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What I Learned from The Plant World
I grew up on a farm so you would expect me to know something about plants. However, south Texas was experiencing the worst drought in history for much of my childhood. Though the drought we’re in right now is more severe than the 1950s drought,...
What I Learned from a Blooper
The theme for this month’s group writing project at Middle Zone Musings is What I Learned From Bloopers, Mistakes, and Embarrassing Moments. While I’d like to say I’ve never experienced any of those, you’d know I was lying. T...
Lessons from Community
A few years ago, when you talked about your community, you meant one of the first two definitions at Dictionary.com: 1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and his...
Adversity? What Adversity?
The theme for this month’s group writing project at Middle Zone Musings is What I Learned from Adversity. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you might think I have plenty to write about. I’ve been through a number of e...
What I Learned from Love
photo credit: karen horton The theme of the February What I Learned From … group writing project at Middle Zone Musings is love. My first experience with love was the love shown to me and my siblings by our parents. They never had much money, b...
The Secret Is Finally Out: BLOGAPALOOZA
You’ve probably seen those mysterious hints around the blogosphere of something big coming to Middle Zone Musings soon. And you’ve probably been wondering what in tarnation Robert is up to now! The secret is out. You can read the complete...
What I Learned from Government
[1]When I read the theme for this month's group writing project at Middle Zone Musings [2], it was déjà vu all over again. I was sure Robert had run out of topics and was starting to repeat himself. The topic is What I Learned from Government, and ...
What I Learned from Stress
photo credit: Bhernandez Stress. We all deal with it on a regular basis. Some stress is good. Right now, I’m stressed as I plan my book launch party and schedule my blog book tour … and wonder if anyone will buy my book. That stress pus...
Life is a Piece of Cake
Have a bite of flour. Yuck! A little baking soda, then? Blech! How about a raw egg? Ick! A spoonful of cooking oil? Nasty! Maybe a little sugar? A nip of vanilla? A bit of chocolate? Yeah, those sound good … but all by themselves? The individua...
