S. Lee Manning: I hate the New Year’s holiday. Always have. Well, not always. When I was a kid, it was the one day in the year when I got to stay up until midnight. I’d eat potato chips with onion dip and watch the stupid ball come down, usually with a babysitter because my parents were at a New...
AMERICA’S TOP TEN NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS!
No, the wine isn't poisoned. Happy New Year!By Gayle Lynds: Every year I wonder why there’s so much insanity around New Year’s resolutions. People worry and plan, worry and make lists. Now that we’re approaching January 1st, I’m getting nervous. Did you know that of the...
GIVEAWAY — PASS IT ON!
To receive great stories, join our mailing list here! Enter your email in the box on the left.To kick off January 2017 and celebrate just over 6 months of the Rogue Women Writers’ Blog, we are hosting a GIVEAWAY! If you’ve been following us, you know we are a group of eight authors of...
A CHRISTMAS GIFT
by Chris GoffThe Bird TreeWe are now one day one post-Christmas, and one day closer to the New Year, which means resolutions are in order and post-holiday traditions are well underway. I have many fond memories of the holidays—cutting Christmas trees, ice skating on the lake, schussing down the...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Posted by Sonja StoneSaguaro in the desertWishing you a festive day full of love, laughter, good health and great books.Season's Greetings, from all of us to all of you!--Rogue Women WritersPHOTO...
MY RECOMMENDED HOLIDAY BOOKS
By Francine MathewsLike everyone else at this time of year, I'm up to my elbows in house guests, menus, shopping lists and wrapping paper--not to mention, in my particular case, the overflowing laundry baskets of boys home from school. When exhaustion fells me for a few moments of rest by the...
A Holiday Story-A Street Fighter Learns Tolerance
If you're like me you may find yourself pretty exhausted with the year. I'm a generally optimistic person, though, which can be a bit unusual in my family. I come from a long line of realists and my father in particular was never one to pretend things were good when they were not. He had his share...
Getting Home for Christmas
...by Karna Small BodmanDuring this time leading up to the Holidays, we have been sharing stories about our own celebrations, challenges and joys. One of my own memories is about a book, one that enabled me to get home for Christmas, and it all happened many years ago (don't ask how...
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS?
by K.J. HoweThe holidays are a wonderful time to enjoy family and friends, rejoice in the season, savour fine foods, celebrate good health, and cherish our freedom--because, sadly, many people do not have their freedom.Hostages across the globe will remain incommunicado from their loved ones at...
A Complicated Holiday Season
S. Lee Manning: It’s that time of the year. Houses decorated with lights. Christmas music everywhere. Santas in the mall. A little less omnipresent but still visible, menorahs and blue and white decorations.As a non-observant Jew in America, my feelings about the season mirror my explanation about...