Every Sunday between now and September I will be sitting at desk for eight and a half hours. Eight and a half hours of potential writing time if I can multi-task. A dream come true for a lot of writers even if the price is talking to tourists; people who's IQ seems to drop …
Author: rosereads
A writer, a poet and all around book lover. I write for the same reason that I read, because it fills my life with joy and meaning. Books and a love of words has given me a career and once a trip abroad.
A dear friend suggested that I turn my love of books into this blog. So, here we are. As a full time teacher, you can expect me to do my homework and post at least once a week.
A New Lonely Mountain
There is a place in Central Pennsylvania where the trees are weeping and the mountain itself is sighing. It's protector, it's guardian is dead, passed into another realm to be reunited with his lady love, my grandmother, Honey. Yesterday, my grandfather better known to his family and friends as Popper or Pappa, passed into the Summer …
Questions Answers and Time Vanishing
So this week has been an adventure in what doesn't not kill you eats your time up and you get to decide whether you want to be strong or not. Strength comes in many forms and sometimes being strong is all about deciding not to be strong. Monday during third period I began to feel …
Where Have All The Posts Gone?
The life of the aspiring writer is never easy. There is a balance that has to be stuck between work, life and writing. Sometimes that balance works well. Sometimes it doesn't. This last month, it didn't. But good things are coming. Blood Child is inching its way through to publication. So much has happened and …
Voices to Remember
Will you listen to the voices of the past or merely repeat the words of the victory? With girls and young women still lagging behind in the sciences and engineering professions. We need to remember that although the world has changed not everyone has come along for the ride. Even though of us that feel like …
Happy International Women’s Day
If you have been on Google today or even Facebook, you know it is International Women's Day. In 1908, women in New York City marched through the streets to demand shorter working hours, better pay and voting rights. 15,000 women marched that day. 15,000 women marched. The number amazes me. It would be another 12 …
From the sick bed to the work desk…
Warning: This post is a bit wobbly and may be subject to fits of rambling thought. This last week, I was sick with a cold so awful that all I could do was come from work everyday and go to bed. As I type this I really hope that the last of it has left …
It is
Love, they say should never hurt. Never make you cry or cut your soul, Maybe those that say it have never been in love, Cause love hurts and burns us so everyday Love cuts you so deep and fills you with so many desires You don’t know which way is up And which way to …
Women’s History Month Blog Series
Dear Readers, As a teacher, I see the young women in my classes struggling with what it means to be a woman. They don't understand Women's history or what it means to be a feminist, today. They need answers as well as question. As a result next month I will be dedicating the majority of …
Book Review: A Short Story with an Excellent Vintage
The Corpse Of Madeline Hill By Edward Medina I love plays on words and people who play with them as well, which is why I always jump at the opportunity to read something by Edward Medina. So when he said he was coming out with a story for Valentine's Day, I was ready and waiting …
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Lucinda Rose 