Category: NATURE
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Two Years After: An Oil Spill Reflection
Today is the second anniversary of the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Here are links to two blog posts I did about the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. http://authorcarriecox.com/2010/06/24/on-a-serious-note/ http://authorcarriecox.com/category/deep-water-horizon/ Just last month I finally ate at a local seafood restaurant. I’m still not 100% certain of the safety of the…
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Alphabet Blog
I’ve taken this from writer buddy Stephanie, who took it from another friend, etc but I changed a few alphabet words to mix it up a bit. A. Age: I’m a bicentennial baby. You do the math. B. Birth Order: 3rd out of 4. Third is the nerd. C. Chore that you hate: Cleaning tubs/showers.…
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Escape into Reading
This month has been filled with family and home. I’ve been surrounded by a few nieces and many more nephews, and all the things that accompany them. Laundry, food, messes, and noise. And of course fun, laughter, love, and adventure. But I’ve had to cope with lack of quiet and thinking time. So I went…
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Spring n Things
I hope everyone has enjoyed the celebration of rebirth. Oh, to be able to experience pure forgiveness and mercy—such a blessing in trying times! Life’s been, well—life, so my blogging is lacking. Some things are too personal (or boring) to post about. But I have passed a few sharable milestones this past month—breaking over 45,000…
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Yellow-coated Fluff
Spring is great—for the most part. I dread what spring means—summer is coming. During spring, I typically mope around mourning the loss of whatever tidbit of winter we were blessed to have been given over the past few months. Autumn, on the other hand, is a rebirth. Returning to nature after being trapped inside because…