DW Davis

@DWDavis (25809)

United States

Joined myLot 10 years ago

I am a self-published author, a writer at The Fiction Writer's Den at Medium.com, and a recently retired school teacher.

www.riversailorliterary.com

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The Dive Restaurant isn't a dive restaurant

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 20 Mar

In Carolina Beach, there is a restaurant called The Dive. I have passed by it many times over the years but didn't stop in until yesterday. Inside is a very nice restaurant and bar. Yesterday, their special was Build Your Own...

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It's almost spring and the Bradford Pears are in bloom

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 7 Mar

The other day, @TheHorse asked me to show a photo of our Bradford Pears in bloom. The photo is of our small grove of Bradford Pear trees next to the driveway near the road. There are three trees there. One we planted and two...

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The Sun Is Still Shining, Right?

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 5 Mar

I wouldn't know. We haven't seen the actual Sun in days. It has been cloudy, rainy, and warm, which is better, in my opinion, than cloudy, snowy, and cold. I'm listening to Jodi Picoult's HARVESTING THE HEART while posting...

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If this were 1712

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 1 Mar 24

and you were living in Sweden, today would be February 30. Why? I'm glad you asked. It turns out that up until the 1700s, Sweden was still using the old Julian calendar and decided it wanted to switch to the more "modern"...

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I've never been so Irish

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 29 Feb 24

Actually, I have been all along and didn't know it. My mother has been going through some old papers her sisters left behind and found a document that shows my twice great-grandfather emigrated from Caricknamanna, County Donegal,...

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Yes, yesterday's roasted beans made today's great cup of coffee

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 28 Feb 24

I ground just enough of yesterday's roasted beans to brew a cup of coffee in my French Press this morning. It came out very well. I limited myself to one cup. I've been spending the morning posting promo blurbs for my books and...

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The house if filled with a wonderful aroma

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 27 Feb 24

First thing this morning, I roasted a batch of coffee beans and it filled the house with the pleasant, to me anyway, scent of freshly roasted coffee. The beans are resting in the sunroom after cooling off. They have to cool...

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Have you heard of Treibball?

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 24 Feb 24

Our Welsh Pembroke Corgi, Sophie, more officially known as Princess Sophia of Buzby Beach, earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen-Advanced certificate this past Thursday night. Earning the certificate involved passing 10 challenges of...

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America is back on the moon

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 23 Feb 24

Drab, dreary, gray, overcast, wet, and rainy. A Very Mondayish Friday. But at least it is relatively warm. 50F. So, the US is back on the moon. Robotically, at least. Odysseus landed near the moon's south pole yesterday. The...

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I was going to write about my breakfast

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 20 Feb 24

but instead thought I'd give y'all a look at a flash fiction piece I wrote this morning after seeing a writing challenge on Twitter. I hope you enjoy it. [i]On a dreary winter morning, after a night of freezing drizzle, I carried...

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Happy Presidents Day in the US! Happy Family Day in Canada!

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 19 Feb 24

Or, in those Canadian provinces that celebrate it as Family Day: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. On Prince Edward Island, it's called Islander Day. Other provinces and territories, as I...

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Registered to Attend a Writers' Workshop

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 17 Feb 24

I have registered to attend a Writers' Workshop in March. As part of the workshop, I signed up to have two ten-minute pitches with two agents. Now, I need to have something to pitch. I have decided on [i]A Princess for Buzby...

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Sporting One's Oak

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 16 Feb 24

I came across this expression today while reading one of the stories in James Buncie's Sydney Chambers and the Perils of the Night. The story was "Unholy Night." My interest in etymology and the origin of words and phrases...

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I Won Valentine's Jeopardy

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 15 Feb 24

At my Lions Club meeting today we had fun playing a round of Valentine's Jeopardy. There were 3 categories of 5 questions each: Romantic Movies, Pairs, and Romantic Couples. You could earn up to 3,000 points in each category. I...

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Why Up So Early

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 15 Feb 24

Two reasons. First: K had to get up at a ridiculous hour because of the monthly plant meetings held at work. At her plant, the 3rd shift ends, and 1st shift begins at 6 am. There is a joint meeting for the two shifts at 6. She...

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Roses are Red but won't last

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 14 Feb 24

A Corny Valentine's Poem to go with the potted plant Roses are Red But they won't last So, I got Calli Lilies A blast from our past They've not been cut They're still alive And if care is taken Long will they thrive Have no...

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Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 14 Feb 24

This year there is an odd juxtaposition on the liturgical calendar. Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday are on the same day. This happens from time to time. It last occurred on February 14, 2018. You have to go back to 1945 to find...

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Amelia Bassano Lanyer - She knew Shakespeare

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 13 Feb 24

I recently learned that my ancestral aunt Amelia Bassano Lanyer was the first published female poet in England. She was a contemporary of William Shakespeare. How well did she know Shakespeare? There is no firm consensus on this...

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We're in for a Blustery Day

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 13 Feb 24

Yesterday we had a light rain all day. Today we will have wind and lots of it. Blustery days like this always remind me of Winnie the Pooh. These blustery winds are going to usher in some colder air. The temps this morning were...

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Synonym Buns

DW Davis @DWDavis (25809) • United States 12 Feb 24

It's an old joke among writers. What's a writer's favorite breakfast sweet? A synonym bun. The reason I bring this up is that my missus used our air fryer to bake mini-cinnamon buns this weekend. She sent home 1/2 of them with...

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