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Battywyn🎶Prep!

, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.

La Bene Vita

I am a professional musician

, worship leader

, small business owner

, songwriter

, aspiring author

and freelance nonfiction writer

with a chemical engineering degree

.

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

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Waltz in the Lonesome October

about 14 hours ago
In response to "Heart-Healthy"

Wait until he finds out about Humpty Dumpty.

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SpiderGal

about 14 hours ago
In response to "Heart-Healthy"

Ugh. Been there and it rightly and truly sucks. For me, what worked was consistency, not speed. Increasing fiber intake was challenging, since I need to get it from fruit due to allergies. But I found a tasteless water-soluble fruit fiber I put in drinks and my coffee every am. It's called Sunfiber.

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Battywyn🎶Prep!

about 15 hours ago
In response to "Yodelayheehoo!"

Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

- Indeed!

Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

about 15 hours ago
In response to "Yodelayheehoo!"

Thanks for sharing the kids' reactions to hearing yodeling. I bet most of us do not hear it on a daily basis.

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Waltz in the Lonesome October

a day ago
In response to "Yodelayheehoo!"

Well, as the Master said, "Do or do not. There is no trydelydehie."

Master Yodel, that is.

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Token-Jester

Oct 13, 2025 at 10:21pm
In response to "On my growth as a writer on WDC"

I regret not joining the October Nano Prep in its earlier years! You’re brilliant for creating it, maybe you could make a list of the people who contributed to it to make it the way it is today. I am grateful to you and to them!

JACE

Oct 13, 2025 at 1:13pm
In response to "On my growth as a writer on WDC"

Knowing that my wife will never read this (she dislikes me correcting someone, uh ... her), I feel safe in posting my counter-argument: Even the half stars are countable. Thus, fewer still applies. Less than is used for UNcountable items, such as less water, etc.

Apart from that, I completely agree with your opening paragraphs--I, too, have learned so much about my meager efforts to write from the members and the site over my past 17 years here. It is so hard for me to be on vacation and miss my daily interaction with WDC.

Great post!!

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Amethyst SkellyBones Angel

Oct 9, 2025 at 11:54am
In response to "Antagonists!"

Jack o' Lantern: Closed Thurs.

Check this out, pal

Thanks for sharing, Brandi

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Oct 8, 2025 at 10:50am
In response to "Let's Talk About Theme"

It's been years since I've read "Cry, the Beloved Country" but the themes of forgiveness and reconciliation are important. It was written circa 1948.

When apartheid ended and Mandela was released, reconciliation was the theme IRL.

Tragedy can bring people together.

Forgiveness and reconciliation can help one cope.

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spirit dog prowling 4premium+

Oct 6, 2025 at 7:01pm
In response to "Kill your darlings: How to begin a story"

NaNo taught me to write no mTTER WHAT APPEARED BECAUSE LATER THE EDITOR WULL FIX THE STORY SO IT IS READABLE AND ENJOYABLE. WRITING IS AN ADVENTURE AND A JOURNEY TO BE ENJOYED, GO FOR IT!

October 15, 2025 at 11:16am

#1099351

Heart-Healthy

So, hubby got the news that he needs to immediately switch to a diet low in saturated and trans fats, a.k.a., a heart-healthy diet.

I thought of the children's nursery rhyme:

Jack Sprat could eat no fat
His wife could eat no lean
And so between the both of them
They licked the platter clean

Although in the case of this diabetic wife, it's carbs, not lean. (What rhymes with carbs? Anyone?)

He's rediscovered oatmeal (born and raised in central Ohio, hubby calls the meal "oats") and eating Honeycrisp apples like they're going out of style (trust me - they're not.) We've had salads with lean meats for lunch, and he's learning new habits like reading labels and weighing his food. The poor guy has had a hard time sleeping the last couple nights due to all the fiber we've introduced into his belly (he can finally sympathize with me!).

Have you been there? What advice do you have?

PS: Hubby has never heard of dear ol' Jack Sprat and his wife.

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