THE BULLS OF BASHANBy Jodi Lea Stewart Historical Fiction, Mystery Action and Adventure, Quest FictionPublisher: Progressive Phoenix RisingPublication Date: June 17, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** In a diner on the edge of a dusty Texas border town, a young waitress’s life takes an unexpected turn when she is swept into a high-stakes adventure. Recruited by […]
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I didn’t think that saying I was crazy busy was necessarily a negative thing until I read a recent article by author, Tim Kreider called The ‘Crazy Busy’ Trap. In the article he gave examples of how we have become to busy for things that we used to do routinely, like connecting with family and
No words for the insanity in politics. Absolutely no words. So to keep us all in a relatively peaceful place with blood pressure in close to normal ranges and no panic attacks pending, I’ll let Slim Randles entertain us with a fun story about Old Man Jenkins and cats. Enjoy!!! Let’s ask a hypothetical question
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Here in the United States we are in a new Gilded Age – well, at least our president is doing all he can to further that image with his penchant for over-the-top golden opulence. From wearing gold ties to sitting in a sparkling new Oval Office, he’s reveling in all the gold. Then there’s the
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Back in 2011, when I was still living out in the country, I wrote a blog post about how Gardening is Good For the Soul. In the piece I reminisced about my grandmother who tended a garden up the hill behind her house in West Virginia, working a half acre or so every season until
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In addition to the fact that it’s so hard for me to shy away from writing opinion pieces, this is why I keep posting what is considered controversial: “Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth, and it spreads out from the page into all of our life, and it should. Otherwise, there
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My life and my house are literally in turmoil. I’m in the process of getting my house ready to put on the market, so I have a lot of decluttering to do to “stage” it for pictures for the listing. I’ve never been an uncluttered kind of person. You can ask my older sister who
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As an editor it’s always a thrill to work with an author who hits a best-seller list, and that has happened to me a few times in my long career as an editor. What has never happened before is having two back-to-back clients who hit that mark. The first, Cancer’s Wake Up Call: A Warriors
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It’s been a crazy, eventful month and I’m still reeling emotionally from the death of my good friend, followed closely by the death of my brother-in-law. Plus, I’ve had to make some major decisions affecting me personally, so at times I feel like my emotions are being turned into a dinner salad. It’s hard to
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Last week, I posted about the death of my friend, Flo, and said I’d share more of our fun times together in future blog posts. So, here it is. Most of the following is taken from a column I used to write for a newspaper in a suburb of Dallas. For a while I was
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