One of the newsletters I subscribe to comes from History Facts.com and every day a new bit of trivia lands in my mailbox. The short article is always interesting and often delves into little known facts. Such as the ones I stole, er, borrowed to lead off the blog today. First is this about the […]
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HALLOW: A FRACTURED FAMILY TALE A Black Orchid Enterprises Mystery, Book #5By M.R. Dimond Mystery / Cozy Mystery / Lawyers & Criminals HumorPublisher: Rock Rose PressPages: 321Publication Date: May 30, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Family: What you don’t know can kill you. Young Texas attorney JD Thompson enjoys his life in a small Texas
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DEUS TEX MACHINA: The Second Calamity ofQED Morningwoodby Rob Witherspoon Science Fiction / Humor / SatirePages: 163Publication Date: June 13, 2022 QED “Kid” Morningwood is back with big plans to create a death tourism industry. Working with his old Metaphysics professor from Texas Alchemical and Metaphysical University, he delves the purgatorial realms gathering data for
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One of the items that pops up in my online mailbox every day is an article from Nice News. Nice news is so much better than some of the other news we see, and the articles they share are always interesting. As is this one about dressing. No, not for the turkey, but how and
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Open Season, the first book in the popular Seasons Mystery Series is free today and tomorrow for Kindle users even those who don’t have Kindle Unlimited. This is done periodically to give all Kindle readers a chance to snag the book and meet Sarah & Angel, two homicide detectives who fight crime on the mean
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Welcome to the blog and this guest post from Slim Randles. If you read my post yesterday, you know I just don’t have the spirit, but Slim still does. And his thoughtful essay really does capture the essence and spirit of what this day means to so many. Enjoy… We all watched as the flag
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Patriotism used to run deep in my blood- in my bones. Born on the 4th of July there has always been a strong bond between me and this once Great Nation of the United States. In years past that patriotism would stir an excitement in me as my birthday and the birthday of our independence
Before posting the book review, I want to share a couple of inspirational items that a friend sent me. First: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King Jr. Oh, how true that is. The unknown can be so scary, but we never get past where
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THIS TIME AROUND byKimberly PackardTime Travel Romance / Contemporary Women’s Fiction / Romantic Comedy Publisher: Abalos PublishingDate of Publication: June 11, 2024Number of Pages: 286 pages SYNOPSIS Most of us would jump at a chance for a do-over of our teenage years…but what if our worst mistakes lead to our happily-ever-after? Josie Gardner’s life revolves
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This meme isn’t really very funny as it has gotten to triple digits here in my corner of Texas. High humidity, too, which makes the heat as heavy as an old quilt with feather ticking. While I sit with ice on my hip, I browse the Internet and recently read an interesting story about termites