tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53256648403719684132024-03-13T01:46:29.032-07:00Dawn ByrneLife's so sweet I sip it so my teeth aren't on edge.Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-53027224235931723632024-03-05T10:05:00.000-08:002024-03-05T10:05:32.601-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4MtUdXEuEwSocd-IhW9Zlg8s1SQ0NkNj5mkNMHTc51LfAfhhOYvEzD3q2EymUFBIWSiz0lHFVEKtolFV-AGaWxP8Nq0hzeY8afrvWEzUkz2UwLarSTZZd55doI6RpcuroOeeNQU5fHhDqh7u9wI36M228PbygfEuJcvnYXNMZ_pAyxpPJQ8fcuET3RjdS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="312" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4MtUdXEuEwSocd-IhW9Zlg8s1SQ0NkNj5mkNMHTc51LfAfhhOYvEzD3q2EymUFBIWSiz0lHFVEKtolFV-AGaWxP8Nq0hzeY8afrvWEzUkz2UwLarSTZZd55doI6RpcuroOeeNQU5fHhDqh7u9wI36M228PbygfEuJcvnYXNMZ_pAyxpPJQ8fcuET3RjdS=w462-h365" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We're back in our B&N home!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Come join us as we discuss Point of View</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">March 19th @7pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2797">1311 Nixon Dr.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2797">Moorestown, NJ 08057</a></span></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-19980309102205066792024-01-22T06:48:00.000-08:002024-01-22T06:48:50.530-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" data-original-height="3936" data-original-width="2624" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsRDid8ytwC8-7idtfFs5a41WsdaqJpQ4JGxFg8OtKh3XSmPWxb8BRqFY8l46SAgJJ70Om5u4C7UJZNqOdP_TsOtYk4bopMtV08PpfLRePW14o-4_g6gPCHVcg2REVtAY4bAXtyg3wMYOTd7SQqbzDvnNUmKLm7NUkXhxAa4KasvxSM3FoCfKqivrs3oXF=w400-h318" style="font-size: xx-large;" width="400" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image by <a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/note-with-chart-economy-decreasing_8218589.htm#query=stat%20line&position=11&from_view=search&track=ais&uuid=f2ead3a7-f946-43ad-81c0-1c7c20f07612">Freepik</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">as she leads the Juliette Writers' Group </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in discussing Deadlines/Finishing a Project</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">on February 20th @ 6:30pm</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in <a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library</a>'s meeting room.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(The library is inside Maple Shade's municipal bldg.)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All welcome</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-49143683185099961652024-01-04T14:59:00.000-08:002024-01-16T15:48:44.048-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUao-w3-0LvHWI9i5dfclzAYUjidMTHr4Uiq6_WPSQagumsvJp_U_IVBrg-506oFNq0D_lRg6-EQ8Xu8pMAJi_0F3f_GFLM5si8474IdH3cjvfu_Sy3ZEhgtP1WcgRujcJnRxX3TNLPXB2SOq31dj1vDbbKvBbRLEddFAEV_MDN5Un8furnLcPyKzkKqmq/s3264/Picture%20of%20Maass%20Writing%20Books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUao-w3-0LvHWI9i5dfclzAYUjidMTHr4Uiq6_WPSQagumsvJp_U_IVBrg-506oFNq0D_lRg6-EQ8Xu8pMAJi_0F3f_GFLM5si8474IdH3cjvfu_Sy3ZEhgtP1WcgRujcJnRxX3TNLPXB2SOq31dj1vDbbKvBbRLEddFAEV_MDN5Un8furnLcPyKzkKqmq/w351-h291/Picture%20of%20Maass%20Writing%20Books.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">This meeting is canceled due to weather!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">START YOUR YEAR RIGHT, WRITE!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join this meeting of the minds</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">January 16th @ 6:30pm </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library</a>'s meeting room</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(library is inside the municipal bldg)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Topic for discussion:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Finishing A Project/Deadlines</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-68850907879444892352023-12-13T19:16:00.000-08:002023-12-13T19:18:14.554-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1-DngadcHeDGFdNXtfE06TiZzd2f2LSz0ZsobCge5g21O28QK5WU1FOwpnniQBOgRzo1PIY7yj_H7UnSUdxX6TpBILvr7GnQKewImPIochaa6rtPEZ7ZbdjS4u8gNiWZtoBd7nWbRyzpp59Av6UPCAS-2eMfpW0Zj5Dpzta0qQqtt0SSvIaAqfuDjM9-/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1-DngadcHeDGFdNXtfE06TiZzd2f2LSz0ZsobCge5g21O28QK5WU1FOwpnniQBOgRzo1PIY7yj_H7UnSUdxX6TpBILvr7GnQKewImPIochaa6rtPEZ7ZbdjS4u8gNiWZtoBd7nWbRyzpp59Av6UPCAS-2eMfpW0Zj5Dpzta0qQqtt0SSvIaAqfuDjM9-/w483-h412/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="483" /></a><br /><br /></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">J<b>oin Dawn Byrne as she facilitates </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">the Juliette Writers' Group </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">in discussing Backstory</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">December 19th @6:30 pm </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library</a> meeting room</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is in Maple Shade's municipal bldg.)</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Come meet like-minded creatives in a cooperative gathering!</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-88842879315104245422023-11-15T20:38:00.000-08:002023-11-15T20:38:04.564-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYWjd3MxA3sFuTo1IZrJ5hw6U5U6S1zrNdYcTqxzzL4dYxFCRi6GvJgsAMHeT4qm4tMPxCa6-SnllPgD2bYo2T1CUNLvv7UANarxMmOnC9HGoDrFg3cUh0MrFOLMBKvIxZUfg14ae6-6YSMW4QIZNCgM_qh3xtKNwu1qlbSqVkNs5pTngy7OHRwUVU90G/s960/NaNoWriMo%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYWjd3MxA3sFuTo1IZrJ5hw6U5U6S1zrNdYcTqxzzL4dYxFCRi6GvJgsAMHeT4qm4tMPxCa6-SnllPgD2bYo2T1CUNLvv7UANarxMmOnC9HGoDrFg3cUh0MrFOLMBKvIxZUfg14ae6-6YSMW4QIZNCgM_qh3xtKNwu1qlbSqVkNs5pTngy7OHRwUVU90G/w448-h391/NaNoWriMo%20photo.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">as she leads this seasoned group in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">discussing </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Surviving National Novel Writing Month</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">November 21 @ 6:30pm </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in <a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library</a>'s meeting room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is inside Maple Shade's municipal bldg)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All welcome</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-88292489127879231082023-10-06T10:54:00.002-07:002023-10-06T10:57:37.401-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I5ykrvcx-rZ462Qr1ambVhTOaBfH-yxJ1pO9SRtyvL-dpY-tRnCofl62T8cjiz7OSnO-xLqejS4Z5QgzCDuT7otjY2N0n3s90ptx8Kr3v-wlqWhjD3zReQ39RzxzfFDW-3AdyagSP5I3DaLbvqxJ4ue0bZ5ckhNmUUVaqQJ7bM9wqLYme1aVKYjR6jhh/s3264/Banned%20Books%20Picture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="507" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I5ykrvcx-rZ462Qr1ambVhTOaBfH-yxJ1pO9SRtyvL-dpY-tRnCofl62T8cjiz7OSnO-xLqejS4Z5QgzCDuT7otjY2N0n3s90ptx8Kr3v-wlqWhjD3zReQ39RzxzfFDW-3AdyagSP5I3DaLbvqxJ4ue0bZ5ckhNmUUVaqQJ7bM9wqLYme1aVKYjR6jhh/w481-h507/Banned%20Books%20Picture.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Juliette Writers' Group</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">October 17th @ 6:30pm </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maple Shade Library's meeting room. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is inside the municipal bldg.)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our topic for discussion is Banned Books.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All are welcome.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has a free webinar by Joyce McIntosh, Assistant Program Director for the Freedom to Read Foundation. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This webinar is free for the month of October.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Below are resource links about banned books.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p>https://www.scbwi.org/</p><p>https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/book-ban-data</p><p>http://scbwi.blogspot.com/2023/01/what-its-really-like-to-have-your-book.html</p><p>https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/toolkit/</p><p>https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/banned-books/</p><p>https://www.ftrf.org/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-42843765758706559252023-08-25T13:23:00.000-07:002023-08-25T13:23:22.147-07:00JULIETTE WRITERS' GROUP MEETING<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9R8a4FXf-NZgs2zFUnEcAf2V7KKDj99ond2Iia8jkAEI2H8VEKygZzUIlNw-27NNSPCGHTsxdbZnh7wsceFcghASm9LlrqI5hG8qqgbDtId8Iinqb5wh0M9f22rYFlnRsCA5C0wdyzZp_unPZVra0cLfc34cod35bmBvejEOWIdXuyVopWtorYjB40U4i" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9R8a4FXf-NZgs2zFUnEcAf2V7KKDj99ond2Iia8jkAEI2H8VEKygZzUIlNw-27NNSPCGHTsxdbZnh7wsceFcghASm9LlrqI5hG8qqgbDtId8Iinqb5wh0M9f22rYFlnRsCA5C0wdyzZp_unPZVra0cLfc34cod35bmBvejEOWIdXuyVopWtorYjB40U4i=w399-h403" width="399" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne as I lead</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> the Juliette Writers' Group in discussing: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How to Hook Your Reader</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in the <a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library</a>'s meeting room</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is in Maple Shade's municipal bldg.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">September 19th @ 6:30 to 8pm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All are welcome.</span></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-3166655030649582862023-07-31T08:38:00.000-07:002023-07-31T08:38:40.944-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy8YRPCGupovI4FCkCeyAC52kLiQLegVTnym9sc3PL0ZuRtHU5e3nwyNrjeKGrgmGO45n6onC4J_2WrXH9zu3KXQztP018UWzGvXV46ZPBl0NaSXm7nuJVSVu1HwnS2HSPeXDiefMblEWCS3eCDr2fwbXCH3z1u3VR-_e1Te9J-2wGnlgWf6N5ZjfEoIL/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy8YRPCGupovI4FCkCeyAC52kLiQLegVTnym9sc3PL0ZuRtHU5e3nwyNrjeKGrgmGO45n6onC4J_2WrXH9zu3KXQztP018UWzGvXV46ZPBl0NaSXm7nuJVSVu1HwnS2HSPeXDiefMblEWCS3eCDr2fwbXCH3z1u3VR-_e1Te9J-2wGnlgWf6N5ZjfEoIL/w367-h404/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne as she facilitates </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the Juliette Writers' Group</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6:30pm, August 15th, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in the <a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library's </a>meeting room </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is in Maple Shade's municipal bldg).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Topic for discussion: Editing Tools</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All welcome</span></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-24020409343363121672023-07-07T05:45:00.002-07:002023-07-07T05:45:53.826-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXVvUvfCebW_J0WJEqEBnVKZ3PRVqUxxpMwLocISRZXthbbSBnvy4fCq8U3lBY4amV5Mh9r_oP-y9OtkScQ678pIzBl_mRHzuOAfqkPlYEYy8fSbDnqpXAd225wyoEuyF2hf1_kmbgYpl7MmInS0GGMn8YR9roY0nRe7O7HXc5pPae_F9-suv9UhFDark/s3264/20230707_082538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXVvUvfCebW_J0WJEqEBnVKZ3PRVqUxxpMwLocISRZXthbbSBnvy4fCq8U3lBY4amV5Mh9r_oP-y9OtkScQ678pIzBl_mRHzuOAfqkPlYEYy8fSbDnqpXAd225wyoEuyF2hf1_kmbgYpl7MmInS0GGMn8YR9roY0nRe7O7HXc5pPae_F9-suv9UhFDark/w432-h387/20230707_082538.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer <a href="https://dawnbyrne.yolasite.com/">Dawn Byrne</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">as I lead this established group in discussing </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Writing At The Beach</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">on July 18th @6:30pm</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in the <a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library's meeting room</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is in the municipal building)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-31934742636008917782023-06-02T08:39:00.003-07:002023-06-02T08:51:25.357-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MgXeiWLdSTyZ7BPBltjCk3VpUzBtWdYI1k5Mg5Y0frNyFOcDs4Gw9iwLVGyZZbirsUfnx0YpHuFgd5YU9ZK4uCm1tywWWKV6QMhrBVoibUouCbwlnpunu4LGSAkjciCcJUxOFcjOhVvAN_2GgPudzSAEVDNiyQVakWC_q82utRD7VW-1VpUrNLYUYQ/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MgXeiWLdSTyZ7BPBltjCk3VpUzBtWdYI1k5Mg5Y0frNyFOcDs4Gw9iwLVGyZZbirsUfnx0YpHuFgd5YU9ZK4uCm1tywWWKV6QMhrBVoibUouCbwlnpunu4LGSAkjciCcJUxOFcjOhVvAN_2GgPudzSAEVDNiyQVakWC_q82utRD7VW-1VpUrNLYUYQ/w480-h640/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer <a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Dawn Byrne</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">as she facilitates the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Juliette Writers' Group </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in discussing Vacation Adventure Writing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>on </span>June 20th @ 6:30pm in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/locations/maple-shade-library">Maple Shade Library's</a> meeting room </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(the library is inside the municipal building) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All are welcome!</span></div>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-7968324436425268432023-05-11T12:28:00.000-07:002023-05-11T12:28:19.805-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wd-goPm-hIzUCDjCJqNW0WQvw08qgOMWQ67GsC4EZjlikIcmZxag0BzD3dFrR5eUincZNI2bseJT5tnYeeBsuokpMbZzyIoISW2zpbOqo2hhd1qSOPTVbWnhOEc0fdLoA1uFn9wJpJFNcL6A58ZMP0GdLoBRTH3AFT3KRKCr2tjRgJSrN31PUmPlTQ/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wd-goPm-hIzUCDjCJqNW0WQvw08qgOMWQ67GsC4EZjlikIcmZxag0BzD3dFrR5eUincZNI2bseJT5tnYeeBsuokpMbZzyIoISW2zpbOqo2hhd1qSOPTVbWnhOEc0fdLoA1uFn9wJpJFNcL6A58ZMP0GdLoBRTH3AFT3KRKCr2tjRgJSrN31PUmPlTQ/w300-h400/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Join published writer <span style="color: red;">Dawn Byrne </span></b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>as she facilitates the</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">Juliette Writers' Group</span> in discussing: <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Memoir</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>May 16th @ 6pm</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>in the Maple Shade Library</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>(inside Maple Shade's municipal bldg.)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>200 Stiles Ave.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maple Shade, NJ 08052</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-80043764470329304652023-04-06T16:51:00.000-07:002023-04-06T16:51:26.058-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtC0Xux0sVUpj0ecgm9RM8wjM7KDFeoDYwAeK6lkoeudVR6Sh9-pAYxPxlknECGI0vJKHWbRVvE03Vwc71ghezglpj6R2q0GNwZS4cxnJUhCdlWF9-JqqsM4kiU36ogdqpDRX_BqsUrOI/s1600/DSC01404.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtC0Xux0sVUpj0ecgm9RM8wjM7KDFeoDYwAeK6lkoeudVR6Sh9-pAYxPxlknECGI0vJKHWbRVvE03Vwc71ghezglpj6R2q0GNwZS4cxnJUhCdlWF9-JqqsM4kiU36ogdqpDRX_BqsUrOI/w400-h300/DSC01404.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Join published writer <span style="color: #674ea7;">Dawn Byrne</span> as she leads the <span style="color: #01ffff;">Juliette Writers' Group</span> in celebrating <span style="color: #fcff01;">Poetry Month</span> by discussing Poetry. Bring your poem and the library will post it!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We will meet in the <span style="color: red;">Maple Shade Library</span> (inside Maple Shade's municipal building) in their <span style="color: red;">meeting room</span> @6:30pm on April 18th. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">All are welcome</span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-85673646675828303672023-03-06T12:08:00.000-08:002023-03-06T12:08:33.166-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjm-p58UtF0-qt9gp9dB8bnGaVc0XcsOrIUh21_pSZ5mcgrv9SNilXG12BRDbrLxAsFtJizPLvEqh5ss0Id0cbMcpL21vxEgcP7l_pX8Pkzqwtt97a0rkfPhbE68RNgrOGDfUj9sOz9LTa824sTlYYtK0uYSwzbzK6E-QxvR3wOFr57cePr76J9V0rA/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjm-p58UtF0-qt9gp9dB8bnGaVc0XcsOrIUh21_pSZ5mcgrv9SNilXG12BRDbrLxAsFtJizPLvEqh5ss0Id0cbMcpL21vxEgcP7l_pX8Pkzqwtt97a0rkfPhbE68RNgrOGDfUj9sOz9LTa824sTlYYtK0uYSwzbzK6E-QxvR3wOFr57cePr76J9V0rA/w392-h387/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Join published writer <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dawn Byrne</span> as she facilitates the <span style="color: #cc0000;">J</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">uliette Writers' Group</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">March 21st @6:30pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maple Shade Library's Meeting Room</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(<span style="color: #ffa400;">the library is inside the municipal bldg.</span>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our topic for discussion is</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Plot Conveniences</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-42763849174681028702023-01-23T03:37:00.001-08:002023-01-23T03:37:46.917-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMVoFPwtEa7nZ1TpucxyBhvZKaYIbl_ov5IeP_mirEcgezr02mmuzeZq_9nnO-0_if7UjNbE0GmtWHtji49Z8gU0ktaZadxxvHSgVsxHNW1GVgrIeOWuw584YjWJsNGOtzI-bpmI3pnY9-ez5F2OO-8H8J-rljmw9qett_lzFmXM7TgjLZ9T1OmrnxQ/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMVoFPwtEa7nZ1TpucxyBhvZKaYIbl_ov5IeP_mirEcgezr02mmuzeZq_9nnO-0_if7UjNbE0GmtWHtji49Z8gU0ktaZadxxvHSgVsxHNW1GVgrIeOWuw584YjWJsNGOtzI-bpmI3pnY9-ez5F2OO-8H8J-rljmw9qett_lzFmXM7TgjLZ9T1OmrnxQ/w381-h331/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="381" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large;">Juliette Writers' Group</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">February 21st</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">6:30pm to 8pm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maple Shade Library</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(library is inside municipal bldg.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">200 Stiles Ave</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maple Shade, NJ 08052</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne in discussing </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">Realism in Writing</span></span></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-20025394325101221562023-01-03T10:07:00.000-08:002023-01-03T10:07:26.227-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwWqsv-GX46OXblGAcBIIFzpsMaZARl4ySqQXZ8YxNAqLur2kHLFj0P-I7Jl7CsFoAa4w5uj3HTic6c73ePLknbdN7L0e0Bdzvm1f4bpmJtxll4brhlUE7J1elMf3jrYn5HW7cjmGey4gJP6arwIBwurCLeQagjtdhpFkrO3gniG_jTGaSfZI9jfWog/s3264/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwWqsv-GX46OXblGAcBIIFzpsMaZARl4ySqQXZ8YxNAqLur2kHLFj0P-I7Jl7CsFoAa4w5uj3HTic6c73ePLknbdN7L0e0Bdzvm1f4bpmJtxll4brhlUE7J1elMf3jrYn5HW7cjmGey4gJP6arwIBwurCLeQagjtdhpFkrO3gniG_jTGaSfZI9jfWog/w640-h389/Picture%20of%20Book%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">as she leads the group in discussing </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: large;">Resetting Your Writing for 2023</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">in the Maple Shade Library's meeting room. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">The library is inside Maple Shade's municipal building </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">200 Stiles Ave.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Maple Shade, NJ 08052</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">January 17th</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"> 6:30pm - 8pm</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">All are welcome!</span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-61039192543183339692022-12-02T10:12:00.000-08:002022-12-02T10:12:05.570-08:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hs0mMi_xWXfEywQWsTqLETywuXu0GJgp2qF4MUkjysd3wo5n6MpZu1Bzi4iBqfE3KEmV7z8lLh-ILNye_ObPS9eOJ1yi7WiX1HlIcFC1Cop5h7IA1DmrzN67FW035XWnkrq2O0BruGtSby_5oIO2t0UI8XqvbRluG3UbBse4tcKkAMkFJa-yEWVuqg/s3264/Picture%20of%20Books%20on%20Writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hs0mMi_xWXfEywQWsTqLETywuXu0GJgp2qF4MUkjysd3wo5n6MpZu1Bzi4iBqfE3KEmV7z8lLh-ILNye_ObPS9eOJ1yi7WiX1HlIcFC1Cop5h7IA1DmrzN67FW035XWnkrq2O0BruGtSby_5oIO2t0UI8XqvbRluG3UbBse4tcKkAMkFJa-yEWVuqg/w402-h387/Picture%20of%20Books%20on%20Writing.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-size: large;">What Do You Do When You're Too Cold To Write? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Share your answer at our next meeting</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">December 20th @ 6:30-8pm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maple Shade Library's Meeting Room</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">200 Stiles Ave.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maple Shade, NJ 08052</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember! The library is inside Maple Shade's Municipal BLDG. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">All are welcome.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-43893792878700746172022-10-24T15:26:00.001-07:002022-11-15T10:03:17.515-08:00Juliette Writers' Group<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUBSwVvsn1vjQ8iBjsgPR73dyeAWVWedNU_f1mKFrKZOm_zASdph-XfVB62iWsoQVP3koyWaITKP9XKJBANOtx9pxGCQqIDg7URrdCsVVKqWd8_HjfZJMgGa0SAO7qyVhH2rSEyy8toTbD8P5VWUrfe5OPhO9NjqJlL6hMTMAVlnFQMtHLIGGLp24zQ/s500/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="408" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUBSwVvsn1vjQ8iBjsgPR73dyeAWVWedNU_f1mKFrKZOm_zASdph-XfVB62iWsoQVP3koyWaITKP9XKJBANOtx9pxGCQqIDg7URrdCsVVKqWd8_HjfZJMgGa0SAO7qyVhH2rSEyy8toTbD8P5VWUrfe5OPhO9NjqJlL6hMTMAVlnFQMtHLIGGLp24zQ/w342-h366/image.png" width="342" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This meeting is canceled due to illness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">See you next month.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b00fe; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne as she facilitates the</span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b00fe; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Juliette Writers' Group </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">November 15th @6:30pm</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maple Shade Library</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(inside Maple Shade's municipal building)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our topic for discussion is:</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Novel Writing Month </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This group was established in 1999 by Juliette Haynes, author of</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff00fe; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> TASTES TOO GOOD TO BE HEATHLY COOKBOOOK</span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #660000; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #660000; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-2548663722369362892022-10-03T06:47:00.003-07:002022-10-03T09:28:28.435-07:00Juliette Writers' Group Meeting<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvv7W1amtwEZyL_6vdWCuIV5LVUQzs1czdBBOMipoHkakJYIGOHHFvBU30_hzHlGCUAimdLo2I58o9WxZ0UUdF7XSa6SFE3nhhAjgsXyY6Y47SB8VP3mo67gIO0TNqI8eQTi9Mbzvf6TYWkNn-4Fi-vE0qqm11UWQMSVZKoO2HN5gLs7aGrKXJqMnQGg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="408" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvv7W1amtwEZyL_6vdWCuIV5LVUQzs1czdBBOMipoHkakJYIGOHHFvBU30_hzHlGCUAimdLo2I58o9WxZ0UUdF7XSa6SFE3nhhAjgsXyY6Y47SB8VP3mo67gIO0TNqI8eQTi9Mbzvf6TYWkNn-4Fi-vE0qqm11UWQMSVZKoO2HN5gLs7aGrKXJqMnQGg=w377-h331" width="377" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">Join published writer Dawn Byrne as she facilitates the</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Juliette Writers' Group </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">October 18th @ 6:30 pm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maple Shade Library</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">(inside Maple Shade's municipal building)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Our topic for discussion is: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Creating Suspense/Atmosphere</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">This group was established in 1999 by Juliette Haynes, author of</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"> TASTES TOO GOOD TO BE HEATHLY COOKBOOOK</span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #04ff00; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-76491058433095690792022-08-25T04:48:00.004-07:002022-08-25T04:53:53.287-07:00<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQL9LPxxHiOwPUmdq5CumO8FiOpvkxCB2m5QtOd6t3UrBJVRqC8KweV_ZaC1SqVI0_l-_ZudMyY4aG_19zzF0ZR5SeK7yllHl720HdVxY_EaetMfnEp0yoLS9T_eqiqIt-5pLjL5aO0p_udomVmmuSYgVkiM3lwXqEVIN8C4SQLJFTLGOLsKu9NLVtUA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQL9LPxxHiOwPUmdq5CumO8FiOpvkxCB2m5QtOd6t3UrBJVRqC8KweV_ZaC1SqVI0_l-_ZudMyY4aG_19zzF0ZR5SeK7yllHl720HdVxY_EaetMfnEp0yoLS9T_eqiqIt-5pLjL5aO0p_udomVmmuSYgVkiM3lwXqEVIN8C4SQLJFTLGOLsKu9NLVtUA=w444-h367" width="444" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Hubby left for work, and I was putting away clothes in our
bedroom and changing linens when I noticed a bat near the vanity. This was 7am
and I decided to get dressed and finish making the bed before grabbing a
plastic bag from downstairs and disposing of the poor thing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I texted my husband about the bat in our bedroom. He replied
exactly how I expected. In the back of my mind, I had contemplated allowing him
the manly honor of removing it when he got home. I admit I was a bit freaked
out at the thought of touching its stiff body, even through plastic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Last week I was thrilled seeing a live raccoon in a tree next
door, a praying mantis on our front step, and a hawk atop a utility pole during
my walk. This opportunity to see nocturnal wildlife in daylight was special. I
thought of butterfly collectors and Audubon studying dead creatures pinned to
boards. I couldn’t pass up taking a close-up of the fuzzy body with
leather-looking wings and teeny tiny hands and big eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Plastic bag over my hand, I reached down to clean up the bat
before it started to decompose and stain our carpet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You probably guessed what happened. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I ran from the room and shut the door. Then texted hubby again
so he and his co-worker could have a good laugh. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hubby and I celebrated 40 years of marriage this month. So,
I knew his next text meant to keep trying to get the bat out of our house. Years
before, bats had entered our attic through a hole in the soffit. One scared a
roofer who was repairing the soffit and putting on a new roof for us. Hubby
didn’t want to go through the trouble again of removing a family of bats from
our family home. When you’re married 40 years and have shared experiences, you
know how your spouse thinks in a situation like this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The bat was clinging to a curtain. I opened a bedroom window
on the opposite side of the room. Then threw our comforter over the bat to try
and catch it. The comforter was so heavy I worried I’d hurt the bat. It managed
to get from under the comforter and was on the curtains again. I threw a towel
and missed but the bat fell. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All day I checked the room to see if I could find the bat. I
hoped that by dusk, if the bat was still in the room, it would wake up enough
to find the window and fly out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hubby came home. He couldn’t find it either. We thought it
was gone, but kept the window open just in case. Hubby stepped into the shower,
and I went for a walk. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I came home, hubby told me the end of this day-long story.
He had finished showering and opened the door to our bedroom. The bat was
frantically flying around. I was disappointed I wasn’t home to see modest hubby
throwing his towel over the bat, leaning out the window in his birthday suit, and
coaxing a bat out of his towel. The bat finally flew away. </span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-86048587249511309142021-09-17T08:09:00.000-07:002021-09-17T08:09:50.195-07:00Solar Energy Update<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesiIc51-0xIUEoHakcCWxWV4CQuk9PWOoPCNB-aiy0MAFe72wfheOhUrPCIr5Co79Ig0TYY60LwtgQyPDi8pCmeonsiBmXB3nlhEClP-onxkg1GT6zZQqw0KRdHwyRhPkl6F6yUi9wHoG/s2048/20210917_102948+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesiIc51-0xIUEoHakcCWxWV4CQuk9PWOoPCNB-aiy0MAFe72wfheOhUrPCIr5Co79Ig0TYY60LwtgQyPDi8pCmeonsiBmXB3nlhEClP-onxkg1GT6zZQqw0KRdHwyRhPkl6F6yUi9wHoG/w395-h366/20210917_102948+%25281%2529.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is the end of our second year using solar energy. If you want to read about our experience during and after our solar panels' installation and a list of our last year's bills comparing our bills to before the panels were installed, click </span><a href="https://www.dawnbyrne.com/2020/09/a-solar-sigh.html" style="font-size: large;">here</a><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This post is a continuation of bill comparison over the last three years.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll repeat in this post that we still have an electric bill, and that we also pay IGS Solar each month for the energy the panels harvest. The more sun that shines on our roof, the higher our IGS bill. This wasn't clear when we signed our agreement with Trinity Solar, who met with us and installed the panels. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Before our panels were installed, our 2018-2019 electric bill (no IGS bill included, of course) for the year was $4,077.13 </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our 2019-2020 electric bill plus the IGS bill for the year was $3,883.84</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our 2020-2021 electric bill plus the IGS bill for the year was $3,394.27</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My hope, of course, is that our electric bills keep dropping. But . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our IGS bill was $1,584.3 in 2019-2020.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our IGS bill was $1,541.71 in 2020-2021.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So this bill averages about $1,560.00 per year. This is the catch. The IGS bill isn't an <i>electric </i>bill. When the person on the Trinity Solar commercial that I often see states their electric bill is virtually non-existent, the viewer isn't told there will be a bill besides an electric bill arriving each month that will never be virtually non-existent. Thus, even if our electric bill becomes totally non-existent, we still have the IGS bill to pay. And will IGS's rates ever go up? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't know what the expense or involvement is in owning solar panels. But what this renter's understand is, is that after 25 years the panels are ours. Will the panels and/or our roof need replacing by then? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I don't regret getting solar panels. Our main goal was being more responsible with our family's consumption of energy. But I wish Trinity Solar was clear in their explanation of our responsibility. The deceiving commercial is unethical. One actor says he funds vacations with money he saves on his electric bill. Those can't be extravagant vacations. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I've seen people get so excited at the thought of saving money on their utility bill each month. I got excited too. Saving significant money and going greener at the same time is most desirous. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But going greener alone is valuable enough for me. Add some financial savings and there's even more reason to celebrate. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-1978722176061510222021-05-14T05:28:00.000-07:002021-05-14T05:28:34.916-07:00? Heavenly Soap ?<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIakPVWeLma1AVd8WmwnEEvcZMjOJrDbndnueoY4Epf-f_wmE70EJCe_f-8gGv1j0AKm1bmknazYKX-Jeiv5QSJtmortvcbta9V8x8AvGODBsF6afOh64OSxuUM-4tbW91T7a_AyyIn_He/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="719" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIakPVWeLma1AVd8WmwnEEvcZMjOJrDbndnueoY4Epf-f_wmE70EJCe_f-8gGv1j0AKm1bmknazYKX-Jeiv5QSJtmortvcbta9V8x8AvGODBsF6afOh64OSxuUM-4tbW91T7a_AyyIn_He/w640-h235/image.png" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Soap! Soap! Soap! I love fragrant soaps with names
like: Karma Bar, Patchouli Love, Salty Mermaid, Spring Lilac, Rosemary Morning.
The more heavenly the scent, the more intense the spiritual experience.</span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">For a Mother’s Day gift, Hubby took me to Ocean City,
NJ and bought a 5.5 oz bar of each of the above from </span><a href="https://www.aplaceonearth.com/"><span style="color: blue;">A Place On Earth
Inc.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">
These were the most expensive soaps I’ve come across. The first two were $11.00
each, and the others were $8.50 each. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I chose which long cubed loaves of soap smelled the
best. The owner of <i>a place on earth</i> cut one chunky 5.5 oz cake from each
loaf, then shave off the rough edges. He was friendly, explaining how he prepares
the soap. He added slivers of samples to my check-out bag. The soap slivers now
tease me to become a returning customer every time I open a bureau drawer and
get a whiff of one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">My daughter gave me a gift basket that included a 5.5
oz. handmade bar of goats milk soap. Its scent is to die for, it’s so heavenly.
The ingredients are: olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, goats milk, pigment
powder, and fragrance oils. The wrapper also said <i>Heritage Country Market</i>
</span><a href="http://www.heritagebees.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">www.heritagebees.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">.
The girth of these specialty soaps has forced me to punt Hubby’s Dial from the
shower caddy to the edge of the tub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Family know they can’t go wrong with a soapy gift when
shopping for me. Fancy soap isn’t something I usually buy for myself. So, having
a large family pays off when it comes to pricey self-care. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.wegmans.com/?cid=Brand-Core%3Ase%3Aju%3Aloy%3Apa%3Abing%3A%3Aec%3Aao%3A%7BCampaign.id%7D%3A1170980476494911%3A73186389427129&msclkid=5a7810c713311c16f696705a0fb0366b"><span style="color: blue;">Wegmans Food Markets</span></a> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">has handmade soap in
smaller bars. I like them too. But maybe it’s the specialty shops’ 5.5 oz.
bars’ size that appeals to me more than Wegmans’ soaps. However, I never smell Wegmans
soaps on my skin hours after showering, like I do with the specialty shops’ cakes.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">‘Wegmans</span>’ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">and ‘cakes’ remind me how
many edible ingredients are in cakes of soap: goats milk, honey, cocoanut,
olive oil, vanilla, herbs, fruits. Food for the skin? Ambrosia for the nose!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">This obsession of mine might stem from mortal
awareness. A body needs daily care. The heavenly-smelling soap may be my
unconscious way of taking this reality to a lavish level by igniting spiritual
appreciation. Odors trigger moods, so my soapy love affair is not just indulgence,
it’s aromatherapy. Any excuse for a bar of sweet-smelling soap will do! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">What about you? Do you have a favorite place where you
get special soap? Leave your information below in the comments. Hubby and I may
stop there on our travels. And supporting small businesses is more important
than ever. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-82014242581818561552021-03-28T06:41:00.004-07:002021-03-28T06:41:52.831-07:00Ode To a Couch<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6-bHBJBpeBd-C3euJsWatBINfNuZ0KDxIMlvuSVMExef4qCRyq5QW-ldz0Cm5rzTN2S7Zoa927F57QD5ZOiR32rbY11fZ_Fw_hG9Z5EhrWT5AECj2JnnFIXzet5v-OLzwRGC5eQPpVkn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6-bHBJBpeBd-C3euJsWatBINfNuZ0KDxIMlvuSVMExef4qCRyq5QW-ldz0Cm5rzTN2S7Zoa927F57QD5ZOiR32rbY11fZ_Fw_hG9Z5EhrWT5AECj2JnnFIXzet5v-OLzwRGC5eQPpVkn/w300-h400/image.png" width="300" /></a></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">It was the perfect place to think and create. Paisleys
wisped across the cushions. Pleather that's easy to wipe down protected the armrests and
bottom. The wooden legs and frame went so well with our coffee table. We even
purchased a wispy-looking wall hanging to add to the dreamy milieu.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">But my dream couch, the only one Hubby and I ever owned new,
faded too fast, even for its $700.00 price tag. The person I talked to from </span><a href="https://www.bing.com/maps?q=best+furniture+upholsery+maple+shade&cvid=ae03708e92e84cee87c5ff60ac974682&aqs=edge..69i57.48359j0j9&FORM=ANAB01&PC=HCTS" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Best Furniture Upholstery</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">
explained that even though my cats clawed the pleather, after 3 to 4 years it
would’ve flaked anyway.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">That’s a disposable couch! How irresponsible for a
company to make a daily-use item with material that doesn’t last. And how
irresponsible for a company to make material for large items that quickly break
down. This is hazardous to our environment.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">The nightmare couch now sits next to trash cans on the
side of our house. It’ll take up space in a landfill soon. This reality gives
me an ache in my gut. The couch was supposed to be what Hubby calls a dead
man’s couch, meaning that at my age I should have had it until I died. I shouldn’t
expect a $700.00 couch to last for 20 years. But 4! My only joy is that two of the
seat cushions fit well to replace the ancient ones on a chair in our bedroom.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Hubby said the couch was “a piece of crap” when he
bought it. But he knew I loved the look of it, and how well it matched our
living room curtains and seat covers. Maybe he also thought that since I’d be
the only one using the couch, it would last.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Tape I applied stopped adhering when the dusty
underlayer of the pleather became exposed. Someone with sensitive dust allergies
may have had a serious issue.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">I can’t be the only consumer who wasn’t aware faux
leather flaked. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Saturday, we bought a sturdy, used couch from </span><a href="https://www.habitat.org/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Habitat for Humanity ReStore</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">. It’s not dreamy, but it’s quality furniture we
could never afford new. Without many options, we chose a basic color to avoid clashing with the paisley-print curtains and seat covers. </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlGm2OySYxPvmU9_JoSp_rfwDJbfcmewEnvPg9xHqL9RtIFl7UUWqySBeJWGa56ZC_CivOenDgf15GmgpgvUkN3qzn542_h0WANAYIUaPhOt9ZfsknCH9b0K8YI84EsG6-bFvvUDjgMe1/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinlGm2OySYxPvmU9_JoSp_rfwDJbfcmewEnvPg9xHqL9RtIFl7UUWqySBeJWGa56ZC_CivOenDgf15GmgpgvUkN3qzn542_h0WANAYIUaPhOt9ZfsknCH9b0K8YI84EsG6-bFvvUDjgMe1/" width="180" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">I unzipped the seat and back cushion covers and threw them in the washer. I scrubbed the fabric armrests. Something I had planned never to do again.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Will my creative juices sour on a functional couch? At least our new/used dead man’s couch won’t go into a landfill anytime
soon. Maybe it will find its way into a grandchild’s first apartment when
they grow up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">As the functional couch grows on me, I plan to spice it up with
a paisley throw. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxbLG7eHSOXyCSI8JaxInU4cCRoVeTrVktq3ucnDHqNWJCQPL6A37ukIn0wrWJyAqRcCEosi77NBTc2bsuJ0WV3WUJostE6BWDNu7SR2bwgYJnVV7robRxjcq2Ja4dKH5nfCTrXK9KoaM/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxbLG7eHSOXyCSI8JaxInU4cCRoVeTrVktq3ucnDHqNWJCQPL6A37ukIn0wrWJyAqRcCEosi77NBTc2bsuJ0WV3WUJostE6BWDNu7SR2bwgYJnVV7robRxjcq2Ja4dKH5nfCTrXK9KoaM/w300-h400/image.png" width="300" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> </span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-34484278269063882262021-02-08T10:33:00.000-08:002021-02-08T10:33:31.029-08:00Quanta Leaping Grandma<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMnVCtc9aUqUf6zovaNadVB9FYmT0xw7zBYSkdgmTkcp-5wBFU_MMuVS23fHxXdQiH4ALvhicSiR1ay7DtmnQeB_1dC63FdccFlCln3fkfNiuELTbOwKhyx8D7nm63HYoth9pEhnQ5sso/" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMnVCtc9aUqUf6zovaNadVB9FYmT0xw7zBYSkdgmTkcp-5wBFU_MMuVS23fHxXdQiH4ALvhicSiR1ay7DtmnQeB_1dC63FdccFlCln3fkfNiuELTbOwKhyx8D7nm63HYoth9pEhnQ5sso/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a data-v-e1c1f65a="" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25477528@N00/5181143856" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e23600; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"Time Travel Haikus 5-7-5"</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span data-v-e1c1f65a="" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">by <a data-v-e1c1f65a="" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25477528@N00" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #e23600; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CityGypsy11</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is licensed under </span><a class="photo_license" data-v-e1c1f65a="" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e23600; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 2.0</a></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My child, in his work clothes and hat, is asleep next
to his newborn. This photo throws me into a double quantum leap. My brain straddles
the present as I peer at a mixture of time realities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This tridimensional experience is jammed with emotions
I don’t know what to do with and can’t explain. Am I in awe of my grandchild’s
birth? Proud that my son is a good father? Missing his childhood? Just feeling
old? Why is my time perspectives spliced together? This is my fifth grandchild.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I visit my son’s home, I watch from the opposite side
of a glass door behind a mask. Smart hubby explained that our present socially
distant reality is causing this jumble of feelings that tip me between multiple
time perspectives at once. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The living picture before me of my son, his wife, their
baby, and a menagerie of pets through their full-length, glass, screen door is
their present reality. One live snapshot that moves and talks and cries and
barks and pees on the carpet and claws the furniture. I’m grateful for this
glass door that gives me an unimpaired view. And, unlike a typical visit, they stand
on display, giving me their direct attention. Like I’m hugging them from
outside a huge bottle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My mother had preferred watching me hold my newborns. She
enjoyed her visit most that way because she could see the baby more clearly from
her seat across from me. And, of course, babies are more comfortable in their
parent’s embrace when learning a new face. I finally understand this as I look
at my grandchild in my son’s arms. I’m not only seeing a content baby, I’m feeling
quiet joy radiating from a new father. What a view! What an experience. For a
split second, we’re all in the same dimension; the same space.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, I guess I can’t admit that I miss holding our
newest family member as I peer into those two time dimensions that bend
together on the other side of the glass. All three realities will mesh soon
enough after our health crisis is over. Then, I won’t feel like I missed my
grandbaby’s newborn time on earth. I can travel again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deep love buries selfishness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Proud of my family. Proud of me. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-20864799233001358852021-01-05T11:04:00.001-08:002021-01-06T05:26:30.948-08:00Living Windows<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NkiDS5ma97Z5TuCa9YVNAnwtZ6nUttX_PrsdybraL_MQi0YPFTGaqWoLQ8pPr7N8GK9bSD0PFwC0TtfJlMkd2zALFuQBsjzAmBN-zZLI906Gtpe9eZBMQJJlydiw5skyWdVOSnlJwHQP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1024" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NkiDS5ma97Z5TuCa9YVNAnwtZ6nUttX_PrsdybraL_MQi0YPFTGaqWoLQ8pPr7N8GK9bSD0PFwC0TtfJlMkd2zALFuQBsjzAmBN-zZLI906Gtpe9eZBMQJJlydiw5skyWdVOSnlJwHQP/w640-h398/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a data-v-e1c1f65a="" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25453448@N02/14329487880" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e23600; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"14 NELSON STREET"</a><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><span data-v-e1c1f65a="" face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333;">by <a data-v-e1c1f65a="" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25453448@N02" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #e23600; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Darkroom Daze</a></span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is licensed under </span><a class="photo_license" data-v-e1c1f65a="" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #e23600; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hubby and I were in PA at dusk driving through
Philadelphia neighborhoods. Random windows lit up along the face of row homes two
to four stories high. Their open blinds and curtains welcomed passersby to peek
inside. City exposure at its most familial, these snippets of other people’s
lives stirred in me a <a href="https://www.dawnbyrne.com/2020/01/not-just-coziness.html">hyggeligt </a>nostalgia.</span></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we stopped at red lights, I watched row home
residents cut themselves in and out of their window frames by walking around.
Like in a Harry Potter novel where characters move through magical newspaper photos
and pictures hanging on walls. I had to squelch a childish urge to jump out of hubby’s
truck and press my nose against first-floor windows for an up-close look. It’s fascinating
how the rooms in row home are arranged so different from one identical house to
the next. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">These living pictures triggered my appreciation of big
city life in a small home. Childhood memories sparked me to again become part
of a nostalgic urban scene. So many families. So close together. Doing the same
things in their unique ways: watching TV, talking to one another, using a phone
or computer, snacking, enjoying a pet, reading, cleaning up. City life on the inside
of a window. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Which brings me to my other fascination. Virtual viewing.
Zoom also lets me peek into homes of people I’ve never met, as well as those I
know but whose homes I’ve never visited. Through a Zoom window, I get close-ups
of pets and cameos of family in the background and foreground. I’m always
disappointed by a portable partition behind a zoomer. The fake wall trips my
juvenile curiosity of what’s behind it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hubby showed up on my screen reaching for something behind
me in our kitchen where I had set up for a Zoom meeting. More interesting was the
literary editor on my screen wearing candy-apple red lipstick in her pajamas.
They were leopard print! So fun. Another editor zoomed from a jungle-themed nursery
that his brand-new baby had yet to use. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Three people mentioned they were breast-feeding during
Zoom meetings. One give-a-way was a chubby foot materializing in front of an
author’s face. The most impressive multitasking parent was an agent wrangling a
fussy infant while participating in a panel discussion. He muted when not
speaking, but didn’t miss a beat of the conversation, unmuting and jumping in to
share his input. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a face taking up most of the computer screen, I can
only see portions of a personal setting. Not a full view, like through a living
room window. However, while zooming with an author sitting in her kitchen, my
eyes kept drifting to a yawning door next to her that exposed a white toilet against
a dark green wall. Her tight rooms, and the sounds of New York City coming from
my laptop audio, reminded me of the Philadelphia apartment I had lived in. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, I’m back to being an outsider staring into
personal city space. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><p></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325664840371968413.post-33132597457314705892020-12-17T13:03:00.000-08:002020-12-17T13:03:19.269-08:00Everyman's Wonderful Life<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIesM1a99WTZg4aW_dFnCNBfjqPVDP7pHxYGqxG0ETYGRwTpMXnb7LxpLylcw_jGGwzUNtERanUMiKuso6-I8HBOV1QAe70M1kPGAaUHWsnKC1dzMi_zTWJUhTt67jtSTEOp0mvEwBMcyf/s720/facebook_1608234208266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIesM1a99WTZg4aW_dFnCNBfjqPVDP7pHxYGqxG0ETYGRwTpMXnb7LxpLylcw_jGGwzUNtERanUMiKuso6-I8HBOV1QAe70M1kPGAaUHWsnKC1dzMi_zTWJUhTt67jtSTEOp0mvEwBMcyf/w640-h480/facebook_1608234208266.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m married to George Bailey, the fictional character
played by James Stewart in the 1947 movie </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s A Wonderful Life. </i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">My goal
this holiday season is to read the short story </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Greatest Gift</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> by
Philip Van Doren Stern, published in 1943, on which this movie was based. Maybe
you too identify with the Everyman character of George Bailey and his seemingly
simple life.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Like the Baileys, hubby and I bought an old, drafty, handyman’s
special house surrounded by family living in the same town. Instead of the
depression era, hubby and I were young adults during the ‘80s recession. We also
populated our home with four children and are still making original home repairs
after living here for over 30 years. We’re lacking the loose newel post, though.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hubby calls me Mary Bailey, and jokes that if he never
was born, I’d be an old maid working at the public library. No children, no
grandchildren, no rustic old home, no anxious husband who works too much and
stresses during the holidays. Surely, no wonderful life. I don’t need George's guardian angel, Clarence
Odbody, to show me hubby is probably right. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My George is also hearing challenged. And he may not
build homes for a living, but he feeds the homeless during his lunch break at
work. What I love the most about my George is that he too is spiritual in a
down-to-earth way that’s honest and sincere. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">It’s A Wonderful Life </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">is
our favorite movie to quote dialogue from, since personal situations remind us of
this story more than any other. Re-watching this timeless movie reminds me we’re
not the only ones who struggle in spite of working hard and trying our best
without cutting corners in our moral compass. Yet, during especially difficult
times, it’s human to identify with George’s consideration that his family would
be better off with money from his life insurance policy than with him. So, when
I saw the plaque pictured above at a fair, I bought all three in stock as gifts
for George and family who also admire this classic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We’re in good company with other real-life Baileys in
America whose actions start reactions to beneficial results, and don’t know it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy holidays Everyone. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Dawn Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562372771412284145noreply@blogger.com0