Lady Sunday
Bio
I'm a self-publishing author of fiction and I love to research and write creative non-fiction.
Stories (60/0)
Okuna- The NEW Internet Social Site
A few years ago I wrote a blog on a new, more ethical and safer social media site, Openbook. Since that time, there were some issues with the names the creators chose, they went to court a couple times even (kind of petty!) BUT, they are now Okuna! After the official launch, I accepted their invitation to be a beta tester and have found Okuna quite satisfying. No more triggering negativity that will forever randomly pop-up on Facebook newsfeed uncontrollably, as though I can't just click my MSN newsfeed or my local news site online. Enough with it all!
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in 01
Mars in Retrograde 2020
The Martian Based on the novel that was self-published in 2011 by its author Andy Weir, 'The Martian' was adapted by Drew Goddard to screenplay. Released in 2015, the movie was directed by Ridley Scott and stars Matt Damon as the first human ever to colonize Mars. Jumping ahead to the year 2035, Botanist and Astronaut Mark Watney is left behind after a mission to Mars abruptly ends. He survives alone on Mars for 549 Sols (which totals 564 Earth days) with only the left behind belongings of his crew and very little food supply. Some of those belongings is in the form of human waste, so Mark gets creative and fertilizes the first known Martian potato farm until NASA can figure out how to rescue him.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Futurism
The Town of Scarfolk
Each flyer from Scarfolk Council to the town reads at the top before each announcement: 'Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress bey ond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science; hauntology is a compulsory subject at school, and everyone must be in bed by 8pm because they are perpetually running a slight fever. "Visit Scarfolk today. Our number one priority is keeping rabies at bay." For more information please reread.'
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Horror
My Dream Home
I have imagined my dream home for years. I grew up in a world full of design plans (Architects and Engineers in my family) rolled up on our dining room table and imagined how someday maybe I would design my own home. There are two kinds of homes that have come to mind lately. Of course, both would be environmentally friendly! Have you read my blog on Global Warming? We now have available the best in cutting-edge technology to harness the powers of natural reusable energy sources when we design Earth friendly homes. Wired and wireless security (SimpliSafe is one wireless security system) features that run throughout homes are available, so all we have to do is tap our cellphones and...VOILA! instant access to locking and unlocking doors, shutting down lights, and we can even check to view real-time video inside our houses while we are away. These features windup paying for themselves over the long run. The proper building materials can ensure the home will last for generations of peaceful, green living!
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Lifehack
Benjamin Banneker
In 1791, United States President George Washington, Continental Army Major Andrew Ellicott, and a self-educated, born free Black man, Benjamin Banneker, joined together to map the borders of the new city capital. The area surveyed bordered Virginia, Maryland, and sat on the Potomac River which was one of the busiest ports.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in The Swamp
Lumina Sophie 'Surprise' Roptus
On Martinique, an island mapped out by Christopher Columbus but later settled by the French, a baby girl was born on November 9 in 1848, the year slavery on the tiny island was abolished. Born on the Riviere-Pilote to a recently freed slave, Marie-Sophie, this baby girl was born during a very lucky time. Most of the slaves on this island were registered by one name and a number. Not surprisingly, after slavery was abolished, nicknames were still very popular. It was a racist tradition carried on even after slavery ended. Her mother having been known as ‘Zulma’ registered her daughter under the name Marie-Philomene Sophie. Later both mother and daughter were given the surname of Roptus by the island’s authorities. Everyone called her Lumina Sophie (a deviation of Philomene) and her nickname was ‘Surprise’.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Viva
Detoxing From Alcohol
Alcohol abuse during times of emotional distress has been on the rise as of late. The statistics of Domestic Violence incidences has risen with the stay-at-home order due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Parents are at home. Their kids are at home. Tension in the home rises because a Pandemic is not something any of us ever expected. Everyone feels stressed, which has caused a great deal of alcohol use to rise. We are living as though we are caged and this can cause people to seek escape through mood altering substances. Alcohol is something we can now pick up curbside, get delivered, and even buy from our local Olive Garden with our take-out. Before the Pandemic, we couldn’t even bring a beer bottle outside our neighborhood watering-hole without pouring it in a cup first. And NO WAY could we pick-up a bottle of wine with our taco’s! The availability of alcohol, the economic stress society has been thrown into, and our daily lives altered; not being able to socialize or work like normal, can take a toll on the human psyche. Women make up about 34% of the membership to Alcoholics Anonymous and are more susceptible than men to develop alcohol related Heart Disease.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Longevity
Hidden In Plain Sight
We have a problem in The United States of America in regards to the inequality between genders. Most importantly, we have a more than 400-year old problem of racial tension between blacks and whites. I won't sugar-coat it with the politically correct terminology, but I won't be offensive about this issue either.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in The Swamp
Maria-Anna Mozart
Maria-Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart was five years older than her younger brother, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and before his genius came to light, Nannerl was THE musical genius of the Mozart family and was well-known throughout Europe. Born to Leopold Mozart and his wife Anna Maria, in July 1751, their eldest and only daughter could play, and even compose, the most difficult musical pieces way before she was 12 years of age. Her father, Leopold, made several notations on his own musical pieces of the prodigal talent that both his beloved children possessed. In a letter dated in 1764, he wrote that she could play 'with incredible precision' the most difficult musical pieces and that 'although she is only 12 years old, was one of the most skillful players in all of Europe'.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Beat
The Parallel Universe Theory
Around 13.8 billion years ago, our Universe began with a Big Bang. The convergence and eventual collision of matter and anti-matter created a powerful explosion, known as the Big Bang. Scientists have a theory that for this to happen, there had to be something that brings about the process of inflation. Once inflation begins, not just one explosion, but many explosions will happen, at different places, during different times, for all of eternity. This is what scientists call 'Cosmological Inflation'.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Futurism
A Quiet Place
After spending a few years with Netflix, last fall I switched over to Hulu for a change. I finally got to check out 'Game of Thrones', which got me hooked from the first episode. I got to find out what all the hub-bub was all about...and got stuck there like everyone else! Yanking myself back to a Netflix subscription to catch up on my old shows, I found myself with both Netflix AND Hulu for awhile. Only because I find new binge-watching worthy material all the time with Hulu. Just this past week I discovered a couple gems that have been hiding. One is 'A Quiet Place' starring its director and co-writer, John Krasinski, as Lee Abbot. This is NOT the 2016 Romanian movie of only 24 minutes of the same name, or game. This 2018 movie, 'A Quiet Place' is an emotionally moving flick that easily fits into multiple big screen genres at once: Drama, Science Fiction, Horror, and Thriller.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Horror
Henrietta Lacks
In 1951, a young 30 year-old woman in Virginia, Henrietta Lacks, who was being treated for cervical cancer, had her tumor cells stolen by her doctor and sent to the hospital lab. She died not long after, but her cells, labeled HeLa for her name, mysteriously never died and are known to be the very first cells ever grown in culture. Her cell sample is known in the scientific community as 'Immortal Cells' and have been used for landmark research for the Polio Vaccine, gene mapping, cloning, and in-vitro fertilization.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Longevity