Just like Friday’s blog post, the following is another one that wasn’t at all what I’d had in mind. There had been a plan, but that old cliché reared it’s ugly head. “The best laid plans…” and all that. Let me explain. The original idea for today was to share a little bit from a …
Wow to say that the news over the weekend was horrific is an understatement. For the one person who may not have heard, former president Trump suffered a gunshot wound at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Thankfully, he is okay. A bullet grazed his ear, but he had no other injuries. Sadly Corey Comperatore, …
Before posting the book review, I want to share a couple of inspirational items that a friend sent me. First: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King Jr. Oh, how true that is. The unknown can be so scary, but we never get past where …
Since the beauty of Spring is popping up all over, making me smile a lot, I thought it a good time to have Slim Randles share his ode to Spring. Not that he calls it that, as you’ll discover when you read on, but it is a heartfelt tribute to this birth of new life …
A BEGGAR’S BARGAIN The Bargainer Series, Book OnebyJan Sikes Historical Fiction / Literary FictionPublisher: Fresh Ink GroupDate of Publication: March 12, 2024Number of Pages: 324 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! A shocking proposal that changes everything Desperate to honor his father’s dying wish, Layken Martin vows to do whatever it takes to save the family …
Yesterday, Easter Sunday, while talking with one of my sons, the conversation moved from talking about guitars and guitar players – one very talented one I recently met on Twitter Matt Steady – to my father – a talented player himself – to my father’s dementia from Alzheimer’s. Whew! That’s one of the longest, disconnected …
Mark Twain once said that “under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer,” and people have been swearing as long as they’ve been praying. That’s an interesting tidbit of trivia about Mark Twain, and it is a fact that folks have used colorful language for a lot more than describing pretty flowers or what’s on …
A friend sent me this devotional the other day and it has a good message for us, no matter what God we believe in. The world is royally messed up, and many of us are spinning, emotionally and mentally through that as well as personal challenges. “It is easy to feel fearful and discouraged when …
If you’re not familiar with Read an eBook Week, it was founded by Smashwords author Rita Toews in 2004 and is the longest-running international celebration of eBooks and the readers who love them. It’s also longest-running Smashwords sale, going all the way back to 2009. I’ve been part of the annual celebration since 2010 and it has always been …
Well, maybe not the latest, but just one in the myriad of things they do that boggle some minds. as I wasn’t aware of until the recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court declaring that frozen embryos in fertility clinics are children. Last week, a case was brought to the Alabama Supreme Court by three …