Katy Doran-McNamara
Bio
Writing was always my plan, but having passed 3/4 of a century of living, things have gotten really real. If I don't do more than dip my toes in the water, I'll run out of life & time. I am ready, with some trepidation, to make the dive!
Stories (15/0)
The 100 Days Dress Challenge
PROLOGUE: How much might you expect or be willing to pay to be invited into or discover a community/tribe of more than 8K far-flung international individuals of widely diverse age, size, color, nationality and creed . . . that does nothing but encourage, praise and cheer for you and each other?
By Katy Doran-McNamara2 years ago in Humans
All the Feels
There are more dabblers than committed artists among us and yet we, too are artists in our souls, attracted to one medium after another project after another skill after another . . . We are rather like hummingbirds who flit from flower to flower, tasting all the nectars; honeybees buzzing after pollen from blossoms to blossom.
By Katy Doran-McNamara3 years ago in Humans
The Legacy
High in the rafters of the cattywampus old barn, first one golden eye and then the other opened in the absolute blackness of a moonless night. Old Owl spread sharp talons pushed off the beam perch. The small, furry critters that shared the old barn as their homes scurried between cracks, into open knot-holes, beneath scattered straw . . . anywhere safe and unseen from those see-everything-that-moves-in-the-dark eyes.
By Katy Doran-McNamara3 years ago in Fiction
A Horse Story for Sweet Dreams
My favorite stories as a child were horse stories, because I longed ever so much to have a horse of my own and because they gave me the most wonderful dreams. This is the story of one young girl whose name is Morgan and her Appaloosa horse, Endo. Not only is it a fabulous tale, but even better? It is a true story!
By Katy Doran-McNamara3 years ago in Petlife
Snipping With Scissors
Remember when you were a child and cut bits and pieces from a piece of folded paper to create snowflakes for Christmas or hearts for Valentine’s Day? Maybe you’ve shared the fun of the scissors craft as a rainy day pastime with your own children or grandchildren, having no idea it was a simplest form of a recognized folk art, Scherenschnitte (rhymes with shear ‘n snip).
By Katy Doran-McNamara3 years ago in Education
- Top Story - May 2021
A Grand Old Dame
A single ship on the horizon? Nay, I would claim many thousands and be so bold as to claim that an even greater number of the souls aboard ships, boats, yachts, schooners, canoes, kayaks and all manner of water craft have lived because of me. You may consider that an arrogant statement voiced in the vernacular of earlier times, and you would be correct on both counts.
By Katy Doran-McNamara3 years ago in Earth
