When I was a kid, I remember seeing hundreds of butterflies, even in Michigan, which is not even on the migration path of these lovely, delicate creatures. In the last two decades the population of Monarch butterflies has gone down from 1 billion to approximately 30 million today, primarily because of the destruction of their […]
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Please help me welcome Cheryl Hollon as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. Cheryl wrote the cozy mystery Pane and Suffering that I reviewed last Sunday, and she is here to share some of the sacrifices we writers make in the name of research. While she may have struggled a bit to find just the right food and
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Pane and Suffering Cheryl Hollon File Size: 945 KB Print Length: 320 pages Publisher: Kensington (September 29, 2015) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00RRT32HK Book Blurb: Savanna Webb returns to her hometown to bury her father, John Webb, and sell his glass blowing shop to his partner, Hugh Trevor. At
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On Monday, I shared a few pictures of the glorious cloud formations that I get to enjoy here in my little corner of East Texas, and I have a couple more today. These are some thunderheads that formed the other day, but unfortunately passed on by without leaving anything behind. Still, they were lovely to
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Slim Randles is back as today’s Wednesday’s Guest with the latest installment of the saga of Dud and the book he has been writing forever. Slim has also shared Dud’s progress now and then at The Blood-Red Pencil blog, so you can hop over there if you’d care to read an earlier update. In the
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First I want to share a few pictures of the Texas sky I took recently. I do love the many cloud formations that I can see early in the morning and at sunset. There is something so awe-inspiring about the splendid colors splashed across the backdrop of blue. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so
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Like most people, I am dismayed at the latest in too many mass killings, that as President Obama said following the tragedy in Oregon, “Have become routine.” How sad is that? A friend on Facebook pointed out that there has been over 275 mass shootings so far in 2015, and I was shocked. Checking to
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Thought I would start us off with a chuckle today. I saw this on Facebook and thought it was a hoot. Don’t we all feel like this some days? And I’m especially feeling it this morning after hearing about another mass shooting. Is it ever going to end? For some time I have been saying
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Today’s Wednesday’s Guest is Mary Reed, who, with her husband Eric Mayer, wrote the historical mystery Murder in Megara that I reviewed this past Sunday. Mary is here sharing a bit about chance meetings and old friends, both topics that bring a smile. Since this is all very British – except WordPress wanted all the
First I want to share the glorious sunrise that greeted me this morning. Even though I sometimes hate to drag myself out of bed early in the morning, the reward is worth it. Last Friday I posted just a bit about the message that Pope Francis gave to all of us via his speech to
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