First a note to all of the politicians who have been politicizing the current pandemic, and the horrible effects of climate change that we can see in the fires that are consuming vast swaths of the West Coast, as well as the hurricanes that are starting to smash into gulf states. I am so tired […]
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It’s always with great anticipation that I look forward to seeing what Slim Randles is going to write about Autumn. I think he does the season great justice. So, without further ado, grab a piece of pie and help me welcome Slim as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. Enjoy… September. Our month of change. Our month of
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Autumn is beginning to show itself in cooler nights and a few gold and red leaves starting to drift from nearby trees. I love Autumn. Maybe because the worst of the Texas heat is gone for another year. Hopefully no 100+ days in the forecast until next July, but also because of the bold colors.
One thing I don’t want to do in the midst of the current dismal state of our society is let the memory of that horrible day on September 11, 2001 get lost in the barrage of all the depressing news around us. Not that we need another bleak something to focus on, but it
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THE EDGE OF BELONGING by AMANDA COX Genre: Christian Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Revell Date of Publication: September 8, 2020 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for the giveaway! When Ivy Rose returns to her hometown to oversee her late grandmother’s estate sale, she soon discovers that the woman left behind more than trinkets and photo frames—she
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Even though the Labor Day Weekend is winding down, I do want to take a moment to wish all my U.S. readers a happy holiday. I especially want to send a “job well done” message to first responders, hospital workers, and essential workers. You are doing tremendous work during this uncertain time of the COVID19
It’s been seven years since my husband died on this date. It was a Thursday in 2013, and after a lingering breakfast during which we had one of the best talks we’d had in some time, he left to do his volunteer stint at the Winnsboro Center For the Arts. There, he had a heart
Oh how I love this essay from Slim Randles, who is here as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. Maybe because I, too, enjoy a summer evening on the back porch, as long as the mosquitoes stay away, and I do enjoy a tune on the guitar. There was a time I could pluck a string or two.
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I’m going to do something different this Friday for my blog post. Partially because Mr Ramsay Hunt is kicking my butt big time this week, and the meds I take to control the pain from trigeminal neuralgia make my brain really foggy. Image courtesy of The Empaths’s Guide to Becoming Worth a Damn Also, I
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Please help me welcome Patrick Canning as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. He’s the author of Hawthorn Woods, which I reviewed last Sunday, as well as The Colonel And The Bee, which I reviewed here in August 2018. Patrick answered a few questions about his latest book, writing, and what he does when he isn’t writing. So,
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