Announcements, Celebrations, TTOT

Ten Things of Thankful-April 7, 2025

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April Showers bring May Flowers, and this woman is one very thankful person for gratitude #1 RAIN!!! Over the past month, I have been buying up plants to get ready for the outdoor pots. I even bought some shade friendly flower seeds, since my porch is not super sunny. I gave all of my plants a good working over and they are all waiting in line for their transition. I am grateful #2 for all the plants. When I see pretty flowers, it just cheers up my day.

#3 is BIRD MANIA!! I LOVE this! The little chirpers are just having the time of their lives! They visit the porch often, probably looking for building materials or nesting places. I was in a zoom interview with a writer a while ago and we were serenaded by the birds. IT was lovely.

#4 is that daughter is having a great time with her bowling league sponsored by Special Olympics. Her average has improved pretty quickly. It’s cool that she has co-workers in the league. #5 She has taken off well with her barista responsibilities. She loves telling visitors about the history of the company for which she works. An ambassador, I suppose we could say.

#6 Tax season is longer this year due to hurricane extensions. I am very grateful that the office is providing suppers for the accounting team and hubby gets a nice, hot meal at work. It’s odd at home as I am used to cooking supper, but we ladies have been eating light since it’s good for us.

#7 If you follow this blog, then you can see there are many thankfuls in my business world. There are several books published or in the process of being published. I love the fact that one of the authors, namely Kaelen Felix, placed as a finalist for her children’s book Wings and Whispers, Tales of Friendship, Volume 1.

#8 National Poetry Month has kept me hopping and I am grateful for the energy to keep up. #9 Times in my life when I have had the pleasure of getting to know two beautiful people who have both crossed over to the other side. And that there is a place for peace through prayers and support for those closest to these fine people. Even as distance affects these relationships, the social media connection has kept us communicating.

#10 You! I am grateful for this blog family who always has hope in all things. I am truly blessed to have you in my life.

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animal care, Announcements, Book Announcements, novella, poetry

SHOUT OUT! to Laura Stamps, Pet Advocate

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It’s not every day that I shout out someone’s birthday, but here we are. Laura Stamps, who I consider the ultimate pet advocate, and fun-loving poet and writer, has reached a new year! As some of you may know, she is a cat mom, specializing in helping rescue cats. She has a senior feline household and loves them up on the regular.

I also happen to know that she is a dog person, as well. And she celebrates this with her advocacy work.

I met Laura through her doggie books where she shares stories with prose poetry. If you want to find humor in your life, I highly recommend Laura’s books. Full disclosure: we have published three of Laura’s books but have read more. They are addictive. They are family friendly. They are educational and entertaining, all in one.

Here is Laura’s latest creation and you may want to grab a copy for your favorite person. Laura will even autograph a copy for you.

https://www.prolificpulse.com/laurastamps Autograph link on site.

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Since this is National Canine Fitness Month I will drop this link with suggestions for Canine Fitness. (No affiliate links from me).

Announcements, poetry

National Poetry Month is Here! It’s no April Fool’s Day joke!

Hey Everybody!

It’s not only April Fool’s Day, but it’s also the first day of National Poetry Month. How exciting is that?!

What are your plans for this month? Are you writing a poem a day? I am excited that there is a special competition starting today. It’s on Nolcha Fox’s blog. She explains the rules and provides the daily prompts. You can enter the contest on ProlificPulse.com via a special form which is also on Nolcha’s blog. We are doing this together as a way to celebrate this month and to offer to the top three poetry writers, one copy each of the upcoming book by Nolcha Fox and Ken Tomaro, namely Seesaw – Quirky Poems which is to be released on April 30. You can actually pre-order the book, now. Check it out on ProlificPulse.com/nolchafox

By the way, you may want to take a peek at Ken Tomaro’s page on Prolific Pulse. Here’s the LINK

Hope you will participate. It’s going to be fun!

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