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Yvette M. Calleiro - Writing and Reviews
This is the official blog of Yvette M. Calleiro, author of young adult, fantasy/paranormal, and contemporary stories.
Friday, December 6, 2024
#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge - #Syllabic #poem #poetrycommunity #Sekarageng #VietnamWar #Cherries @pdoggbiker.bsky.social @pdoggbiker @YvetteMCalleiro
Sunday, December 1, 2024
November Book Reviews #bookreview #books #amreading #readingcommunity #paranormal @SusanneLeist @dlfinnauthor @YvetteMCalleiro
Hello, beautiful readers! I cannot believe I haven't posted a book review since August. Actually, I can believe it. This school year has been extremely busy. I think I'm just now starting to find a routine I can keep. I did read a book in August/September, but I had a hard time enjoying the story, so that review will not be posted here. This space is to share books I enjoy.
Elizabeth Reading and Scarlett Harding travel from New York City to Blue Harbor, Maine, hoping to purchase a bed-and-breakfast in a peaceful town, but what they discover is much more sinister.
After settling into an apartment building and unpacking, Elizabeth and Scarlett visit a local ice cream parlor. As they approach the counter to order, a man rushes through the doorway, clutching his throat and dying in a pool of blood at Elizabeth's feet. When the police arrive, Elizabeth stares at the dashing, blue-eyed David throwing questions at her, stunned that she agreed to a date with him a few hours ago.
When they return to the apartment and Elizabeth begins to pack her bags to leave Blue Harbor, Scarlett pleads with her to keep the appointment at the inn. The next day, they fall in love with the quaint inn and eventually sign the papers, despite Elizabeth's misgivings about the death a day earlier.
After they move into the bed-and-breakfast, they hear of residents dying under unusual circumstances and rumors of a curse placed by the Penobscot Indians on the descendants of the town's original settlers. On their first weekend as innkeepers, a violent storm hits, and two guests are slashed to death in their beds. Then the lights go out.
Will Elizabeth and Scarlett sell the inn or stay and fight the curse alongside their new friends as bodies fall around them?
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Thursday, November 28, 2024
Grateful #HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving #Gratitude @YvetteMCalleiro
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge - #Syllabic #poem #poetrycommunity #silverlinings #tanka @YvetteMCalleiro
Hello, beautiful readers! This week, it's my turn to create a prompt for the #TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge. As we are so close to America's Thanksgiving holiday, I chose to go with the idea of silver linings, concentrating on our blessings instead of our struggles.
Most of you know I have an anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed back in 2016 when my doctor asked me to see a psychologist because she was worried my stress would literally kill me. After being diagnosed, I began neurofeedback therapy and attended one-on-one therapy sessions. I also did a deep dive into how to rid myself of anxiety without being dependent on drugs.
In that dive, I found meditation, mindfulness, emotional frequency tapping, and Dr. Rick Hanson. Dr. Rick Hanson really spoke to the intellect in me. He has these weekly emails he sends where he explains why we respond the way we do and how we can change our behavior to lower our stress. He calls them Just One Thing. He also has free weekly meditations as well.
In one of his Just One Thing newsletters, he shared how our brains have been trained to focus on negative stimuli more strongly than positive stimuli. He says, "The brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones." He then explains how we can begin to change what our brain focuses on. You can read two of these newsletters here and here.
During COVID, I was obsessed with John Krasinski's Some Good News videos. I needed something to remind me of all the good in the world during a time when fear held a grip on most people, including me. I wish that program still existed.
So, for this week, I wanted to remind everyone to focus on the good. See the light amid the darkness, and give your energy to moments of happiness and joy. I chose to write a tanka poem, which is a five-lined poem with a syllabication pattern of 5-7-5-7-7. The third line is usually the pivot line.
world cloaked in utter darkness
sliver of moonlight
illumination of stars
silvery beauty shines through
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Sunday, November 24, 2024
Where in the world am I? #socialmedia #followme #Bluesky #Twitter #Facebook #Threads #supportand promote @YvetteMCalleiro
Saturday, November 23, 2024
#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge - #Syllabic #poem #poetrycommunity #Shadorma #awardwinning #karma #shortstory #KarmaDoesntKill @YvetteMCalleiro
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
#TankaTuesday #Poetry Challenge - #Syllabic #poem #poetrycommunity #music #musicalinspiration #tanka @YvetteMCalleiro
stress overwhelms me