Currently, I’ve been rewriting my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck, in preparation for releasing a new version with a new cover and professional formatting. When I first published the book, I formatted it myself, which was a mistake as I’m not tech savvy enough to do that properly. The cover is […]
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So, I totally forgot to take advantage of early voting here in TX and will have to do it in person Tuesday. Finally found my polling place, and it’s not far from my house, so that’s good. Hoping the lines aren’t long as I can’t stand in one place very long. Sigh… I also forgot
Turning the blog over to Slim Randles today so we can all smile a little and maybe even chuckle at some of the antics of the guys who gather at the Mule Barn Truck Stop on a regular basis. First up is a story about Delbert’s attempt to get Marvin to join the Chamber of
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As Black History Month winds down a woman I follow on Twitter/X, Michelle B Young, posted a map with dates of race riots that occurred in cities across the U.S. starting as far back as the Civil War. The first riot I was aware of outside of the one in Detroit that happened in 1967,
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Please help me welcome Cathy Miller to the blog today. She explains here a little about how and why she started participating in the 3-Day Walk For the Cure, and more importantly why she’s still involved. Last week I reviewed her book, Perfectly Imperfect, which is a memoir of her experiences in the years she’s
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The title of this post will make sense in a minute. I promise. I hope. Please bear with me. The first side of the contrast is based on the fact that after a year of the start of the current administration, I still struggle to make sense of the shit-show that is our government in
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Last weekend I was gut-punched by the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. That day, like any mother anywhere, I thought of his parents and their terrible grief. Grief is certainly their’s first. I freely acknowledge that. But there is a grief that many of us are feeling as well. If grief was a circle,
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As situations worldwide and domestically get more precarious, I wonder if we’re on the precipice of something awful, ready to fall into WWIII and/or another Civil War in the States. *** Are we becoming a world of hate? *** Here at home in the U.S., as Trump and Hegseth play war games for real, I
QUIET VALOR: EVERYDAY AMERICANSBy Larry Nouvel Genre: Inspirational Nonfiction/ American Social HistoryPublication Date: November 4, 2025Pages: 241 *** SYNOPSIS *** Some acts of courage never make the news, but they keep the world turning. In every community, there are people who keep things moving simply by showing up. Quiet Valor: Everyday Americans opens with this
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Late last week I was going to do a post about this book I’ve been reading that has just blown me away. It was going to be part of my Friday Reads features, but then, well, life got in the way. I was simply numbed by the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and