Quintessentially Quilly

Dude and Dude: Unsprung

Amoeba — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:06:05 +0000

Quilly’s legion of fans will be happy to know that Quilly is having a grand time on her retreat. She should be back on deck tomorrow afternoon sometime (Sunday 14 March, Pacific Daylight Time) to catch up with your comments and blogs. Meanwhile, the Dudes have snuck out of their video game cave [...]

The Country House Courtship, by Lenore Rose Burkard

Quilly — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:01:08 +0000

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. [...]

55 Flash Fiction Friday

Quilly — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:04:29 +0000

Flash 55 is hosted by G-Man (Mr. Knowitall). Click the icon below or the link for more information. All you have to do to join in is write a story in exactly 55 words then trip over to G-Man’s blog and let him know you’ve posted your 55. Bea’s parents fed her oatmeal every morning for [...]

Quilly Has Left the Island

Quilly — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:37:14 +0000

But only to go to another one. I am off to a Christian Women’s Retreat until Sunday afternoon. I am taking the comp, but don’t know if I will have time to do much more than check my mail — if there is even internet! You all behave yourselves and play nice together! I’ll [...]

It’s In My Blood, by Shawneda Marks

Quilly — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:22 +0000

Flashback Friday #1

Quilly — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:40 +0000

Mocha With Linda has started her very own meme. This is how she describes it: This new meme’s purpose is to have us take a look back and share about a specific time or event in our lives. It will be fun to see how similar – or different – our experiences have been!. I think [...]

Ridgeway Becket Curio Grandfather Clock

Quilly — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:01:29 +0000

I’ve fallen in love! Our wonderful new home has a grand foyer and it needs an accessory that will make a grand statement. I began by looking at desks and shelves, and then I found this incredible Grandfather Clock. I have always loved curio cabinets and I have always loved Grandfather Clocks. How perfect [...]

Raven’s Ladder, by Jefferey Overstreet

Quilly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:23:49 +0000

Raven’s Ladder, by Jefferey Overstreet is the third book in his Auralia’s Thread series. Cal-Raven leads the exodus of his people as they search for a land of legend in which to build their new home. This sounds like a well-known Bible story so I expected to be in very familiar territory. I was pleasantly surprised [...]

Lady Charliss and the Waters of Moorue, by Chuck Black

Quilly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:38:06 +0000

This is an edge of your seat read. In Lady Charliss and the Waters of Moorue, Chuck Black, former fighter pilot and communications engineer, has written an outstanding allegory for youth of any age. I loved this book. I didn't care it that was smack in the middle of a series from which I'd read nothing else. It was a complete story on it's own from beginning to end.

A Clean Slate

Quilly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:14:20 +0000

When I was in college I met a man who, for the purposes of my story, we will call Dan. Dan was a single father raising two daughters. He was intelligent, articulate and eager to improve his life. The only trouble was, Dan had made a mistake when he was a kid, and that mistake [...]

Three Word Thursday #46

Quilly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:39:15 +0000

This is the story for the words I missed the week I moved. 3WT will resume for all players next Thursday. Come on and join the fun! Welcome to Three Word Thursday #45. Please join us in our weekly romp as we try to rescue lost and forgotten words from the dusty halls [...]

Random Dozen — Plink & Link

Quilly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:23:03 +0000

Linda at 2nd Cup o’Coffee hosts this meme every week. The questions aren’t your ordinary meme fare, which makes them worth doing. 1. How old is the oldest pair of shoes in your closet? There are no shoes in my closet. They are on the shoe rack out in my garage. The oldest pair is about [...]

Sensational Haiku Wednesday: Metamorphosis

Quilly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:02:37 +0000

Jenn from, You Know … that blog?, hosts Sensational Haiku Wednesday. This week’s theme is: Metamorphosis Slowly unfurling, am I butterfly or moth, here in this new place? ~*~

Calling All 3WT Participants

Quilly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:46:05 +0000

Words! Due next Thursday — and yes, I know I am still one story behind. I am still not unpacked and I have other things in life to do, too! Three Word Thurday #47 due: 03/18/10 eructate, v. — belch noctambule, v. sleepwalk coxcomb, n. a conceited, foolish dandy; pretentious

Hope For the Future

Quilly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:11:38 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Cryo-Cell International. All opinions are 100% mine. Cryo-Cell is Miracles in the Making® I would like all of my readers to help get this news to all the expecting parents they know. Current medical science has found a non-controversial way to preserve their newborn’s stem [...]