Monday Musings

The Author’s regular blog will not be published today. Next week, her blog, Monday Musings, will return. You can follow the Author at her  Website  or on  Twitter .

Yesterday was “Read an Ebook Day.” An essential holiday for authors such as myself that provide an Ebook option to the print versions of our books. A small device, like your phone or tablet, can hold thousands of books, and once downloaded, there is no requirement for internet or WiFi availability to access the content. Of course, you can even read on an Ebook application on your laptop or desktop computer. For avid readers that travel, that means not loading your luggage with pounds of book weight, leaving tons of room for fun souvenirs.  Sight-challenged readers can enlarge the font on their E-reader, allowing them to read previously blurred cloudy images that kept them from enjoying books. When did the concept of Ebooks emerge? Surprisingly in 1930, Bob Brown introduced this idea after watching his first talkie movie. Almost 20 years later, Angela Ruiz Robles designed an automated book reader, the Enciclopedia Mecánica. Her prototype device had graphics and texts loaded on spool...

Yesterday Americans looked back at 9/11/2001, mourned the loss of lives, and stood agape, realizing our national vulnerability. Memorial services honored heroic fire-rescue personnel and everyday citizens who perished in the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA. Across the pond, the British grieve the death of their longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8th. A formal protocol was immediately enacted as  Operation London Bridge  was initiated with the phrase, “London Bridge is down.” The Queen’s children and grandchildren raced to Balmoral Castle in Scotland to pay their last respects. Since her death occurred in Scotland,  Operation Unicorn  was also activated. Her funeral will be held on September 19th. Now the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth realms, and Territories look forward as their new royal, King Charles III, accedes to the throne. This process also follows a rigorous course, described as  Operation Spring Tide. O...

Today has been one of those days: rain, rain, and more rain; one deluge followed by another.  Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~ John Ruskin Rain washes our slates clean. Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy — your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. ~ Annie Leibovitz Rain is invigorating. A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning. ~ James Dickey Waiting to be struck by inspiration, to scribe meaning. How does the rain make you feel? What emotions does it evoke? You can follow the Author at her  Website  or on  Twitter .