Food, Inspiration, Lifestyle, TV & Film

Summer Aesthetic

I was enthusiastic about the idea for doing Seasonal Aesthetic posts, but also a little hesitant.  Was it sort of corny?  My doubts were settled by the lovely response of dear followers who responded with a categorical “yes” when I asked if I should create a more seasonal aesthetics!  And, because of you, here is the next installment!   I…

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Travel

WW2 Reenactment – Linden, TN 2017

Hey gang!     I’m reading the date . . . and I’m weeping.  I can’t believe I’m two years late in posting this.         The blog police that live in my head jumped out to beat me up but they’ve left me off with nothing but a bit of shame and a warning.     *issues…

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Writing

ANNOUNCING MY NEW BLOG

    Don’t worry, Allison’s Well isn’t going anywhere.  I’m just expanding. I might have mentioned a little while ago that my author website was getting a design overhaul. It is my great pleasure to announce that the website project IS FINISHED.     You can behold all the gold and goodness RIGHT HERE.       But wait, before…

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Writing

The Joy of A Royal Masquerade

The photo shoot wasn’t going as perfectly as I had hoped.  Due to a scheduling conflict, I was setting up my props during the brightest point of the day instead of the golden hour.  The ground was soggy from yesterday’s rain and soaking through my picnic blanket.  I was hot and flustered after running in and out of the house…

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Lifestyle

The Reverse Bucket List

It’s January!  This is usually the month where everybody posts a recap of their previous year and talks about their goals for the upcoming year.     Yes, you read that right. I’m not going to do a recap of 2018 (if you want to know what happened to me in 2018, read over all my old posts!)    …

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Lifestyle, Writing

Reflections on Rooglewood

Image courtesy of Google Images     THE VERY LAST ROOGLEWOOD CONTEST is officially over!!! And I survived that excitement!!  I was literally hyperventilating. shaking and laughing and shrieking from excitement and happiness the night of the 31st as I eagerly watched that amazing group of writers celebrate.  Those writers are such a talented, kind and constructive group – it was…

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Lifestyle

Allison’s Well 1st Birthday – Blog Party: HACKED

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED – I GOT “HACKED.”   By the nicest hackers possible.  Some of my sweet followers sent secret messages to put together this post for Allison’s Well 1st birthday.  With the help of my twin – (thanks, Chum-Chum!) – these messages were a surprise to me!   Let’s read them now!   GABRIELLYN SAYS – Hey, girl! Happy birthday to…

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Lifestyle, Uncategorized

God Is More Than Me

If you have been reading some of my recent posts, you know that I have mentioned that a lot has been going on with me.   My thoughts and emotions especially – can be overwhelmed lately, drowned by the continual bombardment of the world and self-focus.   Recently, I was getting overcome with frustration and sorrow over so many things—other…

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