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My ambitious plans for NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo have been sabatoged by illness, a broken bone, but mostly by computer troubles. My Mac recently crashed and the experts determined it was a hard drive failure. So, I forked over the dough for a new hard drive only to find that my… Continue Reading 100 Words on Material
I asked this question of some fellow bloggers over on the NaBloPoMo forum. Like, should I tell you, dear readers, that I blog in a bowtie and striped socks…only? Or that this morning I ate a double whopper from three days ago for breakfast? Or that I live in MaryMark… Continue Reading How Personal Should a Blog Be? OR "Velvet Verbosity Thinks This Blog is Dope Yo"
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For all the Thursdays in November, and in celebration of NaBloPoMo, I’m going to pick a Henry David Thoreau quote and post it here, and YOU get to write whatever comes up from that quote. Start a debate, write a story, agree, disagree, w h a t e v e… Continue Reading Thursday Thoreau NaBloPoMo – Provocative
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This week’s Etsy treasure comes from the Lady L Lovelies Victorian Etsy shop. At first glance you might think this is a breach from my normal style, and you would be right. It’s true, my name, Velvet Verbosity, might hint at a slant toward Victorian sensibilities and if this is… Continue Reading Velvet Verbosity’s Etsy Find of the Week – Handmade Lavendar Sachets
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He is homeless, his address written into the deep lines of his face. We stand face to face over the opening of a trash barrel. I throw away a package wrapping, he digs through looking for scraps to cobble together a meal, or for redeemable cans for change. There are… Continue Reading Portrait #39 – That Which Doesn’t Kill You, Breaks You
I just realized that even though I posted twice yesterday that it doesn’t excuse me from not posting today, and now I only have 37 MINUTES before the clock strikes midnight! I’m a little behind the ball since I spent SIX HOURS in the ER this afternoon-evening. My son, henceforth… Continue Reading 37 Minute Countdown to Post OR How Not to Turn Nurses Into Serial Killers Like Kristen Gilbert
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We all know that the images we see in movies, television and magazines are distorted. We all know that hot beauty on the billboard is airbrushed. Right? RIGHT? Still, reminders never hurt. And showing this video to our daughters and sons wouldn’t hurt either. / Digg this / Stumble this
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I was randomly tagged by Nancy to post seven of my oddities. Since being tagged I’ve been lazily rolling the idea around my brain. You know, through the maze of belly-button lint I’ve got stored up there. I think there’s still a few neurons and dendrites left. I’ve never been… Continue Reading "Tag! You’re It!" "What? I wasn’t playing!"
Internet, my computer is brok-en. I don’t know how badly yet, since I need to wait until Monday to get it seen by a computer doc, but since it also failed about a month ago, I’m guessing this time could be the end. Right after I tried to wrestle my… Continue Reading Two Broken Things and 100 Words
I just joined NaBloPoMo. National Blog Posting Month or something like that. I joined late. Why? Because I’ll be late for my own funeral (when I should have been late for my wedding…wait. I WAS late for my wedding.). What does it mean? It means I have to post to… Continue Reading NaBloPoMo – Say THAT 10 Times Fast
