Life and Times of a Writer

  Empty nest mother of two, loving dogs and chickens writes Contemporary Young Adult and Fantasy. Join her adventures into learning the art of writing Romances while life happens.  

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Will Artificial Intelligence Fill Jobs Left Behind by Deported Illegal Immigrants?

Will Artificial Intelligence Fill Jobs Left Behind by Deported Illegal Immigrants?

By: Esther Vargas – CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, robots in the workplace and now automobiles are automated. Are you worried?

I’m not. I probably won’t be around for Terminator to take place a hundred years from now. Maybe by then, colonies will be building on planet Mars and Earth will be left to the robots and cyborgs. Robots are supposed to make our complicated lives…

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Learning the Gaming Way

Learning the Gaming Way

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  There is a little bit of buzz circulating in the academic arena that video games may become a new means of teaching students in the classroom. For years teachers have been incorporating one type of game or another to entice all students to participate within the classroom. I remember years ago, my…

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Seafood Salad is a tasty treat no matter what time of the year

Seafood Salad is a tasty treat no matter what time of the year

I love lobster, crab, shrimp, or almost any kind of seafood. After making those yummy Almost Authentic Crab Rangoon for New Years, I had a bit of imitation crabmeat leftover. I like changing up or weekly menu so we don’t have to eat the same boring thing day in and day out. Today we opted for Seafood Salad sandwiches.

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Someone Once...

Someone Once…

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Someone Once Said

A road can lead to nowhere

when you believe you are lost.

Nowhere can be anywhere

just stop at no cost.

Turn around and see where your path may lead.

That path to nowhere always knows the way back home.

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Drop Out of High School and Suffer the Consequences

Drop Out of High School and Suffer the Consequences

Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers rarely think about their future until the world is thrust upon them after graduation or dropping out of school because they are convinced that they can survive without that diploma.

  Stop Right There!

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I hate to break the bubble, but someone has to do it. We no longer live in the 1950’s where cars can be fixed without being a certified…

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Almost Authentic Crab Rangoons

Almost Authentic Crab Rangoons

After searching and searching for a crab rangoon recipe, I was able to make my version with great success. I hope you enjoy these tasty tidbits I made for my New Year celebration.

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If We Were Having Coffee I’d Tell You About Surviving Christmas and 2016

If We Were Having Coffee I’d Tell You About Surviving Christmas and 2016

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How many times have I said I will start Christmas shopping in July?

  The last-minute shopping panic is over, I’m so glad life can return to normal even though time is limited due to school work. I have one year and six months left to finish school, or three plus if I continue on to a Master’s Degree. For the past six…

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My Parents Hovered, but They Weren't Helicopters

My Parents Hovered, but They Weren’t Helicopters

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When I was growing up, I thought of my parents as being strict. I never thought of their rules as being anything but what they were, except when I turned sixteen. Then I thought the rules were a bit outlandish.

First off, I was never allowed to go somewhere alone, except if I was in a direct route to a…

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Do Parents Stereotype Their Children?

Do Parents Stereotype Their Children?

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I don’t know about you, but my parents fit into the category of different hopes for my brother and me. My brother was supposed to go to college, but he didn’t. I was meant to have an office job, but I didn’t do that either. Does that mean we were both disappointments?

What do I mean by that?

Parents stereotype their…

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Call, Text, or Tweet – Today’s messages Forgotten

Call, Text, or Tweet – Today’s messages Forgotten

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Emails, text messages, notifications, tweets, voice mail, it goes on and on, and the messages pile up unopened. Anyway, who uses voice mail these days, every message is a text instead. I don’t think we have used our answering machine in years. Many people no longer use landline phones. They have become…

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Homemade Egg Nog

Image courtesy of creative commons license By: Isaac Wedin – CC BY 2.0 via flickr.com 

      The only downside was that I used an electric hand mixer. A stand mixer would work best to free up your other hand to pour the milk mixture and mix the eggs in at the same time.

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Corn Casserole

I found this recipe several years ago on the Food Network. Since then, it has become a favorite of my family. It is so easy to make, being on the same idea as a dump recipe. I’m posting it here because, this is where I like to put my favorite recipes and now that I’ve been getting requests from friends for this recipe, posting it here will make it easier to find. My recipe paper file has become a…

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NaNoWriMo 2016 – Juggling Work, School, and Writing

NaNoWriMo 2016 – Juggling Work, School, and Writing

  It’s November. The month of cooking turkeys and baking pies and crazy holiday shopping. Then there is NaNoWriMo. That crazy writing challenge where a person sits down to write 1,667 words a day to complete a 50,000-word novel in 30 days.

Do you NaNo?

I have taken part in NaNoWriMo since 2010. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Thousands upon thousands or maybe millions upon…

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Facebook Privacy vs. Employee Venting

Facebook Privacy vs. Employee Venting

When an Employee should keep their mouth shut or stay off Facebook

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There are those on Facebook who will post just about anything and wonder why it comes back to bite them in their ass. The ones who do this all the time appear to forget that their posts are visible to the world. Nothing is…

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Bridging a Gap in Employment Skills

Bridging a Gap in Employment Skills

Over six month ago I faced a life-changing event called unemployment. It was a terrible dilemma to face after working for the same company for almost ten years. The longer a person is employed by a corporation, the more they begin to focus on the little benefits they can take advantage of that is there for those who are dedicated to their work. But when that moment comes along and yanks those…

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What's Wrong With Now?

What’s Wrong With Now?

Everyone likes now, right?

Instant gratification. We all want this, every

one of us. Win the lottery and instantly become a millionaire. Everyone’s dream.

What is wrong with now?

When I was growing up, we worked for what we wanted. We waited and saved our pennies until we could afford that car or shoes we dreamed of buying. Today’s generation is different. They must fear missing an opportunity…

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Birth Control Pills Could Be Sold Without a Prescription: A Possibility?

Birth Control Pills Could Be Sold Without a Prescription: A Possibility?

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There is talk going around that there may come a time when contraceptive birth control pills will be purchased over the counter without a prescription. What would this mean to teenage girls?

A teenager is more likely to become pregnant than a forty-year-old woman. The life of a teenager is not as innocent…

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