Dream Bubbles

This happens often in our house. We honor the sleeping-pet-on-the-lap rule.

What We Find by Robyn Carr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Have you watched Sullivan’s Crossing? If you have you will feel like you are watching it the whole book. I love Robyn Carr’s writing style. It makes you feel comfortable. You see and smell the environment. The narrator, Therese Plummer, is good, but it is hard to tell whose point of view she is portraying. All her males sound the same. Still…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “sometimes.” Start your post with the word “sometimes.” Have fun! I’m sure others thought of this. But I couldn’t resist: Sooner or later we all are. Remember when they told you that when you’re young, your parents know nothing. But when you grow up you realize they were geniuses. Yeah. Somehow in my 60s my anger at my parents…

The title assumes the concept that once it’s begun it is heading for a finish. With all the projects this ADD senior starts, I never consider them lost, just resting, ya know? I’m a fan of alliteration. Besides, ‘on-going projects’ is just too cumbersome. Second dragon is almost finished. One of my “One more thing” projects. My brother and I split up a Lucky Bamboo Plant into two parts. I…

The Choice by Nora Roberts My rating: 5 of 5 stars I think Nora Roberts is now my favorite author and Barrie Kreinik is my favorite narrator. This Dragon Heart Legacy series has been a blast. I loved every minute of time I spent in that world with those characters. Fantasies and romances get boring and predictable. Mostly predictible in that I know the writer is going to try to make the book more…

A Part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt. If women talk too much, according to men, why, when you look for quotes on the internet, are they mostly from males?

Art Therapy and Music Therapy Bundle: by Paul Catalani My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I was a music major, this was the direction I was heading. Music Therapy. That and art therapy make so much sense to me. Anything that can move your spirit and express emotions can bring the psychic mind closer to finding help. If you want to know some basics about these theories, this is the book for you. It was…

Starting today I’m institute One More. The exception is food. Less is more there. Find something of beauty, a moment more enjoy. Scene from my kitchen window. One more picture. One more dish washed. When I feel I’m done with my piano playing for the day, one more, something new. Today I pulled out my Uke song book and played Imagine as I improvised the bass chords. I was ready to pop off the…

The Becoming by Nora Roberts My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nora Roberts is becoming one of my favorite authors. Barrie Kreinik is one of the best narrators; not a single character sounds like any other, and each person’s emotions are clear. So their teamwork makes this one of the best fantasy series I’ve read in a long time. Book two develops the worlds and the conflict between the angry fae and those…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “jelly.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! I’ve been working on this prompt in my head all day. I didn’t want to play with the slang of jealous. I don’t know why, but I find it the silliest of slang words. So I had a sit-down with a spoonful of peanut butter and a spot of jelly to see if I could come up with something. I came up with…

Self-Editing On A Penny: A Comprehensive Guide by Ashlyn Forge My rating: 4 of 5 stars For NaNoWriMo and Camp Nano, I have written approximately 20 books, most of them 50K or more. But here I am, the worst editor ever. But I simply love the stories as they run from my brain to the keyboard. Hence, I need to read many more books like this to reach the next step. This was an audiobook with Sandy…

Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician’s Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing by Molly Gebrian My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started this book a while back. I loved the aspect that it was written by a musician who minored in neuroscience. Wait! Let me start over. When I was a kid, my mom would make me play a piece ten times. I never could keep track. She gave me ten buttons. Each play moved a…

A part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday Listening to the Beatles as I seek inspiration: Enough said.

The Awakening by Nora Roberts My rating: 4 of 5 stars I can’t decide which person I am most impressed with: Nora Roberts with the writing, or Barrie Kreinik and her versatile storytelling. Fantasy usually bugs me. Too scary, too weird that ghosts, vampires, werefolk, etc. interbreed. I like the adventure and opportunity to travel to new lands, but the rest… Anyway, this book followed a different…

Sisters of the Midnight Sun by Fiona Valpy My rating: 4 of 5 stars I received this copy of Fiona Valpy’s from NetGalley. I feel so blessed to get to read, well, listen to this story using Kindle’s text-to-speech. The story starts with two women getting to know each other. Both in grief. Soon we learn their stories. I don’t want to give too much away because the depth of their lives and loves is…

Front (northwest) Back Front later I’m too slow to capture the lightning next to the rainbow. Sorry for the window spots. A different window looking back (south).

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “spark.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! Why is it that when I start a blog with ideas, the spark dies? It’s like all the sparks crash into each other and explode as I get ready to write. I hope my USA  neighbors are having a great holiday. We’ve been enjoying the ABC celebration until it became clear we needed to watch ID4.…