Regarding the Work of Sunnie Day

Hi Gang!

Hope everyone is recovering nicely from the Holiday rush, and your waistlines are decreasing appropriately!

Today’s post is devoted to the wonderful work of author, Sunnie Day!

Sunnie is a frequent contributor to Hubpages, but she also has a book out entitled: Sunnie and Her Peeps!  It’s an adorable story, and if you have little ones in your life who enjoy reading or being read to, it’s makes a great gift!

Available on Amazon Books, in both
paperback and electronic download.

Most of the story takes place on a farm, and the main set of characters include a little girl and a few handfuls of baby chicks in her care.  The story is fictional, but contains a great deal of factual information, broken down very well for younger minds to understand easily.  And, aside from that, I loved that the characters each have unique personalities and needs which affects how the little girl interacts with them.

I also loved that included in the adventure are some important lessons for little ones in regards to managing money, interacting with others, having a positive attitude, caring for others, and country life.  Sunnie has a delightful method of sharing her knowledge with young minds, and she draws from personal experience to do it with.  Sunnie is a retired nurse and much of her medial background was spent being a school nurse, as well as working in geriatrics.  She's got her background covered with both young minds and the young at heart.

Sunnie has several other short stories available on Hubpages, and in my personal opinion, it's some of the most moving work I’ve ever had privilege of reading.

Author: Sunnie Day

Unfortunately, Hubpages STILL hasn’t installed a “follow” option for their writers, allowing those writers' fans, who are not members of Hubpages, to be notified of new works available for reading as they're published.  I find that to be frustrating and in poor performance on Hubpages part, and think fans should have the option of being notified, (please see the update in the comments section regarding a possible follow option, posted by Dusty - Fifty Caliber) at least via email, when a favorite writer has new work available.  My voiced frustration hasn’t changed the Hubpages designers’ minds in regards to adding the option.  So, I’ll continue to fuss about it until they make the change. 

I’ve included some links for you, and hope you’ll find some time to be as blessed with the shorter works of Sunnie Day as I have.  Her stories are magnificent, and easily read when one has only small  spaces of time to indulge in literature.

A bit more about Sunnie's background, I once more have the privilege here of supporting the work of Veterans and their loved ones.  She was born into a U.S. military family, married a veteran, and has spent a great deal of her life on military installations.  She's a Christian, a farmer, a nurse (once a nurse, always a nurse), a writer, a mother, a grandmother, and a spectacular friend.  Sunnie was also one of the first who befriended me when I began writing for Hubpages and continues to be a blessing there to many writers in supporting their work.  Although she's retired from nursing, Sunnie still maintains an incredibly busy schedule, yet, she is constantly taking the time to read the work of her colleagues in the literary world, as well as leaving comments of encouragement and insight when they've published new work.  Her interaction, support and genuine friendship is more valued than I can manage to express, and the inspiration I've gained from reading her work continues with each new piece she produces.

For many Christian writers, a great deal of the hope they wish to accomplish with their work is to move and change the reader on a spiritual level.  Sunnie does it, without fail, every single time.  An elite example of this is one of my personal favorites of her work, entititled: The Man in the Blanket. (Yes, if you click the name of it, it will take you right to the story. *wink*)  It's a three-part series, and the links to each part are available in the content.  Furthermore, just a heads up for those of you short on change, it costs nothing to read Hubpages publications; all of the literary publications there are free to read.

Sunnie is also a poet, and though poetry is not on my top-ten list of favorite things to read, she is quite accomplished with poetry and has a large amount of work in this genre available on Hubpages as well.

To view a list of Sunnie's work on the Hub, scroll down to the bottom area of her profile.  If you click on the "more" option, the entire list of her works available there will show up for you.  Or, you can pick one from the smaller, categorized selection at the bottom of the page.  Other links to her various work is also available on her Hubpages profile as well.

That's it for this post, and my sincere thanks to you for reading it. If you'd like to add a comment, please feel free to do so in the comments section at the bottom of this post.  I also encourage you to leave a comment for Sunnie on her Hubpages work.  Please let her know what a great job she's doing. :)

Hope you're having a wonderful week and hope you enjoy Sunnie's literature!  If you do, please take the time to leave her a comment.  Readers' comments are part of the wonderful fuel that helps keep the fire burning bright in the heart of the writer, so, I'll thank you ahead of time for doing it!

God bless, stay safe, and please don't forget to find the time to thank a U.S. Veteran!

femme

A retaliation on conservative content?

I was out with a new friend last night.  It was an interesting evening.  His name is Jim (aka thefrogprince), a writer on Hubpages.  He writes with a great deal of insight, and his articles tend to reflect upon whatever current political wind is blowing, what policies are being considered, and what pies (and who's wallets) the U.S. federal government has their fingers wiggling in and snatching from.

Jim's got a fair take on it, after 23 years in the U.S. Army (my sincere thanks to him for his service time), as well as being a hard-working and long-time tax paying U.S. citizen.  That qualifies him, and behooves me to be an attentive listener when he speaks, as well as reading what he writes. We met up in mid-cities last night, and over dinner Jim enlightened me on some facts about Hubpages that I wasn't aware of.  Per Jim, the writers' website is based out of California, near Berkeley.  That alone says a great deal.  I haven't delved into politically based articles, but will be soon (to some degree), and I'm without doubt a poltical conservative who has an extreme dislike for any federal government's believe and exercise of entitlement and control over the populace.  I asked Jim what the ratio is of politically conservative writers compared to the libs, and (sigh) we're somewhat outnumbered, lol.  That being the case, often the conservative writers have their work put on hold, or even denied publication to the website, while the liberals ... it's out there right away, and often with content that keeps my eyebrows raised in surprise and alarm from the very first paragraph.

You think that isn't fair?  I agree.  Further into the conversation, Jim shared that due to the tone and information in his work, he's been kicked off of two other websites who embraced liberal journalism with open arms.  Their politcally conservative writers were fairly forced to circle the wagons, band together and hold out for as long as they could until they were ultimately denied access for numerous reasons.  Of course, none of the given reasons admitted to the site detesting the conservative opinions reflected in the authors' work, it was always vague reasons that didn't make sense, and usually weren't valid.

I inquired about the possibility of establishing a web domain set up by conservatives, and Jim laughed then replied if the only content on the site were written by conservatives, it'd make for boring and redundant reading.  And, that's true, if the content were only politically based.  But, if the site included all genres, and the libs weren't prohobited from writing liberal political content, it would still provide interesting literature for readers of all types.  If it were a liberal poltical article posted, or vice versa - there's always the comment box.  And for opposition to content comments, my attitude is bring 'em on!  Below one comment box will be another.  Rebuttal space!

Since the entire set-up of such a site is beyond my ken in techno-savvy, I'd have no clue how to go about establishing one.  However, I'm hoping my readers can provide some valuable insight and suggestions.  So, here's your opportunity to let the wordsmiths know what you think, and share your ideas.  Pro or con, makes little difference.  It's the input that makes the wheels turn, and it's a great way to learn, as well as pay it forward and educate.  Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are still here (though often muffled) for now. It's up to each of us as individuals to protect those freedoms, as well as all of the others established and handed to us in our constitution.

It's my job to educate myself in ways to maintain my own freedom and act accordingly.  It's not the job of the guy next door to do it for me.  And, if I sit on my tail and contribute nothing, and loose what diminishing freedoms I have, it's my own fault.  If I do all I can to maintain it, and loose it anyway - Patrick Henry comes to mind.

I could live or die with my actions and reactions a whole lot better if I fought to keep my liberties, rather than being led like a sheep to eat what I'm fed by a government, or be meekly led to slaughter.  I could suggest, for at least a place to start getting involved, to pick up a copy of your U.S. Constitution.  They come pocket sized these days, and they're affordable.  In some cases, they're even free.

Comments section is below.  Hope you'll take the time to share your thoughts.  Hopefully, you HAVE some thoughts to share, while you're still permitted to voice them (or at least jot them down).  I sat through the required government and economics classes in high school.  I minored in poltical science my first trek through university studies.  Wish class had not been at 0730, and that I'd not been up all night before classes editing copy and writing columns for The Trailblazer, but, such is life for a journalism major there.  Due to lack of sleep, I missed out, or didn't remember, some valuable information that I'm having to make grand effort to educate myself on now.

My point is, if I can do it, anyone can do it, and SHOULD do it.  It's my country, my liberty, and when it's threatened, my responsibility to do all I can to protect it.  That might mean something as simple as reading a blog-post by a blonde who's learning politico-speak, and moving forward from there.  Too many sacrifices were made to deliver what we have to us.  Granted, not everyone is, or has been a soldier.  But, whatever station you fulfill in this society, be it teacher, pastor, physician, truck driver, street-sweeper or fast food fry-chef, what liberty you have is your job to keep.  Your efforts matter and make a difference.

If we're not part of the solution, we're part of the problem.

femme