Name: Mary Ricksen
Location: West Palm Beach, FL, United States

I moved to Florida in 1980 and I have been missing the mountains ever since. I love pets. Born in Vt., want to move to NC. in the mountains. Love change of seasons, which I miss here in Florida. When I was younger I loved to ride horses, I thought Id die if I didn't have one. I lived anyways. We moved a lot when I was a kid from Canada to Florida I met all kinds of people. The more rural, the more friendly people are. I have a beautiful secret garden, with everything from Plumeria to Penta. The butterfly's love it. There is nothing better than sitting out there with a good book and seeing the palms and ferns wave in the breezes. I have written and published my first book in a series that takes place on Lake Champlain in Vermont. The first place that felt like home to me. The only thing comparable to the Green Mountains are the Great Smokies, and a little town called Bryson City, NC. My next home, hopefully!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Time Travel

So where would you go if you could travel in time? Would you like to meet a native American Indian, say in 1815? The settlers of this country were horrible to them. How about in a romance novel type of scene?

Maybe, or maybe not, depends on where in the US you are at the time. Is your idea of the best trip to go to the future. Say 2050, the world could be in a devastating depression, or we could be at the dawn of a new day. I guess that depends on whether we vote Republican or Democrat. What the heck happened to that social security surplus anyways?

I could go back and change a few mistakes I made, undo some things I would rather not have done or said. Would it change my life?

One time I had just stepped on a needle and it broke in my foot into five pieces, I guess those wooden Dr. Scholl's weren't a good idea. I was just out of the hospital, having to remove the needle pieces surgically. I felt like doo doo. Now mind you I had just sent in 800, yes 800, entries into a contest for $250,000, The Lucky Lady Sweepstakes. I had just answered four calls, which I had to crawl on the floor to get to the phone to answer. So this particular call I just answered,"I don't want any." Some guy said. "You don't want any. Are you sure?" Something along those lines. My firm yes and hang us settled that.

And then I got to thinking. About a week later I received in the mail three sets of second prises, two tickets to the movie. Now mind you there were only five second prise winners. So did I blow it or not? I will always wonder. It could have changed my life so much for the better. You just never know.
Moral of the story, wait and see who is on the phone before you dismiss them. Ha. Live and learn!

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