Moving day is getting closer, so this will probably be my last blog post until after I’m settled in the new house. During my sorting and packing I’ve come across a few of my newspaper columns that I wrote for many years when my husband and I were raising our family. The kids were young […]
Humor to Brighten A Day Read More »
This time of year is always a but rough as my thoughts often turn to my husband who died in 2013. Our wedding anniversary is late in August, and the anniversary of his death is Sept. 5. Then there are all the fall holidays, which he loved to much, with his birthday tossed into the
The following is an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. The book is a collection of the humor columns I used to write for the Plano Star Courier, a suburb of Dallas. A number of readers had suggested I put them together in a book, and a number of years later
Kids do Nothing for our Self Esteem Read More »
I didn’t think that saying I was crazy busy was necessarily a negative thing until I read a recent article by author, Tim Kreider called The ‘Crazy Busy’ Trap. In the article he gave examples of how we have become to busy for things that we used to do routinely, like connecting with family and
Canyon of DeceitBy DiAnn Mills Romantic SuspensePublisher: Tyndale FictionPages: 338Publication Date: September 9, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS*** A missing child. A deadly conspiracy. A race against time. When survival expert Therese Palmer is called to find a kidnapped girl, she quickly realizes the truth is more dangerous than she imagined. Enlisting the help of Texas Ranger
Book Review and Giveaway Read More »
No words for the insanity in politics. Absolutely no words. So to keep us all in a relatively peaceful place with blood pressure in close to normal ranges and no panic attacks pending, I’ll let Slim Randles entertain us with a fun story about Old Man Jenkins and cats. Enjoy!!! Let’s ask a hypothetical question
How To Train a Cat – Maybe Read More »
So happy to showcase this new book in the two-part prequel to To Rescue a Witch. I enjoyed that first book that I read by this author, so I know I’ll like this one. It will be so good to know the backstory of these women and their special gifts. I’m certain that everyone who
Book Preview: To Condemn a Witch by Lisa A. Traugott Read More »
Here in the United States we are in a new Gilded Age – well, at least our president is doing all he can to further that image with his penchant for over-the-top golden opulence. From wearing gold ties to sitting in a sparkling new Oval Office, he’s reveling in all the gold. Then there’s the
Gold, Gold, And More Gold Read More »
Back in 2011, when I was still living out in the country, I wrote a blog post about how Gardening is Good For the Soul. In the piece I reminisced about my grandmother who tended a garden up the hill behind her house in West Virginia, working a half acre or so every season until
Are You An Earth Mage? Read More »
In addition to the fact that it’s so hard for me to shy away from writing opinion pieces, this is why I keep posting what is considered controversial: “Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth, and it spreads out from the page into all of our life, and it should. Otherwise, there
Friends in High Places Read More »
