Looking forward to celebrating Halloween on Saturday, October 31, 2020, I smiled as I picked out my outfit of black leggings and an orange pumpkin sweatshirt to wear to work the next day at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper as a Library Assistant. Only three days after my birthday, Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. I’ve written several…
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Guest Post I Wrote For My Fellow Blogger – Jamie Smith of Sunflowers & Thorns
Five years ago, I attended my first Arkansas Women Bloggers event at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Here’s a recap of all the activities I participated in during three fun days in the Spa City https://leslieinlittlerock.com/5th-annual-arkansas-women-bloggers/ One of my fellow bloggers I met at this event, Jamie Smith from Northwest Arkansas, is a Writer, Consultant and Speaker. She…
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Can you see me smile behind my mask?
Wow. The current times have really been an emotional rollercoaster of a ride these last several months. On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, I flew to Chicago from Little Rock to visit my oldest daughter, Lauren, who started a new job at the University of Chicago in January. I was excited to visit Lauren in her new home in Chicago and…
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2020 Academy Awards
About nine years ago, after the nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on January 25, 2011, I set a goal to see all ten of the nominated movies. At the time of the announcement, I realized that I had already viewed five of the ten movies nominated for the “Best…
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Vintage Market Days
In mid-November, 2019, I accompanied my sister, Lori, an artist and craftsman, to both North Carolina and South Carolina to participate in two Vintage Market Days shows over a two week time period. These locations included Vintage Market Days of the N.C. Triangle in Raleigh, North Carolina November 15-17, 2019 and Vintage Market Days Columbia Metro in Columbia, South Carolina…
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