Tears on the Equator: Muzungu Gerasimos I. Kambites File Size: 6135 KB Print Length: 397 pages Publisher: FriesenPress; 1 edition (September 14, 2014) Language: English ASIN: B00NLRMIBI BOOK BLURB: In the beginning, in 1973, when a young couple met at a seminary in the city of Boston, during a time of great racial tension over […]
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Some days I hate to tell anyone that I am a journalist. The field of news reporting has changed so much since I worked at newspapers and magazines, I hardly recognize it at times. The latest fiasco is about Brian Williams, anchor for NBC News, and his “embellishing the facts” in some news reports. Public
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Please help me welcome Slim Randles with another bit of friv… er… humor to brighten our mid-week and push us off to Friday with a chuckle. Let’s join the guys at the Mule Barn truck stop and have a hot cup of coffee. Enjoy…. It might have been the winter doldrums that did it. You
In lieu of a Valentine’s Day party we had a Mardi Gras celebration at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts and it was great fun. There was lots of good food, festive decorations and costumes, and music on our grand piano thanks to Mary White and Paul Miller. How was your Valentine’s Day weekend? What
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I was alarmed and dismayed when I heard about the three young people killed in North Carolina this past week. Deah Barakat, 23; his wife of a little more than six weeks, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Razan, 19 — were shot and killed at a housing complex near the University of North
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I’m over at The Blood-Red Pencil blog today having some fun with Valentine’s Day jokes, so if you need a laugh, hop on over. But do stay here long enough to read this wonderful essay by my Wednesday’s Guest today, Slim Randles. I enjoy his stories so much and especially loved this essay about snow.
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As part of the celebration for Doubletake winning the 2015 Best Mystery Award from the Texas Association of Authors, I decided to do a Kindle Countdown deal, so the book will be only $1.99 for today and tomorrow, then it will go up to $2.99 for two days before going back to full price on
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Between the Winnsboro Center for the Arts and the Main Street Community Players in Sulphur Springs, Texas, I have been, and will continue to be very busy this month. We are planning a Mardi Gras party at the WCA, and at the theatre we are in rehearsals for a show to open early in March.
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I am pleased to have as today’s Wednesday’s Guest, author Emma Calin, who has written some delightful children’s books that I reviewed last Sunday. In visiting her website, I discovered that she has also written books for adults. She lives part of the time in the UK and the rest in France, thus her unusual
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First off, I have some happy-dance news. Doubletake, the mystery I wrote with Margaret Sutton, has won the 2015 Best Mystery Award from the Texas Association of Authors. The award ceremony will take place in April in conjunction with the D.E.A.R Texas Event celebrating and encouraging reading and honoring Texas authors. Winners in all categories
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