Wordless Wednesday on January 9

Snowy owls fly south in search of food

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=06cdda3b-37d4-4f90-829e-9bdb11d193bf

What really happened all those years ago

 

 

 

Happy Holidays!

Saturday is the first night of Hannukah, Christmas is approaching,
and the shoppers are busy.

When we're near this store in the mall, we get to observe lots of temper tantrums drama.
Shhh... Don't tell Santa.

But one thing everyone agrees about:
these elephants and giraffes are very cool!

 

Unique way to light a menorah...

... from the Technion in Haifa, Israel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We-KRSy64r4&feature=youtu.be

Seasonal Excuses

Seasonal Excuses

by Barbara Etlin


I can't submit my short story in July.
Vacation season starts now.

I can't submit my short story in August.
August is the slowest month of the year. No one is in the office.

I can't submit my short story in September.
The kids are starting back to school and chaos will ensue.

I can't submit my short story in October.
I need the entire month to prepare Halloween costumes.

I can't submit my short story in November.
I'll be busy doing NaNoWriMo instead of submitting.

I can't submit my short story in December.
Everyone knows no one in publishing does any work between mid-November and New Year's Day. They're partying or hung over, if they're in the office at all.

I can submit my short story in January.
The editors will be back from their six-week-long vacation and will be rested. However, my manuscript will be lost in the huge slush pile that collects between mid-November and January.

I can't submit my short story in February.
Winter is too depressing. I'm going to hibernate.

I can't submit my short story in March.
The kids will be on March break and chaos will ensue.

I can't submit my short story in April.
April is the cruelest month. (Don't ask me why. Ask T.S. Elliot.)

I can submit my short story in May and June,
so I'd better hurry and write something.



Copyright 2012, Barbara Etlin , all rights reserved

The Leaves Of October

Happy October 21!

Today M and I celebrate the day we met, Thursday, October 21, 1976.
M, thanks for calling a scary stranger--me! That October was cold and snowy and all the leaves were long gone. I remember wearing a winter jacket and boots on that first date, October 23.

Of course, for those of you who remember that I just turned 39 again, I was a mere child when I went on that blind date 36 years ago.