So, the best laid plans and all that. My Sunday was supposed to go like this: A quick trip to the grocery store early enough in the morning to avoid lots of shoppers, then home to do just a little bit of cleaning, then work all afternoon on the quilt I’m making. Well, it’s now […]
A little bird like this has built a nest in one of my large potted plants on the front porch. When I’m in my office, supposed to be working, I can see her out and go in search of sustenance. I haven’t dared disturb her when I’m out, so I don’t know if there are
Another new crime thriller from the author of the Tracker Series and Operation Navaho. I’m looking forward to this new book coming in July. It’s one of her stand-alone thrillers, which are all enjoyable reads for those of us who like crime novels and kick-ass women protagonists. DEADLY BUSINESS BY ANITA DICKASONAnticipated Publication Date: July
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Starting off today, I want to share this cute meme a friend sent me. If you’re anything like me, you have more books than your shelves, or your e-reader, can hold. I wonder if that’s why my Kindle is dying a slow death? It’s getting choked with content. 🙂 I try to resist getting more
Before I started writing novels and screenplays, I was a journalist, working for a few regional and national publications. At the regional level, I wrote two newspaper columns, one humorous and one general. At that second gig, I could write anything I wanted, oh bless that editor’s heart who let me do that! Often those
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Dire’s Club by Kimberly Packard Publisher: Abalos PublishingPublication Date: March 23, 2021Pages: 326 Pages Categories: Action & Adventure / Contemporary / Women’s Fiction Scroll for Giveaway! Dying isn’t just hard on the ones left behind, the regret of unfinished lives weighs heavily on the terminally ill. That’s where Dire’s Club steps in, a specialty travel agency that
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First up, Happy Spring everyone. Here in NE Texas spring is popping up all over. These pansies are in a large pot in my front yard, and they will soon give way to other flowers that are happier in the heat of summer that will come our way in a couple of months. In the
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In addition to the books sent to me for review, I do occasionally get to read just for my own enjoyment, and today, I want to share a bit about a couple I just finished reading. I’ve been lucky to have two in particular that I wholeheartedly recommend for your reading pleasure. First up is
AT CLOSE RANGE: A MEMOIR OF TRAGEDY AND ADVOCACY By Leesa Ross Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Pages: 192 Pub Date: April 15, 2020 Categories: Nonfiction / Memoir / Personal Transformation / Advocacy *** Scroll Down For the Giveaway *** Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that
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Monday, Monday and the sun is shining here in my corner of the world. (I love that song by The Mamas and The Papas. Listening to it makes me want to dance.) I hope all my Texas friends and family have recovered from the horrible storm and deep-freeze that crippled our state. Family members
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