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Blow ye Winds #MondayBlogs

Posted on January 25, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

Before I begin today’s installment of my 2016 Symbol Series, I’d like to share some fantastic news. Madeline Archer, my alter ego won the coveted Predators & Editors Top 10 Reader’s Poll for Best Author of 2015! Not only that, … Continue reading →

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Because I looked for it #FridayReads

Posted on January 22, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

“By George!” cried the inspector. “How did you ever see that?” “Because I looked for it.” ~Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Dancing Men “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ~Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading →

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You see, but you do not observe #IndieThursday

Posted on January 21, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

“You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.” ~Sherlock Holmes ~ The Boscombe Valley Mystery “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.” ~Sherlock Holmes ~ A Scandal in Bohemia As part of … Continue reading →

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Elementary, my dear… #WriterWednesday

Posted on January 20, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

“By a man’s finger nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boot, by his trouser knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by his shirt cuffs — by each of these things a man’s calling is … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Writing #IndieTuesday

Posted on January 19, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. If … Continue reading →

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Set in Stone #MondayBlogs

Posted on January 18, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

Continuing on with my 2016 symbol series. Today’s topic: Victorian funerary symbolism. Burial symbology has been around for about as long as there have been burials. A recent discovery of a 12,000 year old shaman’s grave suggests this woman had … Continue reading →

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Name that time

Posted on January 15, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

Few people in history actually define an era or period in time. Napoleon did briefly with his Napoleonic period. But the regnal eras, those dynastic periods defined by the reign of a king or queen, are the ones that stick. … Continue reading →

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Comparing one’s temperament to the moon

Posted on January 14, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

Have you ever wondered about the spark, the impetus, that drove the first human to scratch a line and say this represents such-and-such? Think about it. I’ll venture a guess and say tally numbers came first because tally sticks marking … Continue reading →

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The Tortoise & the Allegory #WriterWednesday

Posted on January 13, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

I once rented a video entitled The Wide Sargasso Sea. It was a bit odd, as though the story began in the middle rather than the beginning. In the tale a man gets tricked into marrying a woman on the … Continue reading →

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Only empty breath?

Posted on January 12, 2016 by ~RoseAnderson

This is post number 7 in my 2016 symbol series, and the last on the topic of names as the symbols they often are. Today I’m wrapping up before delving further into symbols in general. If you’re here for the … Continue reading →

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