What on earth is going on in Hungary? Just reading snippets of news it sounds like a revisit of Nazi Germany. This from Reuters today: Hungarian police halted a train packed with migrants bound for the Austrian border and tried to force them to disembark in a town with a detention camp on Thursday, […]
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Slim Randles is my Wednesday’s Guest today with a poignant story about a dog and an old man. They are so good for each other. If you are looking for some humor today, you could hop over to The Blood-Red Pencil where I have a post about the fun of writing with kids underfoot. They
Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (July 14, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0062409859 ISBN-13: 978-0062409850 BOOK BLURB: Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—”Scout”—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were
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Here we are at the end of another week. It has been a busy one for me, and it seems like that has become a habit with me of late. While I have been busy with editing for a client, writing and taking care of some business, I have made time to get outside and
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Please help me welcome Jeannette deBeauvoir as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. I reviewed her wonderful mystery, Asylum, on Sunday, and am so happy she is here to share a bit about her research, her love of history, and her travels. I’m thinking she might like a nice cup of tea and a biscuit, so do please
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Here’s something different for today and having a book to promote worked well with my busy, busy schedule. I had no time to gather material for the usual Monday Morning Musings, so when I was asked to help with the promotion for this new series, I was delighted. I will be honest and admit that
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Asylum: A Mystery Jeannette de Beauvoir File Size: 1145 KB Print Length: 320 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 10, 2015) Publication Date: March 10, 2015 ASIN: B00MSYOCNC BOOK BLURB: Martine LeDuc is the director of PR for the mayor’s office in Montreal. When four women are found brutally murdered and shockingly posed on park benches
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Because I feel so strongly about a recent post I read by Emily Frankel on her terrific blog, Em’s Talkery, I want to share the link and just a bit of what she wrote. Her topic was displaced people. Twelve year-old Atahurahman, crammed in a boat for 3½ months with 400 people, had to sit
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I hope everyone had a great weekend. As so often happens, mine was spent in large part at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts. On Saturday there was a concert with Beyond the Pale, a wonderful band that does a mix of Celtic, Americana and Folk, with a polka or two thrown into the mix.
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Slim Randles and his pals at the Mule Barn Truck Stop are back as today’s Wednesday’s guests. Please make them feel welcome. For refreshments today, I have some pie to go with my iced tea. Help yourself to a slice. It’s virtual so it is endless. You can have coffee with your pie if you
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