Happy Spring to everyone. It’s the time we celebrate the emergence of new life out of the barrenness of winter, and I always delight in the wildflowers that pop up in my yard and neighboring yards. I’m not sure what those lovely flowers are called, but they sprout up abundantly in early spring here in […]
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First up, Happy Spring everyone. Here in NE Texas spring is popping up all over. These pansies are in a large pot in my front yard, and they will soon give way to other flowers that are happier in the heat of summer that will come our way in a couple of months. In the
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Before I turn the blog over to Slim Randles, who’s here as today’s Wednesday’s Guest, I want to give a shout out to one of my sisters who’s celebrating a birthday today. She’s two years older than me, so she’s officially older than dirt. Parse that one out a bit. LOL I love that picture
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AGGRAVATED By Michael Sirois Publisher: Truth Boots Publishing, LLC Pages: 389 Pages Pub Date: December 11th, 2020 Categories: True Crime / Criminal Procedural Law Scroll for Giveaway! Steve’s accuser originally gave vague dates for the crime but soon abandoned those dates and even replaced the details of her claims with new ones. There was no
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This meme has nothing to do with the subject of this post, but I couldn’t resist sharing after a friend sent it to me via e-mail. All of us who love to read can relate. I’m always so glad that Slim shares his weekly essays with me, so I always have content, even when I’m
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First up, I want to tell you about another Booksweeps contest I’m sponsoring with some other mystery writers: the Crime Fiction & Thrillers BookBub Follower Giveaway Contest. It started yesterday, March 15 and runs through March 24, which happens to be my sister’s birthday. Just a nice coincidence. Like the contest that ran a couple
First up a word of caution for my friends and relatives in Texas. Just because our governor ended the mandatory mask requirement in public – despite the advice of medical experts – this is not the time to relax our safety precautions, especially for the next couple of months. Texas is still the lowest on
Since we could all use some good cheer as we mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID 19 pandemic, today’s post is just going to be about things to make us smile. I’m so thankful for a dear friend who sends me lots of great memes, and they never fail to cheer me up. They’re
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AT CLOSE RANGE: A MEMOIR OF TRAGEDY AND ADVOCACY By Leesa Ross Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Pages: 192 Pub Date: April 15, 2020 Categories: Nonfiction / Memoir / Personal Transformation / Advocacy *** Scroll Down For the Giveaway *** Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that
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Monday, Monday and the sun is shining here in my corner of the world. (I love that song by The Mamas and The Papas. Listening to it makes me want to dance.) I hope all my Texas friends and family have recovered from the horrible storm and deep-freeze that crippled our state. Family members
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