Tales, Trails and Connections to Almost Anything. LOST PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BY CHERYL LYLES SMITH. Today times have changed and few people burn prickly pear. The pear burner was invented in 1914 by John Bunyan Blackwell. A photo of one can be seen at the Bullock Museum website. Here is a close-up of prickly pear cactus so you can see the sharp thorns. Here is a cluster of them together with the red fruit or tuna. SNOW ON THE COAST! December 8, 2017.

Chasing kitties, crashing scooters, and learning spanish, one anxiety attack at a time. Birds are assholes, but I love them anyway. A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Little bit of this and that. Responses to Blogging, Writing, and Photo Challenges.

Above the Hum of Yellow Jackets. Ink Dogs in my Shoes. Our new website is up and running.

Write, or Else! Write, review, revise, rinse, repeat. As a thanks for being published by them. My reviews look at stories that stand out from my weekly readings around the internet. I choose stories based on what they can teach about the craft of writing. Right, so now I turn back to Every Day Fiction. While such failure to notice can be used to.