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Diana in NoVa's Profile
Published writer of fiction. Progressive politics--of course! Proud to be a Crone, a feminist, and a Witch. Also like herb gardening, cooking, and travel. Love dogs, cats, and my family. Believe in equal "rites" for ALL!
Gender: female
Groups: Readers and Book Lovers, Pagan and Wiccan Kossacks, Virginia Kos, SurviveAndThriveKos, New Diarists, Kamala2020, Original Fiction, Poetry & Memoir, for Fun & Progress, DKHive, Occult and Psychical Sciences on DK, Biden Harris Administration
Diaries published: 190 (43 days since last diary on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 29014 (0 days since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 06:43 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
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(Excerpt from Rowena Wentworth’s journal)
16 October 2023
I heard it again this morning. It was a bark, just a single bark, but it woke me up from a night’s sleep. I heard it a couple of ...
by Diana in NoVa
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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“You know you’re the only one of us who can do this.” Gerald Holloway, the chief of the prehistoric archaeological team, was speaking. Grace Ling nodded. She was barely five feet tall, had ...
by Diana in NoVa
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on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 11:00 AM PDT
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Mistress Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells And pretty maids all in a row. Old English nursery rhyme “Contrary” could have been my sister Mary��
by Diana in NoVa
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on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM PDT
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Dear Abby,
I am being driven to the point of near-madness by the seemingly universal mischaracterization of afternoon tea as “high tea.” Why do people, especially Americans, do this? Do they ...
by Diana in NoVa
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on Fri Jun 16, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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It was ironic, thought Sophie Martin, that the eve of her first anniversary—the anniversary of her first year without alcohol—should coincide with the hazard of a possible slip from abstinence. Usually, garden club meetings occurred on Saturday...
by Diana in NoVa
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 12:09 PM PDT
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Welcome to Bookchat! Where you can talk about anything; books, plays, essays, and audio books. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us.
Unknown in the USA
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by Diana in NoVa
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on Wed Oct 19, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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