by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 9, 2011 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” – Mark Twain I like validation, most people do, but I find that without the validation of others I have trouble believing something about myself to be true. I was a good student. I know...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 7, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
Create Diversity Tip Six: Not everyone has family history hanging on the wall. I am German. It’s my German ancestry that gives me my red hair. I get it from thin Northern Germans and Vikings. Other than my hair color, which most people think is Irish, there is nothing...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 4, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Tempopo I’m not sure how to describe Tempopo- It’s a Japanese film. With an odd Western (as in wild west) feel to it. But it’s not a sushi western. The film really is about food. Yes, relationships develop and characters grow- a bit- some of them- but the focus of the...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone today SJ Driscoll has volunteered to guest post on my blog. I hope you all enjoy her post. You can check out her blog here Beyond the Page by SJ Driscoll What has been most useful for writing in my life? No one thing I ever learned from writing classes,...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 31, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
I am a brat and as such when I hear a song about supernatural being I wonder why these don’t wind up in people’s books. Why doesn’t Bella have ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ as her ring tone for Jacob? Or “It’s a Deadman’s Party’ for the Cullens? If I was Anita Blake I would...