I love it when my friends have good news to share, and earlier this week I received this press release from Slim Randles: Albuquerque-based writer and former mule packer Slim Randles will receive The Rounders Award at a reception October 16 at Governor Susana Martinez’s residence in Santa Fe. Named for the classic novel by […]
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Some news to share before I let Slim Randles entertain you with his cowboy humor. First off, my friend, Irene Sandell, has a new book out. Irene is a retired history teacher in North Texas, and she has a wonderful way of blending fact and fiction in her books. Don’t you just love the cover?
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I recently read an interesting article by Madeline Levine, a psychologist, educator, and co-founder of Challenge Success a project birthed at Stanford’s School of Education. She wrote about the dangers of overparenting and said that “Fostering autonomy is key to rearing successful kids.” Gosh. I knew that. Some years ago I even tried to market
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Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, And Malice Paperback: 172 pages Publisher: Nodin Pr (September 12, 2012) ISBN-10: 1935666436 ISBN-13: 978-1935666431 This anthology is the work of the authors of The Minnesota Crime Wave, a group that includes Carl Brookins, Elizabeth Gunn, Pat Dennis, William Kent Krueger, and Joel Arnold, as well as ten other
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Today I am over at Venture Galleries blogging about what it means to be famous, or maybe not so famous. Last month I read an article about the delay of the Ground Zero Museum in New York. It seems that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo can’t agree on whether the
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My Wednesday’s Guest today is my friend Slim Randles. If it wasn’t for him, I would probably have a lot of blank pages on Wednesdays. (smile) Thanks to Slim for being so generous with his work. He doesn’t get paid for this. I don’t get paid for this. We just do it because we like
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As this campaign season winds down – thank goodness – I’m trying to not let my cynicism over the mess that government and politics are in to deter me from voting. It is so easy to say to hell with it all and stay out of the mess, and plenty of people do, but that