Now a couple of things I need to comment about. Things that have rankled for quite some time. First off, a note to reporters on NPR, especially those contributing to the morning news program Up First. It only lasts about ten minutes, and I listen almost every day, appreciating the quick update on things that […]
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Being a naturalized Texan, meaning I’ve lived her long enough to be considered almost a native, I’m pleased to be able to showcase this new book that is part history and part celebration of the Lone Star State. Enter the giveaway to win a copy and some cool swag. TO THE REPUBLIC The Republic Series,
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Today I’m sharing some fun and interesting trivia. Right after I put this cute cat meme up. Now, on to more serious, or not so serious stuff. I saw this at the Trivia Genius Website : “The alphabet hasn’t always been an A-to-Z affair. In fact, the very last letter added to the alphabet we
THE MAD RAMBLINGS OF A JOKER By Brandon Dillon Publisher: Paper Airplane PublishingPub Date: January 24, 2021Pages: 156 pagesCategories: Poetry / Psychology / PTSD / Veteran Stories Scroll for Giveaway! +++ BOOK BLURB +++ Poet Brandon Dillon makes his debut with The Mad Ramblings of a Joker, a brutally honest collection full of metaphor and vibrant
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Before I started writing novels and screenplays, I was a journalist, working for a few regional and national publications. At the regional level, I wrote two newspaper columns, one humorous and one general. At that second gig, I could write anything I wanted, oh bless that editor’s heart who let me do that! Often those
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THE TAKEAWAY MEN By Meryl Ain Publisher: SparkPressPub Date: August 4th, 2020Pages: 265 pagesCategories: Historical / Jewish Literature / Sibling Fiction / Holocaust With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronka and Johanna Lubinski and their parents arrive in the US from a Displaced Persons Camp. In the years after
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Dire’s Club by Kimberly Packard Publisher: Abalos PublishingPublication Date: March 23, 2021Pages: 326 Pages Categories: Action & Adventure / Contemporary / Women’s Fiction Scroll for Giveaway! Dying isn’t just hard on the ones left behind, the regret of unfinished lives weighs heavily on the terminally ill. That’s where Dire’s Club steps in, a specialty travel agency that
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A friend sent me this meme. The same one who sends me the humorous ones, and I contemplated this for a bit, thinking about how it applies to both of us, as well as all artists. My friend is a visual artist, primarily sculpting, while I’m a word artist, but we’ve bonded through the years
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STIFF LIZARD By LISA HANEBERG Series: A Spy Shop Mystery Publisher: Written Pursuits PressPages: 364 pagesPub Date: March 13th, 2021Categories: Women Sleuths / Cozy Mystery / Private Investigator / Humor Rodent Roger, a popular Galveston Island exterminator, goes missing the day after he tells private investigator and spy shop owner Xena Cali about a concerning
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Help me welcome Slim Randles as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. The pandemic sure is taking it’s toll on folks, a fact that Janice and Annette can testify to. Sometimes it makes us say the oddest things, and it’s hard to recognize a joke when we can’t see a smile. Before turning the blog over to Slim,
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