Lifestyle, TV & Film, Writing

A Fistful of Nutshells

HEY-HEY-HEY!  ALLISON IS IN THE HOUSE!     HI GUYS!  I’VE MISSED YOU!  *gathers up all my blog and internet buddies in a huge hug*     This is my second time combining two months worth of news into one post and, I will admit, it was kind of a relief, because I really needed this semi-break.  ? Despite getting sick…

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TV & Film

What Disney Taught Me About Writing

*ALLISON APPEARS IN A PUFF OF DISNEY SMOKE AND MAGIC*     PSA, folks!  This is the final post in my themed month of all-things Disney!     – and, hopefully, a fitting and worthy conclusion.   Today’s post is entitled WHAT DISNEY TAUGHT ME ABOUT WRITING.  In this post, I expound on how the quality films of Old Disney…

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Lifestyle

May In a Nutshell

  Hey howdy hey, my people!  How did the Merry Month of May treat you?   I went through most of May looking something like this –     But I survived – so that’s always fun. 🙂 But I woke up this morning not just to discover that I survived May, but that it’s now JUNE.  CAN WE HAVE…

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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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Lifestyle

April in a Nutshell

    ALLISON.   HAS.   RETURNED.   TO.   YOUR.   MIDST.   *BOWS*     AHHHH, I MISSED YOU GUYS!  *BEAMS* *DISTRIBUTES HUGS AND CUDDLES*  HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?     And I missed my blog!  *pats blog tenderly*  It’s good to be back, gang!  April nearly did me in at a couple of points, but HERE I…

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Lifestyle

February in a Nutshell

IT’S. TIME. FOR. NUTSHELLS WITH ALLISON!     Who else is in complete denial over the fact that it’s now MARCH?  I’d like a second shot at February, pretty please!  Last month was a BLUR.     Two months out of twelve are GONE, people.  *eye twitches nervously* Oh well!  The only thing I can do about February now is to…

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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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Writing

The Children’s Giveaway

I have always been drawn to children.  If friends ever came over, it wouldn’t be long before I was on the floor with the younger ones.   I often walk into the children’s section of a library or bookstore and page through the books.  Sometimes I’ll just sit in the corner and watch the children play or talk.  It’s such…

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Lifestyle, Travel

December in a Nutshell

I’M BACK FROM MY BLOGGING HIATUS, MY FRIENDS!!!!   ^ Allison entering the blogosphere ^   First of all, I’m so happy to be back!  I missed blogging and I missed YOU so much!  *gathers everybody into a group hug and squeezes and squeezes* Secondly, I’m really sorry this December in a Nutshell post is so ridiculously late.  I got…

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