Granniemose Birthday Bash Write-Off

Mom is turning eighty October 28. She has been very supportive of a lot of people on site, and helped a lot of new writers get started, and keep going. She has been a friend to many, and many are her friends. I just thought since it was such a momentous occasion, that it was worth celebrating. How many 80 year old aspiring novelists do we have on site anyway?

Her writing by the way is just getting better and better... so much for old dogs and new tricks... not to say I think my mother is a dog, because then what would I be?

Anyway, this site has in a lot of ways, kept her from getting depressed and kept her connected to the world. I know that her friends are good ones. Here's their chance to prove it.

Mom is a champion to the oppressed, and the most generous person I have ever known. She is smart, and she is funny, and she was cute too. I must have been left on her doorstep.

— ArtByJude

Participants in the great Granniemose Birthday Bash Write-Off

1. 29th_Candidate: The Email That Was Never Here, Still Won't Disappear!
2. 2buzy: Happy 80th Birthday Dear Granniemose, yes, Happy, Happy Birthday to you!
3. AdaDavis: Loo, Loo, Skip To My Loo...
4. ahlstromomy: My Unsung Hero
5. annecal: Granniemose Birthday Bash Write Off
6. annexation: A Few Days Late – Happy Birthday, Granniemose
7. arielssong: Twelve Weeks to Artistic Freedom
8. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: Dearborn, Michigan
9. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: The Red Bird
10. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: 1931 (Leaving on a Train)
11. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: The Broken Arm
12. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: Faye
13. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: Christmas 1935
14. artbyjude: Letters to Virginia: The Gift 1932
15. artbyjude: Happy Birthday Granniemose from your lovin' labs
16. artbyjude: Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953)
17. artbyjude: Quiet... Like a Marine Bomb
18. artbyjude: 80 things to get Granniemose for her birthday
19. artbyjude: GMBB the Final Count — 91 and still climbing!
20. BadkittyM: Happy Birthday, Virginia!
21. Brendametcalf: Age Doesn't Matter, Unless You're Cheese
22. CANS4US: Elmo says "Have a Happy Birthday!"... at any age!
23. coldsteel7: Home Away From Home In Downtown Chicago
24. dedemw: According to my brother...
25. diverpam: Yes, Virginia, there really is a Cirque du Soleil at Walt Disney World!
26. dragonfire88: Vacation
27. ed_grover: Ursy & Zoë in Taos
28. Erinys: A Noble Family Tradition
29. Eskimo101: A Great Book for a Great Author!
30. flamepillar: May the Circle of Life be unbroken!
31. gaelkm: Autumn Remembrance
32. garym: Two Thumbs Yup
33. goodluckcharm: I Wish Granniemose a Happy 80th
34. grandgram: Where Are You God?
35. Gungian: Granniemose is no Ghost
36. Gungian: Granniemose at the Gorge
37. Horswispr: A short story called Browning
38. ifif1938: What a Wedding! My Short Celebrity Experience
39. jackai: All About MY Mother
40. JAMES23: Card Playing and Toilet Training, Cold War Style
41. jankp: The Granniemose Challenge: To Love Thy Brain!
42. jankp: Granniemose, Is This Chocolate Cake A No-Brainer Or What?
43. jankp: Jimmy Carter: More Than A Preacher In The Virtues Of Aging
44. jeff_wilder78: Grandmother And The Grinch Costume
45. jenb123: Happy Birthday Barbie
46. jetbluefan1: Lordos Beach Hotel - Don't Fall Down That Waterfall!
47. jo.com: All in a Day's Work: The Sub and Reflections on a Rock
48. KatM: October...
49. kevlog: Belated Happy Birthday to GrannieMose
50. klueger: Our Mysterious Adventure
51. Lark729_89: Happy 80th Virginia!
52. Lark729_89: Hallmark's 196th Presentation Written In Honor Of Granniemose's 80th B'Day
53. lemon_lime: Dear Virginia (a poem for Granniemose)
54. LEDOMAINE: The Nature of Betrayal
55. Lisa_J: Happy Birthday Granniemose! I’ll be baking 80 cakes for this one! Cake Mix Doctor
56. lorace: Dream Your Blues Away
57. lorace: A Birthday Basket for GrannieMose!
58. lynus: Crack Pot Movie Reviewer Reviews A Crock Pot
59. maggsmomm: Inside Looking Out
60. maggsmomm: My Box
61. mind-full: The Essence of Time
62. Mom2TyZick: For My Favorite Octogenarian
63. mothermeatloaf: First Knight: Not my first choice, but not my last, either
64. mr_calcul8r: Grandma's Last Visit
65. mshawpyle: Trailing Clouds of Glory: D-Day, the American Century
66. mummummum: Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving Day
67. Nolefan1942: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
68. officer: Gratitude: My entry to the Granniemose Birthday Bash
69. Petra: Happy Birthday From LA
70. pogomom: Faulty Put the "F" in Farberware!
71. Psychovant: A Rain-Soaked Letter To Virginia
72. redwolfoz: Web monkey responsible for the page you are viewing
73. redwolfoz: Looking for Alibrandi: Tales of Suburban Amazons
74. roxymarie: 80 Reasons My Husband Should Be Dead By Now
75. Simply_Crispy: Granniemose is Nicole Kidman
76. skbreese: The Power Of The Pen
77. SMITHSWOODSIDE: What did you just call me?
78. Sordid-1: I Think GrannieMose Would Make a Fine Addition to My Disfunctional Family Tree!
79. sumo_rhino: The Mere Brute Pleasure of Reading
80. SurgRN911: GMBB Or The More Things Change
81. susidee34: Granniemose Big Bad Birthday Bash
82. Suzer: 80 Reasons To Write For Epinions
83. sweetsue_98: Love!
84. Thorbjore: What's Cookin'?!
85. tombarnes: Thaiphoon Washington... A Firestorm of Flavor is Coming Your Way
86. usmarinecorps: Something for Granniemose
87. vemartin: American Unilateralism, A Satirical Look
88. Vormancian: The Maiden and Her Fears Part I
89. Vormancian: The Maiden and Her Fears Part II
90. weirdo_87: Love is wonderful, but all you really need is courage
91. weirdo_87: Raiders of the Lost Ark: Why'd it have to be snakes?