@ramonequides
Contemporary romance writer & Renaissance polymath. Ages, tropes & orientations don’t matter—hitting the spot does. Ages, tropes, and orientations don’t matter–hitting the spot does. Trails & libraries are my solace. linker.ee/ramonequides
Morning mullings while out for a run:
How will my latest story be received?
What outfit should I wear to the party tonight?
Am I a clutz because I can’t spell rhythm correctly?
Why is avocado toast so expensive?
This fall, make the smartest voting decisions you can by looking at the candidate’s easy to find complete and accurate voting record.
Discard rhetoric, claims, promises, and challenges. None completely and honestly reflect what the candidate actually did.
#election2026
Strong urges to head back to Barcelona.
Best politically themed song about America since they released Bullet the Blue Sky. It rivals Green Day’s American Idiot.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...
A current collection of my stories at @GetTheoReads
Some are quite short. Others are novellas.
Some are free; some not. Site access is free.
The themes are multiple, but their common thread is connection and discovery.
Check them out. I look forward to reading your comments.
Writing has been on pause for a bit, as I prepare for a recertification exam next week. Thankfully, story ideas continue to formulate in that little brain of mine.
Be prepared for some March madness.
Soothing views after a day of trail work.
#trails
For more info, you're better off looking up the debate than relying on the docket which blatantly lies and claims this is in alignment with current practice.
The VA regulation denying disability benefits for those who can manage their disability with medication or a medical device is in effect as of Monday, in direct violation of court orders. <2000 people have spoken up. Link below is accepting public comment.
www.regulations.gov/docket/VA-20...
This is a wonderful film about the Catalina Island Fox, the apex predator on Catalina Island that was driven to the break of extinction by illness brought over from the mainland. It’s been chosen as an official selection for the 24th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3Z...
There’s still enough snow in the local mountains to pull off the ski and surf experience in Southern California.
Hit the slopes in the morning, then hit the surf in the afternoon. It’s one of the unique things about living here.
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
The storm damage to Angeles Crest Highway makes access to my favorite approach to Mount Baden-Powell difficult to reach. Which is why it will be so much more rewarding when I get there. It’s simply a matter of more steps, more time, and more determination.
#hiking
It’s been way too long since I visited the petrified wood boulders along Icehouse Saddle Trail.
I feel so much safer now, knowing our advanced military has the capability of shooting down party balloons with a laser.
We do what we do.
We are what we are.
We like what we like.
There are millions upon millions of other people in the world if that doesn’t align.
#writers
Bring on the game.
Yum? Yup.
He should smile more.
You can’t call for revolution abroad while criminalizing dissent at home. Either freedom of assembly matters everywhere, or it doesn’t matter anywhere.
Now that would be fun to see.
Participles, VTT! Participles!
It might. They’re just so tempting and tasty, like treats in a candy shop window.
Does anyone have a cure for dangling particles? It seems like that whatever I do, they keep coming back.
#writingcommunity
Shakespeare is credited with inventing over 17,000 words that have become part of common English, so cut me some slack when my typos give you something you haven’t heard. It may be the next gloomy, swagger, radiance, majestic; or phrase like “star crossed lovers“ or “wild goose chase“.😆
I figured out why he flipped off the Ford workers. He was expecting “a-Ford-ability” to rally behind his lies. When they didn’t, his feeble mind reacted the only way he can remember anymore.
As a writer a spicy stories, I understand that people want to revere their objects of desire. That the women in the stories walk among the roses, and the men glide while looking strong and compassionate.
But every once in a while, people fart. There’s a delicate way to handle that, too. 😆
I’m not, because my German ancestors told me often how no one believed what they were seeing in 1930s Germany. They did not believe it would go that far, it kept saying they were safe and isolated from it. Until they weren’t.
People have asked me if I’m worried about losing my social media accounts over the posts I’ve put up about the destruction of democracy in America, and things like the Renee Good murder.
Had a pho-bulous good time with friends while savoring a steamy bowl and ube cream coffee.
#pholove