WELCOME
Laid bare I am,
Words with which to play,
Fun, silly, some scary, mostly specs,
I wish to share them with you,
So, WELCOME, all, stay
Read, chat, and slay . . .
A bit about me —
I assemble words in ways that may interest you, or inspire you to write. Although my writings may contain certain elements of what would typically be found in certain genres, they may not always be easily pegged as belonging to one. Under My Content to the right of my blog site, I’ve created six different categories to define my posts, which may be snippets, vignettes, free verses, poems, or complete shorts.
Listed below is a description of each category. Please note that the posts in Short Stories, Bits & Pieces, and Poetry are a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of my imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Short Stories – various genres, which include horror, mainstream, and anything that crossbreeds with mainstream or a breed unto itself
Poetry – haiku, limericks, odes, free verse, and such
Bits & Pieces – sketches, strange or silly stuff, mostly humorous bits
Morsels – recipes (see Cuisinista* below)
Musings – opinions about current events or life in general
Reviews – rankings and/or brief summary about the movies and books (mostly fiction) I’ve consumed; as of 4/23/16, I’m referring to my reviews as blurts because they are more of shout-outs rather than analysis
As a voracious reader, I would be considered morbidly obese. While I consider books as the main entrees, then movies are desserts–and I have a hell of a sweet tooth. Too bad I cannot go back and share with you all the mountains of books I’ve read and all the reels that made me forget what’s real, but if I find that I’m not reading or viewing movies as much since I am now doing more writing, I will attempt to go back in time and write what I can recall.
*I also consider myself a Cuisinista (kwi-zeen-ista; a word I coined), one who has cooked for decades and keeps up with anything related to food.
How is that grain of wheat grown and sown and affect my bone? What is the trend, myth, or truth about our food sources? To keep up, I avail myself to the regular updates of EWG (Environmental Working Group–http://www.ewg.org/ ) and CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest–http://www.cspinet.org/), among others.
If you like seafood, I highly recommend http://www.seafoodwatch.org/ as a resource to guide you to choose the “cleanest” and safest seafood, given all the pollutants around us and the mercury level concern in our fish.
The recipes I created, or you may consider as modified (for what is original anymore), are based on my experiments, readings, and taste testings. Although I don’t mention them in my recipes, the ingredients I use are mostly organic. I also try to purchase products that are non-GMO.
Lastly, I have a day job, so I write as soon as I get home.
it’s always amazing to find someone devoted to write 🙂 keep that enthusiasm Karina and you will be successful 🙂 regards, Amy & Greg
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Thank you for your encouragement.
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you’re welcome Karina 🙂
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Lovely piece of information….
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I visited your website and read it.
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Thanks
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You are welcome……….
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‘I write as soon as I get home’… love that.
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☺️
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You were one of my first followers when we owned Cupcake Cache. Wow.
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Cuisinista is a great word (thanks for creating it!), I’d also be obese if weighted by my book consumption!
Looking forward to trying new recipes. I’m trying to get better in the kitchen these days, with kids and all (can’t have frozen pizza everyday, can we?).
Cheers!
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Thank you for visiting. Yes, I haven’t posted recipes for a while, but I will eventually.
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Wow very nice, Keep posting such Fantastic Posts…:-):-):-)
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Thank you!
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You are welcome…:-)
and you can visit my blog too…;-),
inspiringdude.wordpress.com if you find something intrusting then Don’t Forget to follow my Blog…:-)
Keep in touch…:-)
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I’ll definitely pay a visit. Thanks again.
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You’ve obviously heard this before but you’re a very talented writer. Its amazing how your word play reveals innumerable meaningful possibilities. Excellently intellectual work!
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Thanks so much for your kind words.
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Hello, I have nominated you for The Unique Blogger Award! The information can be found here:
https://charlesfrenchonwordsreadingandwriting.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/the-unique-blogger-award/
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Thank you! How kind of you. I will follow up before the holidays.
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thanks for visiting my blog – am much enjoying your lovely site 🙂
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Thanks ☺️
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Hi. Great site. Planning to review and follow yours. Fun blogs. I like the poetry too.
If interested, you can see more about me via WP at https://thisismytruthnow.com
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Thanks for your support. I’ll be happy to learn about your truth.
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You are a very interesting person with such a richness and enthusiasm, nice to have found your words n_n
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Thank you very much. Welcome to my words!
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Nice to meet you, Karina. This sounds like a great place to relax and read some good content. Looking forward to it. 🙂
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🙂
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Thank you for visiting
See you on the other side of creativity
The Sheldon Perspective
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Hey Karina. You obviously know your way around the blogosphere so I’m curious to learn what you think of the various declarations nominating a blogger for an award. My cynicism rises each time I get one and I cannot for the life of see who benefits from what appears to be a pyramid-style scam for generating followers. Am I wrong?
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You are not wrong. Just thank them graciously and say you don’t do awards.
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I thought so and thats what I’ve done. I knew you would know. Thanks Karina.
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As a writer and blogger on many topics, you would be interested in a Cultural Studies research paper I’m writing right now as part of an MA in film. I’m comparing two 2016 documentaries, one is “Princess Diana: The People’s Princess” and the other is “Embrace” (see review at mine).
Now you might ask WTF? At deeper levels of cultural manipulation, the former continues a legend which is about the idealisation of female physical beauty and the iconography and mythology of fairytale dreams which so disempowers women. The latter is a very interesting and subversive counter-cultural statement about the shaming of female bodies which some psychologist regard as as “the master emotion… because no other affect is more disturbing to the self, none more central for the sense of identity” (Kaufman, Psychology of Shame). Embrace is an important documentary because “The way of out of the shame impasse, as shame psychologists tell us, is the recognition of shame and the narration of the shame story. But because there is shame about shame and because we tend to look away from other’s shame, attempting to avoid shame contagion, the telling of such stories is risky business” (Bouson, 14).
Sorry this is so long; promise not to do it again.
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Hi, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! The information can be found here: https://charlesfrenchonwordsreadingandwriting.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/one-lovely-blog-award/
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Thanks again for thinking of me. How encouraging of you!
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You are amazing! I love all of your interests!! and your accomplishments are totally amazing!
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Thanks
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Congratulations! I’ve nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award. To accept, follow the link:
https://agathachocolats.com/2016/06/02/blogger-recognition-award/
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I nominated you for a Liebster Award! https://ellietheoldsoul.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/the-liebster-award/ I hope you accept, but I understand if it isn’t your thing! Keep up the writing 🙂
Ellie X.
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Thanks for thinking of me, you sweet old soul.
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Hey again, I’ve nominated your blog for a Liebster! (yay?) You can find the relevant details here:
https://lazysundaymoviesblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/theliebsteraward/
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Thanks for the thought, but I usually just do one type of award. But I appreciate the thought!
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That’s alright! I am interested in your answers though, maybe just drop them in the comments. It’s your call though aha
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Haha
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Hey Karina, nice to make your acquaintance! thanks for all the resources you mention above. They are very useful!
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Thanks for visiting. Happy to be of help!
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Hey, Got to learn a lot in a 2 minutes read. I am glad i dropped by. 🙂
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Thank you for visiting. I appreciate the support.
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🙂
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Wow, that’s alot to swallow ! I think I’m going to enjoy it here.. I’m in agreement about organics and humane responsible sustainability in fishing, farming and livestock My favorite tuna made me enjoy tuna all over again.. It’s troll and pole caught only and cooked in the can right away.. No water, just juices from the tuna.. The difference is night and day to me.. Always glad to find like-minded people on the food we eat..
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Thanks, welcome!
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I like the mix you have going here and I appreciate you dropping by my blog this week!
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Thanks! I appreciate your support as well. I’ll be visiting again soon!
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No worries! Have a great rest of your week!
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The 6 sections are really great and I look forward to reading them.
Great site you have!!
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Thanks so much and welcome!
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Pagine davvero speciali, su cui mi soffermo con piacere…
Buon fine settimana e un sorriso,silvia
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Hi, I just came across your blog and read some posts that made me laugh, thanks! Looking forward to reading more 🙂
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Thanks!
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This is such an organized and lovely blog! you are so talented 🙂
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Thank you very much.
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Btw, “cuisinista” is soooo much better than “foodie.” You’re a linguistic genius!
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Aw, shucks.
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I am pleased to meet you.
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Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your visit. Welcome to Fantasy Island! (Figuratively speaking of course.)
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You are welcome. 🙂
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Hello, I nominated you for the Liebster Award!! Please check out my post https://serendipitousdrabbling.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/102-liebster-award/ for further details. Please let me know if you will accept the Award 🙂
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So sweet of you to think of me for this award. Thanks! Because I have already been nominated and fulfilled the requirements for this award, I don’t want to be a hog about it. One type of award is enough for me. Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
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Wow, I didn’t realise! I’m so sorry about that 🙂 but that means that more than one person thinks you’re an amazing writer 😀
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Please don’t apologize! Nothing to be sorry about. Thank you again for thinking of me.
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Just stopping by and first thing I always visit is the “About” page. I’ve got to say your short poem really drew me into your blog right from the jump :). Give me a moment while a tour the rest haha
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Thanks for stopping by. May you have a fun time!
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what am i doing here? i was auto recommended. when its right. its right. and i enjoyed the opening sequence and browsing your blog. thank you. 🙂
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Thanks for the visit.
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Hi Karina. Lovely blog, I’m looking forward to browsing through it. Marina
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Welcome to my Fantasy Land. I shall appreciate your perusal. I hope you find them to your liking.
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Thank you for following my blog.
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🙂
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Hey there Karina! Just clicking around the blogosphere and commenting on blogs that I think are fun and interesting, and you’re one of them. October is my birthday month, so consider this an invitation to my month-long birthday party. Hope to see you over at That’s So Jacob sometime!
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Sounds great!
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Thank you.
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sure!
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