After the Rain
Beforeand After the Rainin Peace Valley October 2010
A Day by the Ocean
Sometimes even writers don't need words.Thank you Mary Fran and Chrysa for a wonderful day!Click the arrow on the left under the picture to start the slide show.Vote for your favorite by leaving a comment.Enjoy!
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games are the ultimate reality show: A fight to the death among 24 young people (the tributes), one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts, while the rich and spoiled people of the Capitol watch on, and bid for their favorites. Only a winner is allowed. A winner that will never be hungry again or forced to participate in the games. The Games take place every year in [...]
NRFGP Share Your Favorite Summer Memory Contest!
Shakespeare said that summer hath too short a lease. We agree. So we decided to prolong the glorious days of summer with a favorite summer memory contest! Send us your favorite summer memory, in words or a favorite summer photo, via email. Forward to: info@notreadyforgrannypanties.com. If sending a photo, please include an identifying word or two.We’d like to send off summer with some fond memories. We'll select our favorite photo or story after Labor Day and the [...]
Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt
She married her brother at 17 upon the death of their father and were both declared pharaohs, the living gods, and rulers of Egypt as their ancestors had for three hundred years since Ptolomeo came from Macedonia, a general in Alexander the Great army.When her brother drowned in the port of Alexandria, Cleopatra married her eleven year old brother as she was expected. But when the Romans came with their legions intent on [...]
A Chemist Looks at Beauty & Aging from the Inside
With all of the anti-aging skincare products out there today, what is really the ‘best buy’? With each company touting their own miracle products, and every woman having her own opinion, we decided to go beneath the surface---and get a look at the ingredients behind the packaging. So we asked a chemist with a background in cosmetics, what realty are the important ingredients that keep skin from aging?by Bob Sandewicz, ChemistJuan Ponce de [...]
The Last Survivors Trilogy
by Carmen Ferreiro EstebanI'm not a fan of dystopian novels or of those that present post-apocalyptic scenarios. I have not read The Road nor watched the movie, even though the role of the father in the screen version is played by Viggo Mortensen, my favorite actor ever. So when, two weeks ago, my friend Candace lend me Life As We Knew It, the first book in The Last Survivors Trilogy, I did not [...]