Since I’ve been busier than a one-armed paper hanger recently, I’m going to let my friend Slim Randles entertain you today. But first, a word about that old adage. In my youth, I hung a lot of wall paper, and I have to say that there’s no way that a person can do that with […]
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As things move down the path toward the release of this fourth book in the Seasons Mystery Series, I’m happy to share another excerpt from the story. This is the beginning of Chapter Four, following the shooting downtown Dallas in the midst of protests over the killing of an unarmed young black man by a
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Brutal Season, the fourth book in the Seasons Mystery Series is getting closer and closer to being ready for the release date of April 10. The cover is finished, thanks to the awesome graphic designer Dany. I’d say she was awesome even if she wasn’t my daughter. 🙂 This coming Friday there’ll be a book
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What I’m Currently Reading The Doctor’s WifeMyra Hargrave McIlvainIndies United PublishingJanuary 24, 2023 Amelia Anton leaves Germany in 1845 on an immigrant ship bound for Texas. After the death at sea of the child she is hired to tutor, her employer abandons her in Galveston. Reduced to emptying hotel chamber pots, Amelia quickly accepts the
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The following is the first part of Chapter Two in the fourth installment of the Seasons Mystery Series. The self-editing is almost finished, and I’ll send the ms off to the editor this weekend. Met with the graphic artist this week, and we picked images for the cover, so things are moving along nicely for
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Let’s all take a moment to stop what we are doing and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr as we commemorate his birthday today. If only his dream of equality and justice for all could come true for people of color everywhere. In years past, I’ve written about Dr. King and his legacy here on
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The good news is that I’ve finally finished this book I’ve been writing for so long. I started it in late 2021 when Angel popped into my head again, demanding a story. Due to my friend Ramsay Hunt Syndrome that has caused so many neurological problems and other complications, the writing took many more months
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Are you partying tonight? My celebration will be small, just me and one of my sons and we’ll toast the New Year around ten o’clock because it’s midnight somewhere. 🙂 Tomorrow I’ll make a few of the good-luck dishes, just because I like them, and enjoy a day of working on a new jigsaw puzzle.
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Even though we’re in the middle of the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, and Kwanzaa was yesterday, and Hanukkah just ended, it’s still a good time to spread more cheer. Every year for the past few, I’ve given my friends and family a gift of one of my stories, and this year
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Here at my house preparations are underway for company to arrive this evening. Well, dinner preparations that involves soup making and perhaps a bit of a clean-up of the house. 🙂 The rest of the holiday prep is complete. Presents wrapped. (check) Cookies and pumpkin bread baked. (check) Cards mailed. (check) All that is left