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Mary Wakeford: I appreciated the nomination of The Toddles are Coming, Part Two, for Story of the Month, and vote. #Honored


Mary Wakeford: It has been way too long and I've missed my FanStory friends and their contributions. I hope to ease my way back to commited writing while caring for my two newest grandbabies, now three months old.

I appreciated hearing from so many of you on my recent birthday. Thank you so much. It is good to be connected and missed.

I appreciate you all, and will attempt to make it up to you in reviewing your work once again.

Happy Saturday evening, you've all been missed!

Mary
    DR DIP: I missed your quirky humour Brin!

    xdip -


Mary Wakeford: Good morning FanStory friends. First of all, my apologies for the lack of attention to your writings of late. My family has experienced a few medical challenges of late, but everything is good now as we await the births of a grandson, and a granddaughter mid-May.

We are also in the process of buying a home and moving within the month, so that has factored into my online presence here as well.

I hope to be back writing, as well as reviewing, come the first of June, and I apologize profusely for my absence in reviewing your work. Brunhilda is overly stressed out and has for the time being chased away my muse.

Have a blessed Easter with your families.
    bichonfrisegirl: Keep well, Mary! We look forward to your return to Fanstory. Hugs, Connie -


Mary Wakeford: Thank you to FS for nominating "Patty" for Story of the Month, but especially for the reviews, votes, and two comments; one by RGStarr, the other anonymous that 'Patty' garnered. So very appreciated.

Patty's sisters were thrilled when I gave them the news 'Patty' was nominated for SOM.

Congratulations to Humpwhistle for the win, which was well deserved. Happy Sunday!


Mary Wakeford: And just like that, by morning light and a case of bed head, my status dropped back to Getting hot. I knew it wouldn't last.
    I am Cat: Lol, ah the elusive temperature hype... I'm still "warm" evidently. Ah well, I truly feel no different, nor do I write any worse than I did when I was "exploding"...

    Seems I'm more in one piece though! You can come sit by me! Lol
    -
    damommy: It goes up and down so much, it's not worth keeping up with. 8-) -
    Linda Engel: I'll come sit by you Cat. maybe with me get enough of us together we can be BLAZING. -


Mary Wakeford: It finally happened. FanStory has deemed me 'Hot'. I can barely remember when it took fifteen minutes, a blow dryer, and I was twenty pounds lighter.

#ittookayearonhere
    I am Cat: congratulations, I was wondering where mine went. LOL ;-) -

    damommy: For goodness sake, you worked him too hard. LOL

    So cute. -


Mary Wakeford: LOL...in follow up to my The Nitty Gritty quiz

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10210377018516146&id=1063265500


Mary Wakeford: Moose and Buck...our little Christmas goldie is growing up fast!

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    damommy: Awwwww. So sweet.

    I have a kitten who is now six months old. He didn't grow a lot at first, but he's getting there. He thinks he's as big as the rest. LOL -


Mary Wakeford: Just a friendly heads up to FanStory newbies. Having just come across a three-star review from a "Standard" or non-paying member, be sure to change your options when you are in preview mode and getting ready to go live with a story or poem and change the following:

*Click on SHOW ADVANCED OPTIONS

*NON-WRITER REVIEWS - click on down arrow NO

*ALLOW BLINDER REVIEWS - click on down arrow NO

This may save you some grief down the road, when a troll dings you with a 1, 2 or 3. Screen shots attached.

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    DR DIP: I never knew this option existed and I have just discovered where to add music to your poem

    dip -


Mary Wakeford: My popularity status has made significant drops with the new year, and its only January 24th. I've gone from Hot to Getting Hot to Warm. Tomorrow will likely bring Getting Warm.

FanStory at least gives me the opportunity to know how the dinosaurs must have felt...At this rate, I expect to be frozen by March.
    giraffmang: See... I knew "Global Warming" was a myth... -
    F. Wehr3: Lol, shouldn't we have more descriptive terms for our status? How about instead of warm we use steamy. Yes, I'd rather be steamy. -
    Mary Wakeford: Russell, in Arizona steamy is not a good thing. A dry, searing heat is the preferred reference. :D -
    Margaret Ford: It's probably a good think to remember that the dinosaurs became extinct. Just sayin...
    Margaret -


Mary Wakeford: Did FanStory just go red, or is my computer about to croak?
    Gloria ....: Haaaaa, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. We had this last year too. :)) -
    damommy: It must be your computer. No! I'm kidding you. Isn't it pretty? I wish it could stay that way a while. 8-) -
    Dawn: What red? (snicker...put the bottle DOWN!) -
    Dawn: Where are you? -


Mary Wakeford: When you type in 'excellent' on a review via your small phone display, then auto-correct changes the word to excrement without your awareness or approval...

Sorry damommy!

    damommy: I knew that. I was funning you. LOL -
    giraffmang: Maybe the smart phone in it's clever way was telling you that something's wrong with the ratings system... -
    damommy: Gee, thanks. Mary was talking about my writing, and say what you want, I don't think it's excrement. LOL. -
    damommy: Giraffmang, I knew we're just kidding here. 8-) -
    Mary Wakeford: Haha everyone! Absolutely NO whiff of excrement in your writing damommy! All in fun :) -
    damommy: Y'all are so funny! LOL -


Mary Wakeford: And this is why I write...

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Mary Wakeford: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/5-ways-combat-author-anxiety?utm_source=wir&utm_campaign=wd-bak-wir-161129&utm_content=901681_WDE161129&utm_medium=email


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Princess and Jack on her last day. 9-10-2013. The two once outcasts bonded when Jack was a tiny kitten rescued from a field of filth and litter. They were inseparable.
    damommy: Precious! Did Jack grieve? I had two cats who had come at different times, both grown, and they were practically Siamese twins. They died with a month of each other. -
    DR DIP: great photo that will have a lot of sentimental memories forever

    xdip -
    michaelcahill: Okay, we're even in the tear department. TRUCE! -
    Mary Wakeford: I believe he did. It took him sone time to warm up to our other two dogs, and he seemed a little lost for a while, but now he thinks he's one of the pack with Moose and Sophie :)

    Sorry guys...I have more photos I didn't post! Jack and Princess were something else. I'll post a happy photo next for balance! -


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The mood is somber at the Wakeford home this morning. My aunt Fran's 1962 hand painted nativity set, with every face oddly resembling the professor in the movie Back to the Future met the ground.

It once traveled safely on a moving truck all the way from Massachusetts, but took a hit poolside as I moved it from the shed to the house this morning.
We are down an angel, and one of the wisemen lost both hands along with his pot of frankincense. #boohoo
    F. Wehr3: Maybe, the wiseman should have brought a better gift. I mean, frankincense, really? -
    damommy: Awwww, I'm so sorry. I know how you feel. Glue them back and you can still keep them. They may not be as perfect as before, but it will add to their sentimental value.

    Years ago, I painted all my sons a ceramic nativity scene that I'd made. The first one, I painted over Joseph's eyes until they bugged out. Hilarious. Youngest son wanted it most of all. Funny the things we cherish. -
    Jannypan (Jan) : Get some glue & set it up. It is the thought that counts. -
    I am Cat: Why do they all look so guilty? hmmm...? ;/ -
    Mary Wakeford: Haha, trust me on this Russell, frankinsence is a pricey oil these days :-)

    Gorilla glue to the rescue! -


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Tom turkey had the last word; or should I say gesture. JackCat seems to understand, and is grateful to not have been born a turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.


Mary Wakeford: Happy Gratitude Day, no matter your country of origin. I am thankful for my wonderful friends and reviewers! Blessings to each of you.

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Mary Wakeford: Look out people, thanks to Dawn Munro, I have learned how to upload photos and memes.
    damommy: Uh-oh. This could be catastrophic. LOL.

    Good for you. 8-)

    P. S. Send me a PM and tell me how. -


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I just informed Kellis he weighs more than our turkey this Thanksgiving. Send in the salmon bon-bons and soap operas.

#hisexpressionkillsme


FanStory wrote to Mary Wakeford: Congratulations! Where's Bob? is the new Story of the Month!
    Spitfire: So please that members are recognizing your talent. -
    damommy: I'm so happy for you. Well deserved. 8-) -
    Dean Kuch: Congratulations, Mary.
    Well earned!
    ~Dean -
    Mary Wakeford: Thank you for your kind wishes of congratulations, Gloria, Shari, Yvonne, Rama Devi, and Dean! I'm still in shock, and humbled by the support.

    The fact the story was of my father and daughter's relationship, made it ever sweeter.

    There were so many wonderful entries, I applaud all of the contestants.

    Thank you! -
    Ulla: Congratulations! :)) -
    Dawn: Well-deserved win! Woot-woot!
    congratulations photo: Congratulations Congratulations99.gif -
    Mary Wakeford: Thank you, Ulla, Dawn, Sandra and IrishRain! I'm very humbled-the competing stories were all worthy of the win. -
    Mary Wakeford: Thank you, Kathleen, Win and Sunnilicious. Most appreciated! -


Mary Wakeford: News flash---I'm 'getting hot' again following a demotion to 'warm' for the last several weeks. Woo hoo!

FS, you are fickle.
    damommy: Good for you. I figured out that I can't stay where I am. It's like a hamster wheel. Gotta keep going . . . and going . . .

    -
    Dean Kuch: Where's that darn Energizer Bunny when you need him!? -
    damommy: I wonder what it takes to "explode." I'll never know, so when you get there, tell me about it. 8-) -


Mary Wakeford: Is it possible to get kicked off this site if I allow Brunhilda, otherwise known as my 'inner bitch' to respond to a review? My defense position would be "I don't recall writing that"-- a seemingly effective strategy for politicians. Can someone advise me on this asap because Bruni is chomping at the bit...

Sad part is, I had this person on my mute list. I don't know how he escaped it...

((((If I'm unable to contain her...it's been nice knowing all of you...)))) <- just because I felt this status post could use a bunch of unnecessary parenthesis.

If I knew how to upload a video, I would have posted a bunch of unnecessary videos to bore you with as well...

and now I plunge back to warming up status with that fooooooking three!

    F. Wehr3: Don't do it. Lock Brunhilda back in her room. -
    Gloria ....: Bruni might not be your most diplomatic character to put forward but Mary is. -
    Jannypan (Jan) : You never know how a writer will interpret something that you think is funny, nice, or silly. I would not chance it. I believe two warnings may be given before someone is banned, but that could be wrong depending on the contest of the words in question. If you feel that strongly about a piece * want to review it as Brunhilda, then you probably need to skip it. -
    giraffmang: I would just ignore it. The same person gives me threes and fours on a pretty regular basis as well. I take consolation by skipping their work as to be honest, it isn't worth the time. -
    michaelcahill: Respond with a recipe for apple fritters.
    Saying what you and US TOO would LIKE to say wouldn't help. Some relics can't be reached. We don't want to lose you and be left with nothingness. :)) -
    nor84: Yes, it is possible to be kicked off the site for attacking a reviewer. It's happened to others. -
    Dean Kuch: Whatever you do, Mary...
    Don't swear!
    Other than that, if you're not defending your work but stating your opinion just as they have, I say let 'em have it...with both barrels!
    photo cooltext209009627670644_zps2cukpkbu.png -
    Mary Wakeford: Please define swearing, Dean, I do have a personal favorite in mind.

    Brunhilda is busy working on a new poem titled THREE FOOOOOOKING STARS??? 😂 -
    Dean Kuch: Just watch the late, great comedian, George Carlin's stand-up routine: "List of Words You Can't Say On Television".
    That should just about cover it, LOL... -
    emptypage: Oh, boy. I wonder if your ass is the same as the one I muted. If he gets around my mute, I'm starting a revolution. -
    Mary Wakeford: I had this person muted, I don't know how he escaped. He tore me up on one of my first contest writings when I joined--left a mark! @emptypage -


Mary Wakeford: "Go to Hillary.com and fat check." ~Hillary Clinton

My favorite line so far of the Fifty Shades of Grey debate.

Cheers! 🍷
    Gloria ....: LMAO. I wouldn't mind getting a fat check for like around a billion dollars. That would set me up real pretty right about now. -


Mary Wakeford: And two days later, my FS status is back to "Getting hot." I feel like a presidential poll, up-down-up- down. I believe there is a hanging chad issue involved, given Hurricane Matthew and demand a recount!
    I am Cat: Well I, for one, can't wait to hear when you get to "EXPLODING!" ;)
    this is too much fun! -
    I am Cat: Well I, for one, can't wait to hear when you get to "EXPLODING!" ;)
    this is too much fun! -
    I am Cat: (well, that was so important, I said it twice...) -
    Mary Wakeford: LOL...Don't hold your breath--I wouldn't want to be accused of causing someone's suffocation while waiting... -
    Mary Wakeford: I should go pack to posting crappy poems, and for #300 in rank. Inward and upward--or in my case, upward, downward, upward, downward... 😂 -


Mary Wakeford: Well that is a fine how do you do this Wednesday morning from the FanStory gods. I've slipped from 'Getting Hot' back to 'Warm'. I'm starting to take the aside personally as I chow down on my second Twinkie of the morning.
    I am Cat: perhaps running in place might help? (both with the heat AND the extra twinkies you've taking in?) lol
    mwah! -
    Mary Wakeford: The only time you will see me running would be in the event someone is chasing me with a bloody knife. If said attacker is in a clown suit, my pace will be at supersonic speed, in spite of my Twinkie intake. :) -
    damommy: It's never ending treadmill. Or like being in a hamster wheel. I just printed out some of the loveliest reviews anyone could possibly wish for from some wonderful people. That's what sustains me.

    You know how good you are and how many people enjoy your writing. That's what is important. 8-) -
    Dean Kuch: Oh, wait...I've got a rather large knife right here, Mary.
    Don't...move.
    Heh-heh... -
    Dean Kuch: Now, where'd I put that damn clown suit? ... -
    Dean Kuch: A-h-h-h-hhhh, here we go.
    I'll be right over...
    photo Ah...here we are..._zpszsgefmra.png -
    Linda Engel: Oh, Dean.....*sigh* can't dress you up and take you anywhere. -


Mary Wakeford: My status just went from 'Warm' to 'Getting hot'. Sadly its taken eight months...

"Getting hot" use to take me less than 15 minutes with makeup and a blow dryer. FanStory, you're a bitch! 😅

    giraffmang: I have to admit my favourite is when you go the other way from hot to getting warm... should it not be cooling off? Perhaps, heat is diminishing? or possibly, you've lost the plot? -
    jlsavell: you are hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!! jimi -


Mary Wakeford: Never professing to be a poet, I've faked it with a few entries. Prose is my thing.

This said, as I hunkered down for a game of "review to promote", I came across a poem described as a

dactyl rondeau redouble riposte to pantygynt

It is obvious I am in way over my head. It sounds like a prehistoric dinosaur description.
    Gloria ....: I thought it sounded like a dinosaur too, OR, at the very least some kind of lumbering marauder. HEHE. I wonder who wrote such a thing? -
    Mary Wakeford: haha, I have to come back to it when I'm rested for the review...fresh eyes :)
    -
    kiwisteveh: This is one of the lesser-known crimson-spotted plesiosaurs, I believe. It is often heard going 'Da-Da-DUM'. It has a number of repeating lines across its rondeau (posterior).

    I have no idea what a pantygynt is. Could it be a skint gent in a pant? -
    kiwisteveh: ... and as for who would write such a thing...

    A certain young poet named Gloria,
    Write a rondeau riposty thing for ya.
    Redoubled and twisted,
    But still she insisted,
    The content will not ever bore ya. -
    Mary Wakeford: Rumor has it the dactyl ... eats poets for dessert, which creates a gynt in its panty... -


Mary Wakeford: Help! I've scoured the forum (is it just me or should there be a 'search topic' option in the forum so you don't have to troll through every header?) looking for instructions on how to include a link to previous chapters in the later ones.

UNCLE! I'm over it!

Thank you!
    damommy: I would ask Tom. He always helps me with things like that. 8-) -
    kiwisteveh: If you are posting chapters in a book (sounds like you are) then the site automatically adds links to the previous chapter and the next, if there is one.

    I don't think there is a way to link back further than one chapter at a time. However, if you click on the >> symbol it presents a list of all chapters for you to scroll through. Does that help? -
    Mary Wakeford: Hi, thank you both for your help. Steve, not really a book, just ongoing chapters in a story that I've broken up. Likely no more than five or six chapters. I've posted four, but would like to link them together in the notes section for anyone coming to the story later...
    -
    Dean Kuch: Hey, Mary.
    Here is the html you can use to link to previous chapters:
    Your Text Here
    Just enter the link to that chapter between the two quotation marks, and it will create an active link to that chapter, like so:
    Dean Kuch's profile page
    Simply place that in your author's notes.

    Hope this helps. -


Mary Wakeford: I dreamt we were on vacation last night on a lake when a butterfly appeared in our rental. We all celebrated the wonder of it's striking beauty as I carefully gathered it and let it outside.

I didn't realize until checking my Timehop this morning that today is an anniversary.

Remembering my nephew, Darren, and all that he was on the date he left us thirteen years ago. <3

"Whisper I love you to a butterfly and it will fly to Heaven to deliver your message"
    I am Cat: ((((((sending hugs)))))))
    I love symbolic dreams. ;) -
    Ricky1024: Thanks ever so much you are an Angelx too -


Mary Wakeford: Our conversation this morning as I was lying in bed trying ro recover from yesterday's endless birthday sugar splurge:

My husband: "I need two things from you today."

Me (already feeling overwhelmed): "What?"

Him: "Remember that pen we had a couple of years ago, it removed ink spots?"

Me: "Yes."

Him: "We need one, I got ink all over my nice shorts yesterday."

Me: "Okay. What's #2?"

Him: "I need you to kill a cat"

Me: "Which one?"

Him: "Kellis."

Me: "Why?"

Him: "Because after shaving and rinsing off this morning, I reached for my towel and wiped it all over my face before realizing he'd peed on it".

#sogrossedoutbutcantstoplaughing
    mrsmajor: That's a shame...but please don't kill the cat...just scold the poor thing..LOL -
    Dawn: HAHAHAHAHAHA! Wait - now I HAVE to find a picture... -
    Dawn: Okay, couldn't find one of a cat, but I thought this one would give you a grin...*(LOL)
    boys peeing photo boyspeeing.jpg -


Mary Wakeford: So what does everyone think about the new upgrade, Premier Shield. Is it worth the $100? Curious on perspectives and opinions since I am new to this concept of deliberate writing... Thanks!
    TAB_that's me: I'm not sure about it. I save my work to my computer anyway. Also I got the FS notice 12 times:) -
    damommy: I got the notice four times! I save my work on computer and flash drive. Besides, it's too costly for me. I don't see any advantage other than having the shield displayed on your profile page. Big whoopee! 8-) -
    Lynn27: Nope. Not worth it. -
    nor84: I save on my computer with several backups. What I post here is a first draft. So, not worth $100 to be able to download. -
    FanStory: If you are already backing up your writing (and updating it every time you update it here) it may not be worth it. But $100 (currently discounted price) for a lifetime of backups (includes the eternal flame too) is a great offer. I've been contacted too often in the past by writers that did not have backups (or reliable backups) and lost what they wrote. You never think your computer will crash until it does. And sorry about multiple copies of the message. Thanks, Tom -
    Mary Wakeford: Thanks everyone for the input, I appreciate it. -


Mary Wakeford: A remarkable thing happened overnight. I moved from 'Warming up' to Warm status.

A polar bear floating on a shrinking iceberg is cursing FanStory this morning. 😓
    michaelcahill: You need to sloooooow down, Mary. You're putting a hole in the ozone!!! -
    Mary Wakeford: Haha! Before I freeze, someone is going to need to instruct me on how you all attach gif's and photos here....that damn paperclip alludes me! -
    Dawn: Check your PM's - I just sent you how-to. :) -
    Dean Kuch: One would think it would be better to warm up than explode, wouldn't one?
    No so on FanStory, me thinks.
    I'm not sure what mine is. I'll have to check it, be right back...

    Uh-oh! It says... photo blowup_zpspolojt71.gif

    That's gonna leave a mark... -


Mary Wakeford: I've held the FanStory
'Warming Up' status so long, I may be solely responsible for global warming. 😲
    giraffmang: This may well just be the funniest thought I've ever read on the profile page.

    I spent 8 months exploding at one point! -
    evilynne: I've been warming up so long I should be at the boiling point! -
    Mary Wakeford: :D Why, thank you, giraffmang and evilynne, but even at being "possibly the funniest thought"you've ever read on profile, it still only got TWO REVIEWS!! My 'warming up' status explained 😂😂😃 -
    I am Cat: Don't rub it too hard, it might explode! Lol -
    Mary Wakeford: Haha, no chance of exploding for m'wa...still warming up hahaha -


Mary Wakeford: Out of the pocket for a week, see you in seven!


Mary Wakeford: How does one change the category. I had initially placed a story under the "Family" umbrella, but it continues to show up as General, no matter how many attempts I've tried to correct it myself. This has happened to me more than a few times...Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
    janalma: When you change it do you then go and hit save at the bottom of the page? If you don't do that it doesn't 'take.' -
    Mary Wakeford: Yes, I save each time and it does not change the genre. -


Mary Wakeford: Feeling frustrated that it's like pulling teeth to get reviews on prose. Especially when you compare the number of reads to the actual reviews. What is up with that!
    Jannypan (Jan) : Happens to me with Poetry.
    There must be a lot of people
    on vacation. -
    nor84: If you ask Tom what "views" are, he'll tell you they include hits or attempted hits by search engines. They do not mean that many people actually looked at your writing. In addition, if a poet wants to read poetry, he may hit the skip button for prose and visa versa. Views do not equal Reads. -
    Mary Wakeford: Well that explanation makes me feel better, thank you, Nor84. -
    Gone but not forgotten: I read prose, though it is more challenging on this site. So many of the stories are right in the middle...At any rate, I wanted to say goodbye. I have had lots of fun with FanStory for the past year, but now it's time to move back into the real world (where I make money for writing!) I've enjoyed reading your work and have made a few nice new friends, including you (I will miss - you can reach me at valencia.bathe@q.com if you'd like to). Or keep up with me on my blog: http://letsdiscussdeath.blogspot.com. Onward and upward and truly, only the best to you with your writing...and in your life. -
    Mary Wakeford: I'm so sorry to hear that you are leaving @wordcraft3198, but I completely understand. Thank you for your interest in my work, and I will definitely miss your reviews. You have been a loyal follower. Thank you and I will definitely make a note of your blog and contact information. -


Mary Wakeford: Saddened to learn of the death of Mohammad Ali. Mr. Ali would stop and visit with Roger's great aunt and uncle, Alice & Michael Ignoff at the bungalow they called home throughout their 60 year marriage.

The tiny honeymoon bungalow was located on Sunset Boulevard in the center of Hollywood, and destined for demolition to make room for the Berwin Entertainment Complex (formerly the Hollywood Athletic Club) parking lot in an eleven million dollar purchase in 1980.

Following a tenuous PR campaign to save the home by local media, the developer, Gary Berwin, agreed to spare their bungalow, the surrounding homes were leveled.

It was really quite amazing to see their little pink bungalow right smack dab in the middle of a huge parking lot. Alice and Michael Ignoff were David to Berwin's Goliath.

Mr. Berwin was so taken with the couple, he gave uncle Mike, a retired engineer who once designed hatches for NASA space capsules, a job as a parking attendant. Mike loved it at the age of 80.

Muhammad Ali became acquainted with Michael and Alice through the publicity, and then his frequent visits to the fitness center, and a guest in their home several times.

Being the first to admit, the boxing scene is not something I can wrap my head around, Mr. Ali's display of down to earth humility with the Ignoff's is something I've always admired him for.

I don't know that any athlete, regardless of sport affiliation, will ever equal Ali's long standing reign or impact.

Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee...
I believe he can fly, now.

I'm going to see if I can find the article now about the bungalow save that even made the local paper in Arizona.

https://ladailymirror.com/2015/06/29/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-hollywood-athletic-club-trains-filmdoms-elite/


    Kingsland: Ali was the greatest heavyweight of all times. But better than that he was even a greater person. I have shed tears many times now for his loss. The world was a better place when he was in it. The greatest is gone, but he will never be forgotten...

    Here is a quote from Ali...

    "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -
    Mary Wakeford: https://www.facebook.com/ABC15/videos/vb.18356341358/10153780105046359/?type=2&theater¬if_t=live_video_explicit¬if_id=1465584833247970 -


FanStory wrote to Mary Wakeford: Pete the Parakeet - A 70's Date finished second in the contest "DATING DISASTERS"
    Judysgottosay: This made me laugh! And I could visualize this Pete's polyester pantsuit! Great job. -

    Dawn: Welcome! I also enjoyed Erma Bombeck several years ago. I'm due for a more recent read! You'll love it here, and I love seeing that you plan on writing in several genres. -