The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Mary Vee's blog has a new name and a new look. I thought about what I write, what I post on social media and even what articles I prefer to write here on this blog.  The bottom line is, I like to see our world. Big. Small. Rural. Woods. City. You name it. My extended family has a cabin where family members like to vacation every year. One said, isn't it nice to sit back and listen to the water? Sure. But not in one place. I haven't seen the Indian Ocean, but I've seen the Pacific, Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, and others. The Creator has made a world filled with variety. This is what I want to share with you. As a writer, I use pieces of these amazing places in my stories. I also post here, on social media, and in my newsletter opening readers eyes to amazing places. I'm so excited to invite you for a walk in the woods, a ride up the Eiffel Tower, climb the Alps, sail on a pirate ship and so much more.  Become a follower of this blog to r...

Last week, the director of the Literacy Council in my county asked me to tutor a single mom who wants to pass the GED. My first thought: How awesome is that. She wants to pass the GED. Good for her. Of course I want to help. The director then said, the woman needs help in math. My first thought: how hard can it be? I taught third grade math. Are you laughing? I would too...if it wasn't me. I researched the GED test (which I have never taken) to find out the highest level of math tested and rolled up my sleeves.  Our family room library has LOTS of books. Some from my college years. I dragged out the math books and chose one for review. Last night, problem 16 threw me for a loop.  My gift is tenacity. Incredible, nothing can distract me from whatever is plaguing my mind until it is solved tenacity. Problem 16 was the age old, two consecutive numbers problem. This particular question wanted even integers only and the product had to equal 288. All I needed was...

Here is a fun summer idea for any number of persons.  Go on a city scanvenger hunt. Choose one or more unusual items, google all the venders that typically have that item and hop in your car or on your bicycle. The day was Monday, hubby's and my anniversary. We had an unusual cake for our wedding. One that had to be specially ordered. It was banana nut. We've asked bakeries if they made the cake for years. The answer is no. So, we set out with a list of twenty bakeries that took us to parts of our city we hadn't visited. Many were the old parts of town with brick roads.  The interior walls separating stores are still the exposed brick. Workers at the bakeries recommended other bakeries not on our list, so we added them. We walked tree lined streets. Met people sitting outside shops reading newspapers. The original kind. Ink on paper. And found many shops that we will visit next time. Look at the cool antique ...