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Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 12--"Skin Deep"

This is one of my favorite episodes. It is also when I first became emotionally invested in Rumplestiltskin's love life. You'll see why. Enchanted Forest, The P...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 11--"The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree"

Storybrooke, The Present--Henry and Emma are meeting up at Henry's "castle" by the beach, and he assures Emma that Regina knows nothing about the castle. Henry:...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 10--"7:15 am"

Storybrooke, The Present--Henry wants to know WTF the stranger on the motorcycle is doing in town. The stranger isn't saying, except that he's there to do "some...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 9--"True North"

This is the obligatory "Hansel and Gretel" episode. Unlike Cinderella, who you will see again a handful of times in this show, Hansel and Gretel are one-off cha...

Once Upon a Time, Seson 1, Episode 8--"Desperate Souls"

It's been a long time since I watched Season One, and this is the first episode in it where I couldn't remember what it was about just by the episode title. It ...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 7--"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"

Did you guys notice Jamie Dornan is the one who plays Sheriff Graham on this show? I mention it because you should definitely NOT feel bad for him, whatever hap...

Lucy and the Catbortion

I had to take my poor little cat Lucy to get a "catbortion" today. She's convalescing under my bed right now. When I brought her home, she was so stoned from th...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 6--"The Shepherd"

Storybrooke, The Present--I'm pretty sure the house in the opening scene is Emma's house from the second half of Season Five onward. Right now, however, it is C...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 5--"That Still, Small Voice"

Enchanted Forest, The Past---We open at a medieval fair, with a "Punch and Judy"-type puppet show going on. In the assembled crowd is a kid of about 7 or 8 year...

Once Upon a Time Recap, Season 1, Episode 4--"The Price of Gold"

This is a Cinderella ep, guys. You knew there had to be one, right? Basically, Cinderella's step-mother and step-sisters go to the ball, leaving poor, dressed-i...

Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 3--"Snow Falls"

Enchanted Forest--Sometime in the past. A carriage comes down a dirt path. It's a fancy carriage, with armored drivers and white horses. Hey! Charming is inside...

Once Upon a Time Recap, Season 1, Episode 2--"The Thing You Love Most"

Still with me? Good. Things are moving along in Storybrooke, with the clock continuing to move. Snow notices it, as she eats her cereal in the morning and looks...

Once Upon a Time Recap--Season 1, Episode 1--Pilot

Okay. I have been reading some funny recaps of old TV shows, and I thought, hey, that looks like fun. I can do that. Recently, I've been re-watching what was on...

The Snoopy and Belle Phenomenon--When I Was a Kid (My Entry for the #IWasAKid Challenge)

I could write so many of these. But, here is a first entry. I've been fascinated by @grow-pro's iwasakid challenge for a while, but was working on posting my no...

Sarah, Returned--Epilogue, Part 2 (A Steemit Original Novel)

Lizzie stares blankly at him, mouth agape.  “Oh, don’t give me that look, Lizzie,” Jacob says, dismissing her stunned expression with an irritated wave. He...

Sarah, Returned--Epilogue, Part 1 (A Steemit Original Novel)

Jacob sets his cell phone down on the kitchen counter.  “That was Matt,” he says. “He wants to come over and ask me some questions about his grandmother an...

Sarah, Returned--Chapter 48 (A Steemit Original Novel)

I pause to stop myself from raising my voice too high and catching the kids’ attention. Leaning my head down, I look up at his sincere expression, stunned. “Wha...

Sarah, Returned--Chapter 47 (A Steemit Original Novel)

“Oh, I did find something cool in the historical records,” I say, remembering my search from yesterday. “Check it out.”  I type an address into the search ...

Sarah, Returned--Chapter 46 (A Steemit Original Novel)

It’s amazing how resilient kids are. My little ones have been pulled away from everything they’ve ever known and dropped into an alien environment, their friend...

Sarah, Returned--Chapter 45 (A Steemit Original Novel)

When I told Matt I never expected Joshua to leave his own time and adapt to life more than 300 years in the future, I meant it. The moment I realized it was my ...