PINTSIZED PIONEERS: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a TimeBy Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis Young Adult / Nonfiction / HistoryPublisher: Bariso PressPages: 184Publication Date: September 24, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Children tread lightly through the pages of Old West history. Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time gives frontier […]
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The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball By Barbara Radnofsky and Ed Supkis Biography / Golf / Space TravelPublisher: Stoney Creek PublishingPages: 202Publication Date: September 17, 2024 *** SYNOPSIS *** In 1971, famed astronaut Alan Shepard returned from the moon and went to get a haircut. Before settling into the barber’s chair in Webster,
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Looking back on September 11th, 2001 through the lens of current affairs, I can’t help but wonder what happened. What happened to that spirit of national unity we all felt for almost a whole year? What happened to that outpouring of concern and help for our neighbors that followed the horrible devastation in New York,
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What did I come in here for? The last few weeks have been a little rough emotionally as we make plans to have my husband’s ashes interred at the Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery. He is eligible due to his military service in the Air Force. He served four years between the Korean War and Vietnam,
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HOLLOW OUT THE DARK By James Wade Literary Fiction / Southern Gothic / Rural FictionPublisher: Blackstone PublishingPages: 328Publication Date: August 20, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to
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On Tuesday, following President Biden’s speech at the DNC Monday night some pundits were quick to say that Joe Biden’s legacy will be determined by the outcome of the next election. What?!? That’s all? Not the things he’s accomplished in his 50+ years of serving the country in one position in government or another? The
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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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So, you’d think I’d learn after all the time I’ve spent on this planet, that I should stop making plans. I do suspect that the old cliché, “The best laid plans” and all that was coined just for me. Let me explain. A few weeks ago, I finished the first draft of my WIP, One
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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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