Category: Thoughts
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Always Forward
My mind is already six to eight months into the future. I need to know in advance what is happening, so I plan. However, I am a master of flexing and shifting for the unexpected. Being flexible in thinking and in life is a skill I have worked very hard to perfect. Light & Love,…
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Time
The greatest gift anyone has ever given me was their time. Time is priceless. There is never enough time in our day-to-day lives. It is gold when a person gives me even a moment to speak with me. Furthermore, if someone gives me hours of their life to read one of my stories, that is…
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The Guest by Emma Cline
This book! This girl Alex! I wanted to go all mommy dearest on her and give her a good spanking! Reading this story and watching this girl make one stupid mistake after another was like watching a car wreck in slow motion. I kept hanging on for the end where she learned her lessons and…
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Why Blog?
Why do you blog? Our site is called The O’Garas, I do 99.9% of the blogging. My other half is deep into writing the second book of our fantasy series. He has never been a blogger. It’s just not his thing. However, we both enjoy the sharing of ideas and truth. We like the open…
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Excitement is Overrated
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. The last thing I got excited about was…let me think…no…not that…maybe….hum… See the thing is I don’t get excited. I am a genuinely happy person and tend to stay that way. I got news my daughter and grandchildren who live in Texas are going to…
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Only the Beautiful
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner was an enlightening story about the human response to other humans who are different in ways we don’t understand. In 1938 Rosie was a different girl who suffered from the then unknown condition of Synesthesia. She sees colors when she hears sound. Her parents forced her to hide it.…
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Depends on the Goal
How do you plan your goals? I have always been a fly by the seat of my pants sort of human in my personal life. I spend a lot of time in my day job and career working toward goals and targets, so in my home life I prefer spontaneity. My life is very much…
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Cupcakes & Cookies
If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? Why? Why not? Everyone likes cupcakes and cookies. Sweet happiness that fits in your hands. 🙂 Light & Love, Lori
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I’m Curious about Everything
What are you curious about? I have always wanted to know the why of things. Maybe that is what led me to become a reference librarian and writer. I will research something for days, weeks even. Sometimes just so I can find out that it is a real thing. Life and humans are so much…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 