The Romance Studio is having a Thanksgiving Party, with lots of prizes, a Nook and free books. Lots of authors participating and I am sharing my pumpkin pie recipe. Today I’m over at the Blood Red Pencil with a post about thankfulness. Hop over if you have a moment and let me know what you […]
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Getting a late start in my office this morning. The burn bans that have been in effect all summer and into fall here in East Texas have been lifted, and I had piles of dead brush and other things that needed to be burned, so I played with fire this morning. Felt good to get
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Please welcome Rana DiOrio and Dani Greer, who are on a tour letting people know about a wonderful new book. What Does It Mean To Be Safe? By Rana DiOrio – Illustrated by Sandra Salsbury What a lovely book with a terrific message delivered in a straight-forward manner with delightful illustrations. Kids will love the
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Watching Sixty Minutes last night, I was dismayed when viewing Steve Kroft’s report on how members of Congress have used insider information to make huge profits on the stock market. For the report, Kroft interviewed Peter Schweizer, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, who wrote a book about soft corruption in Washington with a team
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ReunionCarl BrookinsISBN: 978-1-59080-668-5Echelon Press This book straddles the fence between being a cozy and a hard-boiled tale. Jack Marston, former investigator for the U.S. Navy, is now director of student services at a small college in Minneapolis, so he doesn’t consider himself a law-enforcement officer anymore, but he keeps getting pulled into investigations in this
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Since it is deer hunting season in most states, I thought this piece from Slim would be fun to share. Enjoy…. It was that particular crispness in the pre-dawn air that got Jasper up and out early. He wasn’t going to the diggin’s today but had something else in mind. After Arthur finished his kibble,
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I haven’t shared an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck, in quite a while, so I thought I would do that for today. I really can’t do Monday Morning Musings because I am actually writing this on Sunday. Tomorrow I will be out of pocket all day. Enjoy….. Nothing
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Thanks to Carl Brookins for another review. He does pick some good books to offer for our reading pleasure…. The Eye of the VirginBy Frederick RamseyPub. Poisoned Pen PressJune, 2010, Hard Cover.254 pages.ISBN: 9781590587607 Review by Carl Brookins Sheriff Ike Schwartz is in it again. Some odd break-ins have occurred in the area around the
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What is it they say about the best laid plans…..? I was going to come into my office first thing this morning and get my blog done, then maybe a bit of work on my book before the day got away from me. That plan went down the river when first the crew showed up
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Please welcome Chris Redding as she shares some advice to make this a kinder world…. She also has a gift for one lucky visitor, so please leave a comment. Son #2 has a shirt from his cross country coach that has a message I think is great: Train Hard, Run Fast, Be Nice. Just Be
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