It’s true. I really am turning into the same kind of curmudgeon as my grandfather who used to throw his slippers at the TV or radio when there was some news item that stirred his ire, as well as a few chosen words. That’s the way I’ve felt too often in the last few years […]
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PAPER TARGETSbyPatricia Watts Suspense / Literary Fiction / Women’s FictionPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: May 3, 2022 324 pages Scroll down for a giveaway! Everyone knew that Roanne never got angryยญโuntil the night she killed her ex-husband and herself Roanne, a nice, suburban lady in her sixties who works at a Hallmark shop and volunteers at
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This is a perfect offering from Slim Randles to share on the blog today. It’s roasting here in Texas and has been for several weeks. No rain for several weeks, either, with none in sight. And of course there is no global warming. Sigh… Anyway, it’s too hot to rant about anything, even though the
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My birthday and Fourth of July mini-vacation was going great until I heard the news late Monday night about the mass shooting in Illinois during a Fourth of July parade in the city of Highland Park. Seven people were killed and dozens injured. I almost got whiplash as I went from extreme happiness and joy
Since I’m still in recovery mode from my shoulder surgery and some complications that popped up – literally as in swollen feet and legs – I’m pulling a post from July 2015. My friend Slim Randles wrote about what the Fourth of July holiday means in this thoughtful essay about parades, flags, and Independence Day.
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One of these weeks, months, I’ll get back to a regular working routine. As of today, time on the keyboard is still limited. Some things I can dictate, like work on my book, but I’ve always needed to punch the keys for updating the blog. Goes back to my newspaper days when I wrote columns
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Police in my little city are going down the street ticketing cars that are parked on the grass. Not the grass by the street, mind you, where it could be considered a traffic hazard, but the grass in the people’s own yards. Apparently there is some kind of ordinance here that says a car has
Sending a warm greeting to all my friends and family members who are celebrating the day. It will be a quiet one for me as the two most important men in my life, my father and my husband, are now playing Euchre together in heaven. Being by myself is okay, though, as I’m still in
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Tomorrow it’ll be two weeks since the surgery to repair the rotator cuff in my shoulder. Before the surgery, I was hoping to be doing much better by this point, but I still have quite a bit of recovery to go. I’m sure that has something to do with old bodies and old bones. ๐
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THE STEALING TIME SERIES Stealing TimeShattering TimeKilling TimebyKJ WATERS Time Travel / Suspense / Romance / Alt History / MysteryPublisher: Blondie Books Scroll down for Giveaway! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stealing Time, December 20, 2014, 319 pages A devastating hurricane. A time travel betrayal. Will Ronnie survive the witch hunt or forever be lost in time? Stealing Time
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