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You decide.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/clouds.jpgcloudsWe can lose sight for a while, but it's always there.2015-10-06T16:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/joes-story/2020-02-26T00:47:15+00:00weekly0.6https://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/09/02/if-you-can-read-this-thank-a-teacher/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/trip1997.jpgTrip1997Chronicling a cross-country adventure.2017-10-20T01:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/08/26/inertia-a-writers-dangerously-pleasant-anchor/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/succotash.jpgsuccotashHave you ever wondered where succotash grew? Well, here's a crop outside Lancaster PA. :)https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/trent_river.jpgtrent_riverWatching the boats at sunrise. What would I name my boat? That could be an entire blog...2015-08-27T13:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/08/14/salt-bugs-and-doughnuts-love-this-country/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150720_084651.jpg20150720_084651https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150716_101643.jpg20150716_101643A mighty fine philosophy, don'cha think?2015-08-17T20:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/07/28/family-and-the-open-road-down-home-america/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sstrawberry_reservoir_ut.gifSstrawberry_Reservoir_UTThe Strawberry Reservoir in Utah--looks like home.2015-08-05T00:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/07/02/let-fly-the-caged-sparrow-im-officially-booked/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cover_web.gifCaged SparrowIt's HERE!2015-07-28T20:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/06/16/deadlines-rocket-surgery-lessons-learned-from-a-lil-ball-o-hate/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pageone.gifpageoneOne day when I'm famous, I'll tell the story of how I rewrote the first page of Caged Sparrow a gazillion times and it will be funny, somehow.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hate2.gifball_o_hateTony-the-illustrator's rendition of Ms Carrie in Mother Hen mode2015-06-20T13:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/06/03/who-says-you-cant-go-home-again/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/the_tiverton_tree.jpgthe_tiverton_tree"It's much bigger now, Steven Jr. Honest, I used to play here..."https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/reading_gazeebo.jpgreading_gazeebo200 feet from the library and overlooking the Narragansett River--what's not to love?2015-06-08T18:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/05/22/memorial-day-whats-to-celebrate-2/2015-05-25T18:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/05/15/story-of-a-story-caged-sparrow-announcement-3/2015-05-28T02:36:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/05/04/my-ship-will-float-as-long-as-im-listing/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/enough_blog.gifenough_blogSometimes you just have to walk away from the list...2015-05-05T01:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/04/25/rest-easy-moms-no-fishy-business-here/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/schoollunch_jer.jpgschoollunch_jerGood Lightinghttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/schoollunchthumb.jpgschoollunchthumbBad Lighting2015-05-01T01:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/04/10/married-for-life-its-not-a-game/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/glove_rings.jpgglove_ringsThere's no such thing as a sort-of union.2015-04-13T04:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/04/01/heres-looking-at-you/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aprilfools.jpgaprilfoolsLivin' in the Fridge...2015-04-02T03:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/03/26/winter-weary-warriors-wait-no-more/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/easter.gifeasterA study in Easter's disproportionate naturehttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/springtulips.gifspringtulipsThey're coming. I don't think they'll be blue, but they're coming.2015-03-27T12:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/03/18/and-the-greatest-is-love/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/willa.jpgwillaLove2016-03-19T02:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/03/04/saluting-the-grammar-police-heroes-from-a-whole-nother-era/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fat-free.jpgfat freeIt may be fat, but it's also free!https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/smartbalance.jpgsmartbalance2015-03-07T19:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/02/25/i-got-screwed-seduced-into-humming-complacency/2015-02-26T03:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/02/09/ask-not-for-whom-the-phone-rings/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/phone.jpgphoneCareful everyone...she's in a mood...2015-02-26T02:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/01/22/a-year-of-living-precariously-what-is-success/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/road-ahead.gifroad-aheadCan't see where the road leads, but I'm loving the walk.2015-02-21T22:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/01/13/to-my-hero-on-the-occasion-of-our-anniversary/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jerry.gifjerrySuch a dashing young man...2015-01-16T08:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2015/01/08/love-isnt-seasonal-no-need-to-pack-it-up/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/deflatables.jpgdeflatablesOf course, some things should be packed away...it would make everyone happier2015-01-15T01:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/12/31/hope-among-the-embers/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ocean_cropped.gifocean_croppedOr perhaps it's a sea of endless possibility...?https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ocean.gifoceanPerhaps it's the sea of endless possibilities...?2015-01-03T15:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/12/17/the-christmas-tree-of-thanksgiving-bring-on-the-joy/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gusgus.gifGusGusGus-Gus, not just a Cinderella classic, but a Christmas favoritehttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/shepherd.gifshepherdThe shepherd will leave his entire flock to search for one lost sheep, praise God.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tardis.giftardisAngels, check; green canoe with oars, check; time lord transport vehicle, check.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/tree2.gifChristmas TreeDeck the heck outa that thing!2014-12-23T01:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/12/06/peace-on-earth-preposterous-or-is-it/2014-12-10T22:02:38+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/11/05/an-open-letter-to-my-niece-because-youre-only-14-once-thank-goodness/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jessicas_flower1.jpgjessicas_flower1Bloom where you're planted...2014-11-09T00:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/10/09/bamboo-faith-why-i-cant-quit-writing/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bamboo.gifbambooMy plant of new hope...it better hope I remember to water it.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/meijing.gifmeijingMei-Jing and bamboo (the flag was outside; he was 5 and all about details)2014-10-12T18:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/09/24/ban-book-banning-read-with-your-brain-turned-on/2014-10-04T04:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/portrait-page/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/plates.gifplatesHow many plates can you spin?https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cat.jpgcathttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mary_poster.jpgmary_poster2015-04-22T17:56:36+00:00weekly0.6https://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/09/19/writing-tips-about-readers-one-is-enough-to-get-you-started/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/king_man.gifking_manGood place to start a writing journey2014-09-28T18:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/09/06/whats-green-and-hurts-all-over/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tree.giftreeWinding its way up and around. Isn't it pretty?https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kudzu.gifkudzuKudzu, or muscadine, or porcelain berry, or Virginia creeper. I’m not a botanist and can’t swear, but the vines are all similar, and inflicting similar damage. https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kud_cover.gifkud_coverIt's not really hurting anything...2017-04-01T17:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/08/27/love-tosses-caged-sparrow-over-another-hurdle/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/book_done.gifbook_doneOne step closer to the book rack!2014-08-31T23:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/08/22/lost-in-dr-who-ville-a-whole-lotta-baking-going-on/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flour.jpgflourNow that I've regenerated...boy, am I hungry.2014-08-27T02:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/08/09/for-bill-who-knew-the-secret/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bill.gifWilliam Dean TurnerWilliam Dean Turner2014-09-23T13:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/07/07/when-all-you-want-is-just-out-of-reach/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/power.gifpowerJust. One. More. Inch!2014-08-31T16:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/06/28/christian-prayers-for-a-muslim-tradition/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/800px-flagofpakistansvg.gif800px-FlagofPakistansvgFlag of Pakistan2014-07-03T13:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/06/14/when-fathers-are-imperfect-you-call-this-love/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dad_with_his_dad.gifdad_with_his_dadDad and Grampa. Don'tcha just want Gramps to pull him closer?2016-06-14T16:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/06/03/waiting-on-the-call-roping-time-with-a-molasses-lasso/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/calendar.gifcalendarLike sand through the hourglass...2014-06-04T13:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/05/26/memorial-day-whats-to-celebrate/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lcpl-thomas-a-julian-usmc.jpgLCpl Thomas A. Julian USMCHigh school friend, LCpl Thomas Julian, who went to Beirut Lebanon in 1983 and never returned2016-05-29T01:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/05/14/faith-hope-and-love-will-it-land-me-an-agent/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pw_logo_web.gifpw_logo_webA gift from my former co-workers. Aren't they the greatest?2014-05-15T01:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/04/30/take-that-cancer-a-letter-of-hope/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pinkspring.gifpinkspringSpring blossoms, at lasthttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bugs.gifbugsRemembering the cicada swarm of 20132014-05-01T01:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/04/24/real-freelancers-dont-wear-flannel-add-and-other-time-sucking-distractions/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/diciprine.gifdiciprineYou Rack Diciprine!2015-03-29T12:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/04/10/theres-a-cure-for-that-but-can-you-handle-it/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/crzycat.gifcrzycatYou can't hide in a box. There's pain in there too.2014-04-12T00:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/02/11/velcro-whiskers-and-other-writing-woes/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aslan.gifaslanIf you need anything, I'm right here. Hey, do you need anything?https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/compucat.gifcompucatWho needs opposable thumbs when all you need to write is "zzzzzzzzzzzzz"?2014-04-04T14:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/03/19/gasping-at-the-deep-end/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/goggles2.gifgoggles2Are the goggles half full or half empty?2014-04-04T14:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/03/27/survey-says-what-the-heck-was-i-thinking/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/compass_cross.gifcompass_cross...you first have to know where you're going.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/comp_grass.gifcomp_grassTo find your direction...2014-03-28T00:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/03/11/for-gary-who-turned-around/2014-03-14T01:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/03/04/gerunds-appositives-and-participles-oh-my/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grammar_sign1.gifgrammar_signThanks Albert, for risking life and limb to capture this exquisite specimen.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grammar_sign.gifgrammar_signThanks, Albert, for risking life and limb to capture this.2014-03-04T19:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/02/19/waiting-for-the-thaw/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/branch.gifbranchThe trees of the field are ready to dance.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/snowblob.gifsnowblobI won't name him, lest I become attached. If I DID, it would be Blobbert.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/meltingstreet.gifpatchwork streetIf it isn't blocking the car, it's called ambiance 2014-02-20T12:22:57+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/02/04/a-charleston-portrait/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mazie.gifmazieMazie Brown, artist and storyteller, Charleston personifiedhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ravenel_bridge.gifravenel_bridgeBeautiful, but quite useless in a snowstorm, Ravenel Bridge2014-02-14T15:36:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/01/12/leaping-into-the-light/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/light.giflightWhere there is light, there can be no darkness2014-01-15T10:07:05+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2014/01/04/the-early-bird-knows-the-secret/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dactyl.gifDactylThis is Dactyl. Don't be fooled; that's a relatively small birdhouse he's perched upon.2014-01-11T21:50:02+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/12/05/nobodys-squashing-my-christmas/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ornament.gifornamentPeace on Earth starts in the heart.2013-12-05T19:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/11/13/and-the-trees-of-the-field/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/full_tree.giffull_treeTrees of the Field2013-11-14T16:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/10/30/fire-and-water-wrestling-with-doubt-739/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/word_flames1.gifword_flames1Death of a Dream2016-05-21T12:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/10/09/love-means-always-having-to-say-youre-sorry/2013-10-10T23:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/10/02/portrait-of-a-real-american/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/frank_usmc3.jpgfrank_usmc3Columbus Abbit Frank2014-01-12T22:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/09/16/sweet-summer-sunday/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/butterfly.gifbutterflySweet sip of summer2013-09-30T14:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/09/02/time-management-for-cheater-moms/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/subi.gifsubiThe Perfect Car2013-09-02T19:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/08/27/back-yard-bonanza/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/serenity-schooner-02.gifSerenity-Schooner-02Serenity Schooner sailing to Yorktown.. is our ship coming in?https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ira_hayes.gifira_hayesIt's about people, like Ira Hayes, who, even if they didn't die, were never the same again.https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pirates-e1377623243731.gifpiratesCouple of beach bums guarding the pier at Colonial Beachhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/plates.gifplateshttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/falling_spring-e1377623029281.giffalling_springFalling Spring, Covington, VA2014-08-28T23:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/08/12/i-yam-where-i-swam/2013-08-12T00:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/08/03/taking-flight/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tomorrowcharles.gifForward to tomorrowReady for Takeoffhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/eyepatch.gifeyepatchEyepatch, eh?2013-08-07T12:31:49+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/07/23/i-am-not-a-mused/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spoon.gifspoon2013-07-23T03:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/07/14/well-someones-guilty-but-its-not-zimmerman/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/guilty.gifguilty2013-07-14T19:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/07/04/ill-say-it-god-bless-america/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/declaration_independence.jpgdeclaration_independence2013-07-04T14:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/07/02/the-box-and-the-bookmarks/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/open_box.gifopen_boxWhere do we start? And where will it take us?2013-07-02T00:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/06/23/a-lesson-from-an-inchworm/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/inch_worm.gifinch_wormOnward and upward2013-06-24T22:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/06/15/mr-bobby-shepherd-on-wheels/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/donuts1.gifdonutsTake the bus or stop for sugar? Tough choice.2013-06-15T17:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/06/09/a-woman-of-mystery/https://rosethestoryteller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/furtive.giffurtivePlayin' it cool2013-06-09T05:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/05/27/my-memorial-day-hero-2/2013-05-30T00:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/05/22/fishing-for-my-own-identity/2013-05-22T02:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/05/15/shuffling-the-cards/2013-05-17T01:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.com/the-character-closet-2/2017-01-19T22:21:54+00:00weekly0.6https://rosethestoryteller.com/2013/04/23/a-bookman-old-style-girl-in-an-arial-world/2013-05-18T16:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://rosethestoryteller.comdaily1.02025-07-04T17:58:42+00:00