How Does A Flower Whistle And Other Bad Flower Jokes
The world is a tire fire but never fear, bad jokes are here!
(grins)
What are Spring’s favorite pickles?
Daffo-dills!
What is the fiercest flower in the garden?
A tiger lily!
How does a flower whistle?
It uses its tulips.
What kind of lion never roars?
A dandelion!
What is a frog’s favorite flower?
Croak-us!
Where do roses sleep at night?
In their flowerbeds!
What is a golfer’s favorite flower?
Fore-get-me-nots!
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There Are No Tariffs On Resold Goods
One of the projects the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I have been undertaking is packing up the gently used or still-in-the-package items we will never use to take to a charity shop.
We hope that someone else can find delight in them.
Normally, we do this in the Fall/Autumn, before the busy holiday season. That way the charity shops won’t have to store them for very long.
But this year, due to the bizarre tariff war the US has instigated, we suspect there will be more people shopping at charity shops during the Spring and Summer.
Because there are NO tariffs on second hand or resold goods.
It is also great for the environment. And the goods should be less expensive.
It is a win-win-win for everyone.
(smiles)
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If You Want The Butterflies…
This massive caterpillar munched his way through half of a taller-than-me mini tomato plant. I hope to see more Laurel Sphinx moths this year due to our hosting of him.
(smiles)
One of the things I often say to fellow gardeners is “If you want the butterflies, you have to feed the caterpillars.”
Caterpillars nibble on the leaves of our plants. They make the roses in our front yard, for example, look a bit ragged. They don’t kill the rose plants (the birds and yellowjackets ensure their population doesn’t become large enough to do that) but the plants aren’t the prettiest.
And the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are okay with that.
Because we love butterflies. And hosting caterpillars is the best way to ensure we have butterflies.
This is true of many things in life. To achieve a wonderful result, we have to deal with the ugly, the hard, the strenuous.
To have a published book, we need to write every single word. To have friends, we have to interact with people. Often. To be have a trash-free neighborhood, we have to pick up the trash.
Dream of the world you want.
Then do that hard work, the ugly work to make that dream a reality.
You can do this!
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Working From Home Tips
I saw a post from a woman who was constantly interrupted at her work-from-home job by family members and friends.
There are a lot of people who say they are ‘working’ from home but aren’t truly working from home. And that has f*cked things up for the rest of us.
Because family members and friends think we are like those people. They think we’re goofing around and doing nothing during the day.
As I TRULY work from home (that is how I treat writing – as a full time plus job), I emphasize that it is WORK.
I communicated my core business hours (9 am to 5pm Monday to Fridays) to friends and family. I told them I wouldn’t answer their personal calls during that time, though I would check messages in case of emergencies. And if they wanted to see me or drop by, they had to make an appointment.
They immediately received the message that only the location of my ‘office’ had changed. I was truly WORKING from home.
Some loved ones, of course, tried to ‘test’ my rules. They would drop by.
I would answer the door with “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know we had an appointment today. I’m double booked right now. Let’s do this after 5 pm.”
And then I would shut the door.
It felt rude but dropping by during my work hours was MUCH ruder.
Oh and keep those communicated working hours constant, if at all possible. If you change your communicated working hours for any reason, loved ones will then believe your working hours can be changed for them also.
Plus it becomes super confusing for loved ones.
That is why I chose 9 to 5 Monday to Friday as my communicated core hours. Those are standard working hours and are easy for loved ones to remember.
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Obeying In Advance
When I share that I’ve put my newsletter on hold or I’ve paused the publishing of my stories, someone always responds that I shouldn’t ‘obey in advance.’
Obeying in advance means we shouldn’t anticipate what the fascists will want and give them that thing or act before they order us to do that.
And yes, pausing my newsletter or pausing the publishing of my stories is what the fascists SAY they want. They say they want to eliminate what they view as profane materials.
But what they TRULY want is to PUNISH some of the people consuming those profane materials. They’ll do that by putting together lists.
(Fascists are always big on ‘enemy’ lists.)
Where will they get some of those lists?
From newsletter providers and from booksellers.
I copied my newsletter subscriber information and have deleted everything at the newsletter provider in November, well before power was transferred in the US.
I stopped publishing in November, well before power was transferred in the US.
Based solely upon my activities, my US reading buddies will look like they are complying with the wishes of the new fascist administration. They shouldn’t be placed in danger or put on any enemy list.
IMHO, that is the exact OPPOSITE of obeying in advance. It is anticipating actions in advance and protecting people from those actions.
(My stories are still listed at some booksellers because I have reading buddies throughout the world, not merely in the US. And yes, many international readers still use Amazon.com. That was once the ONLY Amazon site.)
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Hoard Moments Of Happiness
(This is a stock photo of a hound dog. The hound dog in our neighborhood has a LOT of gray on his cute little face. And many more wrinkles.)
The world is a tire fire. Every dang day, we wake to something else going wrong (often done deliberately by the rich and powerful). People, animals, insects, plants, the planet are suffering.
It feels…bad to be happy.
But moments of happiness are more important than ever right now. Those precious slivers of joy feed our souls. They strengthen us.
They lead to hope. Without hope, our situations become…well…hopeless.
And hope is essential for change, for making the world a better place, for more happiness.
So retreat into a beloved romance novel and find happiness along with those characters. Smile when the elderly hound dog in the neighborhood howls, defending his human against a fallen tree branch. Laugh at VERY bad jokes. Revel in a warm hug.
Embrace joy. And refill your soul!
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The Importance Of Honor And Trust
The heroes in my stories rarely lie. And when they DO lie, their heroines can usually detect those lies.
That is because I believe love has a very challenging time growing and lasting if there is no trust.
The billionaire heroes in my contemporary romances (like One And Done) have an additional reason not to lie.
That’s because business relies on trust. It relies on honor. It relies on adhering to contracts everyone involved has agreed upon.
Stars. The entire concept of physical money is everyone agrees it is worth a certain value. If we don’t agree to that and keep to that agreement, a dollar bill is just a piece of paper.
That is why punishments should be and HAVE TO BE applied to anyone, at any level in business, who breaks agreements.
This trust is fragile. And once that trust, that honor is gone, businesses WILL collapse. The economy WILL collapse.
My billionaire heroes definitely don’t want that to happen!
He wants one night. I want forever.
Hit it and quit it—that’s Smoke Sheridan’s relationship philosophy. The tall, dark, and dangerous club owner never spends more than one night with any woman. He seduces the broken-hearted, leaving them with smiles on their faces and a sexual confidence other men can’t resist.
I need his services.
My boyfriend of four years dumped me because I’m a lousy lay. Smoke can help me win him back, teach me how to make my man writhe in ecstasy. I’ll show him such bliss, he’ll bellow my name in the dark of the night, want me with an all-consuming desire.
This sounds like a great plan. Except I see the loneliness in Smoke’s eyes, feel the wistfulness in his touch, experience the wanting in his embrace. The player isn’t as shallow as he appears.
And I’ve never been good at letting go.
One And Done contains inappropriate humor, very bad pickup lines, a BBW heroine who doesn’t know what she’s doing and a player who thinks he does.
This is a standalone story.
Buy Now:
On Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/One-Done-Cynthia-Sax-ebook/dp/B01FOVMF70
On Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Done-Cynthia-Sax-ebook/dp/B01FOVMF70
On Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/One-Done-Cynthia-Sax-ebook/dp/B01FOVMF70
On Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/one-and-done-1
On Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/636742
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Small Acts
Today, I took 2 additional minutes out of my busy day and I picked up 3 pieces of trash on my walk to the neighborhood store.
That was trash, plastics specifically, a bird could have mistakenly fed to her babies, inadvertently killing them. That was trash that could have blocked a plant from growing. That was trash that could have killed millions of beneficial microbes in the soil.
I stopped those disasters from happening.
By taking 2 minutes to pick that trash up.
Was there more trash to pick up?
Yes. I didn’t have the time allocated to pick up all of it. That would take weeks.
And not picking up ALL of the trash is okay.
My small seemingly insufficient act made the world a better and more beautiful place!
***
Cyborg Sizzle Homeland Omnibus
Cyborgs will do anything to protect their Homeland.
* * *
The cyborgs have claimed their Homeland but that has come at a cost. As they reconcile with their pasts, they seek to manufacture happier futures with the females they’re destined to love and cherish forever.
This omnibus includes three stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Taking Vengeance, The Cyborg’s Secret Baby and Dark Arsenal.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet.
The Cyborg’s Secret Baby
A fierce cyborg warrior and his curvy human female share a no-longer-so-little secret.
Stealth, a K Model cyborg, knows his passion for Zebrina, the commander’s human daughter, is forbidden, yet he can’t resist the curvy female. He craves her touch, cherishes her sounds of pleasure, would do anything to keep her safe.
Dark Arsenal
A cyborg warrior and a Rebel female’s first mission together might be their last.
Arsenal considers himself to be a disposable cyborg. He drifts from assignment to assignment, forming no connections to anything or anyone. When the cyborg council requires a warrior for a high-risk mission, Arsenal volunteers. He believes no one will miss him if he dies. He doesn’t realize he’s one female’s fantasy.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon AU:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Homeland-Omnibus-Romance-Continuum-ebook/dp/B0DVQF51ZG
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book-series/cyborg-romance-continuum/id1488934279
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-homeland-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1700426
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Look Down
Today, I stopped for a couple moments and watched some pill bugs navigate their way around a stick. I love those little creatures.
(There’s a reason the miljoonasuuts in stories like Dominance And Dissent resemble pill bugs. They are miraculous lifeforms.)
I loved how calm, how…right watching them for a couple moments made me.
I noticed the blades of grass, the leaves of a dandelion, the other life around them. Isn’t it amazing that we live on a planet with such abundance?
I’m dang grateful to be able to witness all this!
(big hugs)
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The Fate Of My Newsletter
Some reading buddies have reached out to me. They worry they aren’t being sent my in-the-past monthly newsletter.
I’ve temporarily put my newsletter on hold.
There are some proposed laws in the US at the State level that would designate anyone receiving steamy newsletters or other steamy materials as a criminal.
I would be devastated if anyone was throw in jail or worse because I sent them some dirty jokes or an update on beloved characters!
My stars. That would be a nightmare for me.
And I can’t believe that is even a consideration. It feels unreal.
But it IS reality and so…the newsletter is on hold until I can be assured it is safe for you and other reading buddies to receive it.
(big hugs)
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