Traveler’s Show & Tell: Palm Trees, Ghosts & a Micro Nation for Book Lovers
Welcome to the September 8, 2012 edition of Traveler’s Show and Tell. This Traveler’s Show and Tell blog carnival features travel bloggers from all corners of the globe. Read on to find out: … how to...
View ArticleReview: War Horse in Dallas – The Poetry of Puppetry
Like me, you probably associate puppet shows with children’s entertainment, not sophisticated Broadway productions. So when I heard that a theatrical version of War Horse featuring horse puppets was...
View ArticleTraveler’s Show & Tell: Honing Your Travel Mindset
Welcome to the October 5, 2012 Traveler’s Show and Tell blog carnival. While this edition of the Traveler’s Show & Tell blog carnival includes sightseeing tips, photos and foods of the world,...
View ArticleThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare in Dallas, Texas
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Over the next five years, the complete works of William Shakespeare – including all his plays, sonnets, grocery lists, you name it – will be performed in...
View ArticleOctPoWriMo – 3 Road Trip Haiku
What is OctPoWriMo? My pals, Morgan Dragonwillow & Julie Jordan Scot joined forces to create a month-long poetry mix and mingle called OctPoWriMo. Full details can be found here: OctPoWriMo. You...
View ArticleTrue Spooks 2012: True Ghost Stories
Welcome to the 2012 True Spooks blog carnival No matter what you believe, ghost stories can be a lot of fun. Each year, I host a Blog Carnival with true ghost stories as its theme. Last year’s was...
View ArticleReview: Blue Man Group Theatrical Tour in Dallas, Texas
Blue Man Group in Dallas, Texas The quirky performance art trio known as Blue Man Group has returned to Dallas for a quick visit. The show kicked off last night at the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s...
View ArticleRow80 check-in: Keeping it Short & Sweet for Valentine’s Day
What is ROW80? ROW80 is an online writer support group created by the author, Kait Nolan. ROW80 is kinda like AA, except that we’re here to enable each other’s creative addictions! I find ROW80 to be...
View ArticleReview: Anything Goes at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas
Anything Goes: A Tony Award Winning Musical Revival Anything Goes is not just a classic musical, it’s what every musical strives to be. Whether you’ve seen it before or not, if you grew up in the USA,...
View Article2013 Oscar Watching Party at The Modern in Fort Worth, Texas
Better than sitting at home Last Sunday, DFW.com, the Modern Art Museum and Lone Star Film Society hosted their 5th annual Oscar Watching Party at the Modern in Fort Worth, Texas. (While I missed last...
View ArticleROW80 & WANACon Online Writing Conference
What’s WANACON you say? Perhaps you’re wondering: First ROW80, now WANACON; what’s with all the weird acronyms on this chick’s blog? What can I say? *shrug* I just keep bumping into interesting...
View ArticleMy Big Re-Discovery: Pleasure Reading!
Not all reading is the same If you’re like me, you spend a lot of your day reading. But how much of that time do you spend on pleasure reading versus task-oriented reading? When I was a kid, the...
View ArticleUndertow by Mental Mosaic: What Genre is this Song?
Mental Mosaic – The Band I’ve decided to start sharing some of my music on my blog. Since my domain name is Mental Mosaic, that’s what I call my band. And, yeah, my band = me, but don’t tell anyone!...
View ArticleBook Spine Poetry & a Birthday Surprise
What is Book Spine Poetry? Book spine poems are created by stacking books, then reading their titles as though each were a line of verse. This poetic form is known as a cento. What is a cento?...
View ArticleMy April A to Z Blog Challenge Reveal
My 2013 A to Z blog challenge theme Each April, bloggers from all over the world participate in the A to Z blog challenge. Many of them choose a theme to blog about, although it’s not mandatory. All...
View ArticleA to Z Texas: Alien Grave in Aurora
Alien grave in Aurora, TX (photo by Tui Snider) Blogging from A to Z I’m blogging about Texas from A to Z this month, with an emphasis on the quirky side of the Lone Star State. Bloggers all over the...
View ArticleA to Z Texas: Bluebonnets & Bastard Cabbage
Field of Bastard Cabbage in Texas (photo by Tui Snider) Wildflowers are Big in Texas Each year, spring slams into Texas with all the subtlety of a meteor, and bright swathes of red, blue, purple and...
View ArticleA to Z: CFS – the Freedom Fries of Texas?
Glorious Texas sunset (photo by Tui Snider) What is CFS? When I first moved to Texas, I had no idea what people around here meant by the term “CFS.” To me, it sounded like shorthand for a debilitating...
View ArticleA to Z Texas: Dinosaur Footprints in Glen Rose
Dinosaur World in Glen Rose, TX (photo by Tui Snider) A to Z Texas: D is for Dinosaurs While many American states have official fossils, only eight – including Texas – have an official state dinosaur....
View ArticleA to Z: Eiffel Tower Replica in Paris, Texas
Eiffel Tower replica in Paris, TX (photo by Tui Snider) Texas Eiffel Tower Replica In the early 1990′s Babcock & Wilcox Company built an Eiffel Tower replica in Paris, Texas using volunteer parts...
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