susanrea (25)in #quilting • 6 years agoI sew because I am or is it I am because I sew?People find value in varying things. I personally find value in fabric and fabric scraps. Yes, I save scraps. Not the really tiny ones even though I am self-diagnosed ADD. My…susanrea (25)in #memoir • 7 years agoTales from smack in the middle of New Hampshire Drive. The Gordon and Ivan series.Here is a link to my latest publication. A memoir I've worked on for a while.susanrea (25)in #wake • 7 years agoWake Up CallWake up She trots down the stairs feeling the newness of the carpet beneath bare feet. Bare feet in winter time. Life had slipped into an easy flow since the remodeling…susanrea (25)in #solar • 7 years agoA total eclipse of the sunAwesome! A family road trip. Picnic and back roads. Wishing for a paper map because, while the phones are informative, the details are difficult to "stretch" into existence.…susanrea (25)in #birthday • 7 years agoPrompt #7 - One great partyMy surprise 40th birthday party. And I thought was old then!! My second husband, Ian, and I had lived in Lexington for almost a year. I was settling into a house bigger than…susanrea (25)in #woodstove • 7 years agoPrompt #5 Before and AfterSticking to the guidelines today. After all, the prompts are merely suggestions not rules. My issues of authority surfacing again! Many items come to mind. I could go…susanrea (25)in #woodstove • 7 years agoPrompt #5 Before and AfterSticking to the guidelines today. After all, the prompts are merely suggestions not rules. My issues of authority surfacing again! Many items come to mind. I could go…susanrea (25)in #animal • 7 years agoWriting Prompt #4. Who is driving?Again, I diverge from the given topic! They say a quote from a movie. I am choosing a quote from Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver, (HarperPerennial 1991). Maybe this book is…susanrea (25)in #tomato • 7 years agoPrompt #3 - Paint a Word PictureToday, I am to use all my senses to describe. Paint a word picture. I think I can stick to the instruction today! Oh, the many things I could write about. Paris. The earth…susanrea (25)in #tv • 7 years agoWriting Prompt #2 --TV/Movie reactionNot exactly following the suggestion - but I am pretty good at "bucking the system" by twisting the rules just a bit. There is an entire blog post on that personal revelation…susanrea (25)in #prompt • 7 years agoWriting Prompts Day #1 - BooksI am challenging myself to write with an email prompt for 31 days. To sharp my skills, to force myself to write. Writer’s write. So if I want to publish again, well… pen in hand…susanrea (25)in #woman • 8 years agoWhy I MarchBlogged on The Almost Daily Thread ON JANUARY 31, 2017 I will march with women as long as my feet will carry me. In my 67 years I have worked my way through many a gender…susanrea (25)in #joseph • 8 years agoJoseph's Journey - republished!!!Joseph's Journey is a novel I have worked on for a long, long time. Because of the generosity of my Uncle John I was able to take a year's sabbatical and write. This novel was…susanrea (25)in #christmas • 8 years agoRondo and the Purple Play MobileRONDO AND THE PURPLE PLAY MOBILE By Susan Rea Caldwell Rondo came zooming into Santaland one August day on the snappiest purple moving vehicle ever seen by any of the Elves…susanrea (25)in #gardening • 8 years agoA Most Subversive ActA sweat bead drips off her nose as she prays for wholeness and health for the peach eaters and providers while canning peaches which are so perfectly formed – 36 each without a…