32206143302860178442023-02-09T08:17:00.002-08:002023-02-09T08:17:00.151-08:00What was your favorite Valentine’s Day?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoCxNVqWJrgGKNgY9QXbmJRsE8nxUVbfoboePs8HFgRqmcIfq3u9cPKHbnVVMiUxWxSgspW4742nSFSEkWNUpe6nsgB7swH1dSygert78N2I8a51eIYsHIN7LCSNDMp5pZRbZcq6fjzOuao4RODRvem-GlXJR3GQgwXDk_5_eQ8v2vWOSG_idCfpi/s6720/772BFA96-382D-4DB4-950A-AB9057BE1158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoCxNVqWJrgGKNgY9QXbmJRsE8nxUVbfoboePs8HFgRqmcIfq3u9cPKHbnVVMiUxWxSgspW4742nSFSEkWNUpe6nsgB7swH1dSygert78N2I8a51eIYsHIN7LCSNDMp5pZRbZcq6fjzOuao4RODRvem-GlXJR3GQgwXDk_5_eQ8v2vWOSG_idCfpi/s320/772BFA96-382D-4DB4-950A-AB9057BE1158.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><div> What was your favorite Valentine Day? Do you think about it very often? This is a picture of my husband and I which was taken for our fiftieth anniversary last summer. We married in August. This picture was sort of a remake of our dating year and shot in Diamond Point Park in Bemidji. We’d wanted to recreate it but, of course, that’s not possible. We wore similar clothes and then went to change and the family joined us for pictures. Our grandson, Brendan, who is a professional photographer, took the pictures. I’ll make a plug for him- <a href="https://brendancurtisphtography.myportfolio.com/">https://brendancurtisphtography.myportfolio.com/</a>. </div><div> After pictures then we all went to eat at Rutgers Birchmont Lodge which was absolutely delicious. Then, back to our house where we’d set out pictures galore and had a number of slides ready for showing. Our boys and grandchildren had fun looking and watching. It was my forever Valentine’s Day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWejVIHPF3-xF9hsT0qho9L6VEG7cy8MDLByG2clYb1RlDgQiVyYqJIIUDUvVRv2dTVZfE8E2xH5WUQflqkbAFcJRmgo2nnoBX3DG8B4sFHyyHjyBRR_8-ocTrK1VJnYpuXFuq6q8mWi2Ti5dQKU2OYu0-eFJ3ZUhytB9gGVSnKyQxRm0m6LHJlgx/s828/1C185B16-AFEE-4BFD-8C52-F31A765E510D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="828" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWejVIHPF3-xF9hsT0qho9L6VEG7cy8MDLByG2clYb1RlDgQiVyYqJIIUDUvVRv2dTVZfE8E2xH5WUQflqkbAFcJRmgo2nnoBX3DG8B4sFHyyHjyBRR_8-ocTrK1VJnYpuXFuq6q8mWi2Ti5dQKU2OYu0-eFJ3ZUhytB9gGVSnKyQxRm0m6LHJlgx/s320/1C185B16-AFEE-4BFD-8C52-F31A765E510D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Then, of course, we have Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy! They fell in love at first sight! They fell in love in 1976 but the Muppet Movie in 1979, sealed their love, however, they did eventually fall out of love but I think they just got tired.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhCI61fpSheEB2iF37b2NljQbfGnDid3PDxgCXspKsAMwLuTRDsqaujjXCWT4h-R8vDa2NDVY5ZCj4EGRDdnMm5aRKyM1i0NBGJTyQ0Dr0hjk5cIbAVxtJkTdsVpa66c1AJoprC0rELAtlBk9ymFL20IBLuccxIVwZyciTXHFUfxa-2NO9qHDFwjB/s737/B6C278E1-3BE3-4F10-980D-23AFF6F156DC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="737" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhCI61fpSheEB2iF37b2NljQbfGnDid3PDxgCXspKsAMwLuTRDsqaujjXCWT4h-R8vDa2NDVY5ZCj4EGRDdnMm5aRKyM1i0NBGJTyQ0Dr0hjk5cIbAVxtJkTdsVpa66c1AJoprC0rELAtlBk9ymFL20IBLuccxIVwZyciTXHFUfxa-2NO9qHDFwjB/s320/B6C278E1-3BE3-4F10-980D-23AFF6F156DC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> In my picture book, Martha Washington's Big Day you see how much the First Lady and President really loved each other. I tried to stay true to what her first few days were like as First Lady, and they sure were tough. It’s basically historical fiction but still I wrote through the eyes of a slave’s doll.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=marthat+washington%27s+Big+day+by+Barbara+Schlichting&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari">Martha Washington’s Big Day</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> Enjoy and please feel free to follow and to share.</div><div><br /></div><div> Barb</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.barbaraschlichting.com/">Barb’s Books</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-86636716067494016892023-01-09T07:35:00.000-08:002023-01-09T07:35:17.137-08:00January?<p><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutGliYyFHTislV3LkydvODXcEUGeqdkFvDqfeLjnL8QyQT2iQVy_Q7tQ2rbLlm3nJPoJmXtarhbxqgSseiahd2Jj5MIFiBVr2ulzr6ZqM0rmMCouOV8g5N9fjoVzspslvXACIj_CzQNFmEAbJKliiYmWX46yCVcEjI8GdKXP8tXRHChKVDal86w1O/s1536/8A596EDB-D506-4A12-BA1F-3E4EFDD11A20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutGliYyFHTislV3LkydvODXcEUGeqdkFvDqfeLjnL8QyQT2iQVy_Q7tQ2rbLlm3nJPoJmXtarhbxqgSseiahd2Jj5MIFiBVr2ulzr6ZqM0rmMCouOV8g5N9fjoVzspslvXACIj_CzQNFmEAbJKliiYmWX46yCVcEjI8GdKXP8tXRHChKVDal86w1O/s320/8A596EDB-D506-4A12-BA1F-3E4EFDD11A20.jpeg" width="213" style="max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; height: auto; width: auto;"></a></div><br><p><br></p><p> I’m curious to know what you thought about December? I thought it was basically horrible. No, I’m not a Scrooge, however, you would be one too if this had happened to you.</p><p>I was scammed, royally. Someone placed a $200.00 ad on my Facebook page and was completely kicked off from my author page and Facebook. The creep got in through PayPal. That being said, there goes our credit cards and this monster got into my computer and now, it’s frozen. I also don’t have the receipt and it’s an Apple and six years old so I can’t get anyone from repair shop to open it up. My husband opened the back, removed the memory chip, put it back in but it still won’t fire up. I’m sunk. I have to purchase a new computer. My husband’s laptop is driving me nuts. It’s hard getting used to a new computer.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1T5G5N2mIbqQ2WfzE53urV3N32oWThNYt" alt="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1T5G5N2mIbqQ2WfzE53urV3N32oWThNYt" style="max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; height: auto; width: auto;"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17RqkEboDpujdcV0VnJFED7PXdcM8oNg2" alt="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17RqkEboDpujdcV0VnJFED7PXdcM8oNg2" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; height: auto; width: auto;"><br></p><p> Since I couldn’t finish ordering Christmas presents, my son and grandson received them late. Actually, my grandson will receive a homemade afghan from me. My sons’ gift was wrapped and it still was fun.</p><p><br></p><p> I went ahead and made a Norwegian Christmas cake, Kransekake. It’s eighteen circular layers. They break apart and are like crackers. The flour is almond the other two ingredients are egg whites and powdered sugar. I purchased the molds from Ingebretsen’s in Minneapolis. Here is the picture of it.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ES8ersIfZ5FmprG-ZK-7UEL_T9-EUITR" alt="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ES8ersIfZ5FmprG-ZK-7UEL_T9-EUITR" style="max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; height: auto; width: auto;"><br></p><p>Have a Happy New Year!</p><p>Barb. </p><p><a href="http://www.barbaraschlichting.com" title="Barb's Books">Barb's Books</a> <br></p>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-27185972946252270192021-11-03T12:00:00.004-07:002022-09-29T13:57:30.500-07:00Corresponding Lives<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQBB7noGUGcs4scF5M9fpJiOedFeAebkioQR_NrJ2RgvfGX2M66fZx4rOnZiOSmxLQoG165HefFur1Uy2Rpiygcg7NAkiZKvDrYS7sF-ibpD4bQuWUioopF8ad--xSzbmhQXMkaCxz34-7bClkdFwuaEtETcRfetVEMN81lrMLFtykyRIPPJw8nOv/s2400/D84AFB24-9959-4AC3-B4E5-D466DF860920.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2400" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTQBB7noGUGcs4scF5M9fpJiOedFeAebkioQR_NrJ2RgvfGX2M66fZx4rOnZiOSmxLQoG165HefFur1Uy2Rpiygcg7NAkiZKvDrYS7sF-ibpD4bQuWUioopF8ad--xSzbmhQXMkaCxz34-7bClkdFwuaEtETcRfetVEMN81lrMLFtykyRIPPJw8nOv/s320/D84AFB24-9959-4AC3-B4E5-D466DF860920.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qcq1Ll2G7cVrcmNB3RXfvd105yVLUGFUoaojP_wvAsxT7CbrH4aJIU650qGVsCzpQUjPYKZenUzUBYUn2xxY6mVNvwKfdkhyphenhyphenDFCrpP2a7GyYR4aNeWMI5rzgAxooeVELq6N-HOXQYyY/s2200/2A1859A1-D3E0-4A99-84D7-90CEAC1E1111.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="2200" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qcq1Ll2G7cVrcmNB3RXfvd105yVLUGFUoaojP_wvAsxT7CbrH4aJIU650qGVsCzpQUjPYKZenUzUBYUn2xxY6mVNvwKfdkhyphenhyphenDFCrpP2a7GyYR4aNeWMI5rzgAxooeVELq6N-HOXQYyY/w654-h218/2A1859A1-D3E0-4A99-84D7-90CEAC1E1111.jpeg" width="654" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EX0jBW_ktC7SvbdIQieNQgegYRejxDoiNLuMMxplgRpFjbcylg0cZ5IIwgDpn7saWAZenXKnRjDTFqq3RRwuf8RivJNmi81LJvEQeMS2onWoAupYdoRN8f88Bmf2VRgb42GHpYZ1FLM/s2048/D47EE2F1-97C4-425D-841F-3A6258B0CE64.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EX0jBW_ktC7SvbdIQieNQgegYRejxDoiNLuMMxplgRpFjbcylg0cZ5IIwgDpn7saWAZenXKnRjDTFqq3RRwuf8RivJNmi81LJvEQeMS2onWoAupYdoRN8f88Bmf2VRgb42GHpYZ1FLM/w249-h249/D47EE2F1-97C4-425D-841F-3A6258B0CE64.jpeg" width="249" /></a></div><br />Here's Chris when we were in Stratford. It was about five years ago. I believe it's Ann Hathaway's home in back of her. This photo was taken in 1985 at my house in Bemidji, MN.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kJPHSfkVh2SpehyMYq1j5sJAOQgtMN_OgVHw-b7adH93m8B6LghzhDxobQL_dMnWxEhuxxIPSNOOtQtPn6lA4TfFuc5-UIGPQr0mahcmGT9rk935pzwq5ZCjYfI5mhsEMgZ2YsIpKUM/s1241/69C3DF71-21D4-49F1-9229-CED0E7A2D65E_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1241" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kJPHSfkVh2SpehyMYq1j5sJAOQgtMN_OgVHw-b7adH93m8B6LghzhDxobQL_dMnWxEhuxxIPSNOOtQtPn6lA4TfFuc5-UIGPQr0mahcmGT9rk935pzwq5ZCjYfI5mhsEMgZ2YsIpKUM/w241-h199/69C3DF71-21D4-49F1-9229-CED0E7A2D65E_1_201_a.heic" width="241" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSQiGCJ4IjaRkyEx2HWORly7-OqgsteloOFJgVdnwCM7SdDKr_G6AYPO4YMPypEuaxLXUAerqVXNziP2-9GO4ZXLDezhJbwdkCl0razvltrpDEL6xOjDoASiE1NgplKWUaBZ8lC5vV4Y/s2048/D184B204-1708-48AA-B800-D86C11320F21.jpeg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSQiGCJ4IjaRkyEx2HWORly7-OqgsteloOFJgVdnwCM7SdDKr_G6AYPO4YMPypEuaxLXUAerqVXNziP2-9GO4ZXLDezhJbwdkCl0razvltrpDEL6xOjDoASiE1NgplKWUaBZ8lC5vV4Y/s2048/D184B204-1708-48AA-B800-D86C11320F21.jpeg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;">Here I am in the same tree trunk as Chris. </span><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSQiGCJ4IjaRkyEx2HWORly7-OqgsteloOFJgVdnwCM7SdDKr_G6AYPO4YMPypEuaxLXUAerqVXNziP2-9GO4ZXLDezhJbwdkCl0razvltrpDEL6xOjDoASiE1NgplKWUaBZ8lC5vV4Y/w282-h282/D184B204-1708-48AA-B800-D86C11320F21.jpeg" width="282" /></a> <br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Do you have a close friend? What do you enjoy doing together? Chris and I wrote each other for fifty-five years. Your Soul on Paper. When you write down your feelings and thoughts, you bare your soul. Do you have a close friend that you’d like to see more frequently? How about sending them a letter? 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A PLAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Barbara Marie Lindquist Schlichting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Childhood Chums casting goodwill seeds across the ocean for fifty-five years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Excellent Fun!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPA5o6VwhjopR2GWM1OgTXsVjCIxRrYoPnquy8AETWCR6Ki8nOEDIgzWfUWe28VhZIT7-KefcpLmulpRIEEqN_Vk8NaRzD7Jjn6Obv-FkA8CRbovRSMRVmHT8gQxAlK1YKabYUGyfKpE/s1600/717A38A2-2CC7-40CE-AB3A-1CCE0CFEC07F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="1600" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPA5o6VwhjopR2GWM1OgTXsVjCIxRrYoPnquy8AETWCR6Ki8nOEDIgzWfUWe28VhZIT7-KefcpLmulpRIEEqN_Vk8NaRzD7Jjn6Obv-FkA8CRbovRSMRVmHT8gQxAlK1YKabYUGyfKpE/w490-h142/717A38A2-2CC7-40CE-AB3A-1CCE0CFEC07F.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p> <b>Hello and Happy Wednesday!</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b> Are you interested in a few good reads? Want to figure out whodunnit? Now's a chance to read new authors! My book, SPANGLED to DEATH is listed. If you choose mine and write a favorable review on Amazon, I would be more than happy to gift you another book of your choice from my mystery series or The Broken Circle. The link is below.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b> <a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/pka-murder-mystery-giveaway/x7fii2c4l8">https://books.bookfunnel.com/pka-murder-mystery-giveaway/x7fii2c4l8</a><br /></b></p><p> Enjoy yourself! Please leave a review and feel free to share!</p><p> Barb </p><p> </p>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-58288519061813146782021-09-01T05:00:00.001-07:002021-09-01T05:00:00.208-07:00Characters. Where do they frequent?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkYQr_sfcmvpRcQumkbXTkbApELex6S6KT-YD2HaPncMCxcOL0pzYtaonhHRTx9UlsAxu4ObafPrl0TZZGLnr5d1m8GMgy354Xvk-BCy83CFCQ267dwjBZTEF9rkIjOHyKciA_w6yOG0/s1500/2E7EE572-FC20-4F3D-88D0-4F19BED782B8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="1500" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkYQr_sfcmvpRcQumkbXTkbApELex6S6KT-YD2HaPncMCxcOL0pzYtaonhHRTx9UlsAxu4ObafPrl0TZZGLnr5d1m8GMgy354Xvk-BCy83CFCQ267dwjBZTEF9rkIjOHyKciA_w6yOG0/w501-h146/2E7EE572-FC20-4F3D-88D0-4F19BED782B8.jpeg" width="501" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-C7AKSfimYf5GGIEBvK1IO07rlfgzE-LaZD07FEw3MxmAlBoOyMHOpP6f50cSpA89ssx2DBIFVGPWbCE3OBOJxA4DkDwXqrAdbi-zbIUoIq-M-p7-aQpBVpIBa58gTHZI6OKXiqbqUg/s538/825548AD-E7A9-4C1C-BD53-72E7896E4A2C_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-C7AKSfimYf5GGIEBvK1IO07rlfgzE-LaZD07FEw3MxmAlBoOyMHOpP6f50cSpA89ssx2DBIFVGPWbCE3OBOJxA4DkDwXqrAdbi-zbIUoIq-M-p7-aQpBVpIBa58gTHZI6OKXiqbqUg/s320/825548AD-E7A9-4C1C-BD53-72E7896E4A2C_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Do your characters like the same thing? Do they enjoy frequenting the same coffee shop, diner, liquor establishment? What about music? By not having the same tastes and interests, you are hereby opening scenes that will or can develop into conflicts between the protagonist and the secondary characters. If you are a mystery writer, the killer may have found another reason for murder.</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">Speaking of murder, does the killer versed in poison and completely dislikes coffee? Hmm...is the main character fussy? Will she only drink a certain brand of tea?</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg009-9I2UxC3AF9mX5Gh8j0E1lQXacAe1HfxnNfHAV_-fEjk-bHmXj9JTcSQI8bMKNIXW0NATDGdcqh9HR0ZJAXAj36V8O_Qki-SZLEc2L_IdHmB4-nr0sWtVWKQL9KL_YcemrXe0qmTg/s1024/4398F70C-4D60-4C7F-91BC-360A004B8137.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg009-9I2UxC3AF9mX5Gh8j0E1lQXacAe1HfxnNfHAV_-fEjk-bHmXj9JTcSQI8bMKNIXW0NATDGdcqh9HR0ZJAXAj36V8O_Qki-SZLEc2L_IdHmB4-nr0sWtVWKQL9KL_YcemrXe0qmTg/w252-h252/4398F70C-4D60-4C7F-91BC-360A004B8137.jpeg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"> I love my little corner of south Minneapolis because it's where I grew up, but also it has all that I need for my books. I have a coffee and wine bar plus a theater and the rest, I make up. It's always nice to have a fictional corner, but my old neighborhood suits me fine. Here are the links to see pictures of <a href="https://bit.ly/382fRHV">Riverview Wine Bar and Coffee Shop</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/36DBFaU">the Riverview Theater</a>.</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> Please follow me on <a href="https://amzn.to/2v1S7mR">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/2twP5qo">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/30BssNN">BookBub</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/2TCHUYk">Goodreads</a></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To learn more about me, you can scroll through my website. </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.barbaraschlichting.com">Barb's Books</a> or join me on <a href="https://bit.ly/38Fzsh0">Facebook</a></h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></h1><br /><p></p>Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-50741368372335389262020-12-01T05:00:00.001-08:002021-08-22T17:16:31.547-07:00Favorite Christmas Sights and Sounds and Memories. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What to write about? Does your character like the seasonal holiday time or does he/she dread it? Why? Do you want your character to feel the same emotions that you do once the time is upon us? How about that cousin, aunt or uncle that makes you crazy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;"> For dinner we had turkey and blazing pudding, and after dinner the Uncles sat in front of the fire, loosened all buttons, put their large moist hands over their watch chains, groaned a little and slept. Mothers, aunts and sister scuttled to and fro, bearing tureens. Auntie Bessie, who had already been frightened, twice, by a clock-worked mouse, whimpered at the sideboard and had some elderberry. The dog was sick. Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">That paragraph evokes all sorts of sights, sounds, and emotions. Take the time and count all the emotions and write down what they are. Afterwards, the descriptive words. Dylan Thomas sets the scene and puts you right there in the middle of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Go ahead and write your holiday scene with your character. Are you dropping the reader right in the middle of it? I would hope to be like one of the latter aunts, Dosie or Hannah. They seem to know how to have fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Have fun and happy holidays! Please leave a comment and share!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-59658124030841027542020-11-07T04:30:00.000-08:002020-11-07T04:30:00.840-08:00Favorite Thanksgiving or turkey <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I’m pretty sure that most of you haven’t written about the best Thanksgiving Day turkey that you’ve ever tasted, but here’s your chance. Holidays evoke memories and emotions so let it all-hang-out! I for one remember the final time that I had Thanksgiving with my mother. I came home that night because one of the boys had a hockey tournament over the weekend. We had a great stuffed turkey and laughed and my brother’s and families were all together but on Friday when I returned from the hockey game there was a phone message from one of my brothers. Our dad was found dead in the morning from an apparent heart attack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">When I wrote about it, I had to distance myself from my emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">You go ahead and write about your favorite Thanksgiving or turkey. Was it good just because you and your loved one were together? Or did the turkey turn out to be drier than beef jerky? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Set your timer for 15 minutes and write about it. Those of you who can’t stand the holiday, go ahead write about why you don’t. Enjoy the exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Are you done? Sorry, I didn’t write about it. I picture our family together and find it difficult to write. I guess that I’m just not ready.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Happy Thanksgiving!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-29300651483197328582020-10-07T05:00:00.000-07:002020-10-07T05:00:00.632-07:00Which character? Fish out of water. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Is your setting set in nature? Do you walk in the woods or is it in town with noise? Let’s pretend that your primary character is walking in the woods and is unused to all the sights and sounds of the rustling and riffling of the leaves or crunching from smaller animals. Has this person ever come straight up with a deer? What will they feel like? What are they seeing? Do they fear the sounds of cracking of the trees? Let’s write about it, shall we?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Let’s begin by choosing a character that needs to be shaken up! If you’re in the middle of a project and don’t quite know where to go—you know what I’m talking about. Let’s take a fish out of water and see what this person will do. They are people, right!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Once you’ve chosen your person or character, set the timer for 20 minutes and begin to write. Here’s some of what I wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;">I woke early in the morning and looked out across the back yard and wondered where the devil I was. The early morning sun helped clear my head as I sat up and listened. I wasn’t used to living in town with traffic and voices. I found it interesting and bothersome. At home where there was silence and only a loud muffler once in a while is all the noise I heard. How am I going to manage here, by myself, in search of my lost childhood friend?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Okay! Stop the timer if you haven’t already. Above is a portion of what I wrote. I started with a paragraph from one of my books and then changed the whole book in one sweep of a few words. ‘where the devil I was’. The whole perspective and story itself is completely different from the published book. Wow! I could write a new book with that paragraph.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Go ahead and write-write-write! Enjoy the day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-14176922384257858532020-08-05T07:00:00.000-07:002020-08-05T07:00:05.062-07:00The Emotion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now that you’ve worked out what emotions are strong in your writing, let’s write about something that was very emotional. I know that we’ve already covered emotions, but they’re worthwhile to dig deeper to really discover the emotions within ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I know that when my mother passed away, I couldn’t cry. It hurt way too much. I didn’t cry for three months. I must say, though, that my dad has passed away nine months earlier so it was like a double-whammy. The silence was deadly. It was when the time change came upon us when it hit. Dad always called to remind me. Mom would call and say that she’d missed changing the coffeepot timer the night before and it started too early, waking her. The silence from not hearing from either one brought the tears. The realization that life was fleeting suddenly hit me. I cried buckets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> The other life changing occurrence was when my oldest and later youngest went for basic training. Fortunately, the youngest went in the National Guard wasn’t away from home for too long but the other was gone for four years. That made me nuts, I really missed my son. I’m a visual person. I put pictures of him all over the house. The pictures saved my sanity. When we’d speak on the phone, I’d look all around to see where the voice was coming from even though I knew he was safe in Germany. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Why don’t you take fifteen minutes and write about the hardest, life-changing event? Set the timer and begin writing. This will pull out all emotions, good or bad. After, count them and see how many of each of the five senses you used the most. It’s a great beginning for a story or a book. It’ll draw your readers in and want to read more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Have you described your emotions on the page? Every scene is emotional.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It may not be a said emotion, but it must be conveyed. When my son enlisted in the army, I was proud of him but at the same time, my heart sunk to my knees.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I knew what the future would bring.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">How do you describe the bittersweet? Here’s what I wrote to myself at the time:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 14pt;"> Where is the kid? Oh! There he is dressed in his new shirt and jeans and youthful smile that shows how naïve and vulnerable he is—truly—coming from a mom and pop family and going where no man has before—an army of one--. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> What am I not telling you? What of the five senses am I displaying? Am I displaying true emotion? I’d like to know what you think. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Barbara Schlichtinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03647036666046003657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443968572573060392.post-89351166685911918892020-06-05T05:00:00.000-07:002020-06-05T05:00:01.336-07:00Characters and senses. Their likes and dislikes. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Have you ever thought writing about rooms in your house as worthwhile? I didn’t either until I tried it. Describe what you see in the kitchen or do you want to begin with the family room? It doesn’t really matter. We’ll get to know your characters likes and dislikes. Are you the main character or most of you, I should say? I am in an awful lot of my books. Mostly it’s me. In The Broken Circle, most of me was in it. I had been a teacher and knew the classroom scenes plus had a boyfriend who went to Vietnam while serving in the Marines. In my White House Dollhouse series, I always loved dolls and am a history buff. Who are you in your books? Let’s find out your likes and dislikes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Choose a room and it really doesn’t have to be from your home, but it must evoke strong memories. Set your timer for five minutes, then write about the room. Put down any details that you remember about the room. When the timer goes off, then stop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Circle all visual words. How many did you use? Write down the number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Circle all words that make sounds—verbs. How many? Enter the number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Continue with smell, taste and touch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> How many words for each of the senses? Now you know where your strength and weaknesses are. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Now go ahead and add your character in the room and see what happens. If you don’t care for the character you added then try another one. You’ll see how each character responds to different settings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I hope this helps you in your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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