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Our world was blessed by a new wonder last night, a baby girl. At seven pounds and fourteen ounces she announced her presence to the world with a loud squall….

Twenty and a half inches of shear girl power, I can hardly wait to see her in person!

All participants are healthy and very happy, though tired.

Becoming a grandfather is a new feeling for me, one I will cherish right along side of the births of my two sons. The proud father was in attendance for the birth, and was as awe inspired as I was when I saw him for the first time.

Her proud daddy had more sense than his proud dad did… I hauled him out to show him off only to be dragged back in the room by a scolding nurse, politely informing me that they were not done with him yet. Hey she handed him to me, I thought I could show him the world….

 Thomas Forthe

The winners of Accentuate Services “Reality” Theme contest were announced Friday afternoon.

First place was filled by Lindsay Maddox.

Second place went to Terrie Schultz.

There were three thirds awarded

Chris Williamson, Robert Arend, and Gillian. I am unable to find Gillian’s last name to announce it, my apologies for that.

Congratulations to all these fine authors! I am looking forward to reading their stories when the book is in hand, and anticipate many more from each of them.

Thomas H. Forthe

Michy, announced the winners of the Accentuate Services short story contest’s “reality” theme tonight.

I will be giving a complete list of all the winners tomorrow here on the blog. Congratulations to all of them!

I am honored to have been given the editor’s pick on my own story, and will be included in the anthology that will go to print in December I believe, I will have to check the date to be sure but December is sticking in my mind at this point.

Until tomorrow,

Thomas H. Forthe

The random act of kindness day is a very special event indeed, inspired by the love of a mother for a baby whom she was never able to hold.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1659687/please_honor_my_baby_on_april_20th.html

I can in no way imagine having to make that decision! All of our love and thoughts will be centered on Rissa, and her baby, on the 20th of each April for as long as my thoughts are mine to give. Please join us on this day and help make the world a better place.

 Tom

I need to apologize for my lack of posting lately. Life has gotten in the way and I have been to busy for my own good! Hopefully things will return to normal soon and I can return to writing!

Life got in the way, but tomorrows is already awaiting publication in the morning….

I don’t know how many of you realize that Panama City is the Spring Break Capitol of the world, but it’s true and it is starting as we speak.

It is still early yet, but the beach is getting crowded and the streets are slowing down anywhere that is near water….

By the end of next week Front Beach Drive will only move at a crawl as swim wear clad people walk across the street to get to the next party.

An army of security guards try in vain to keep the peace as the revellers proceed to liven the beach up with all types of self made entertainment.

Actually the officials do a pretty good job of containing the party goers and things seldom end in disaster.

Traffic accidents caused by scantily clad youths, frolicking along the beach roads, are seldom serious due to the crawling pace of traffic.

Lots of fun is had by all who attend, hangovers are optional….

Thomas H. Forthe

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Kathy has announced the winner of her poetry contest for her Art Web site!

The poem selected for the main page of her site, located at: http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=9658 will be posted shortly.

Congratulations go out to Laurie Darroch-Meekis for the winning entry!

The competition was extremely hard for Kathy to judge as all of the entries were great in her opinion, and she wished to thank everyone for their wonderful entries.

Thomas H. Forthe

I want to remind everyone of the Poetry contest and that it is still taking submissions. The prise is an original painting by the artist valued at $100.00.

Entry rules and information is available on Kathy’s web site and entry is free.

http://www.kathansen.com/blog .

A new contest that many of the Accentuate members have entered is the Two Sentence Story Contest. It is free to enter and has a cash prize!

Matthew has quite a contest going on over  there with some very talented entries.

The entry thread and prizes can be seen here : http://www.twosentencestories.com/ and my latest entry “Lisa” was posted not long ago.

“The wishing well”, another one of mine has reappeared on the rating list on the left and seems to be staying in the 7.7 range overall.

Stories are rated with the star system, and any viewer can rate by clicking on the stars in what ever position you feel the deserve, one star being bad and ten stars good. It is possible to click on what ever star you think a story deserves.

Check them all out and cast a vote!

Thomas H. Forthe

My mother had a pacemaker installed yesterday afternoon, she is doing well and recovering nicely!

She has some discomfort at the surgical site and has to wear a sling to immobilise the site, but she is doing well.

Hopefully I will return to more of a normal schedule tomorrow.

Thomas H. Forthe