As my vacation wound down, it was especially hard to leave the lake after three wonderful days of lovely scenery and wonderful company with my brother and sister. In Memphis, there were two gatherings with the whole family, Friday and Saturday, and I got to visit with brothers and sisters I haven’t seen in years. […]
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They can go together, honest. 🙂 First off, after many delays, the paperback version of Brutal Season is finally ready and available at Amazon. As soon as possible, I’ll get it live at other outlets. Work is just so incredibly slow these days as I deal with health issues, that I hesitate to set dates
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MAGICAL ELEMENTSOF THE PERIODIC TABLEPRESENTED ALPHABETICALLYBY THE METAL HORN UNICORNSThe Blue Unicorn’s Journey to Osm Series bySybrina DurantIllustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam Children’s Book / Science & Nature / Mythical CreaturesPublisher: Sybrina PublishingDate of Publication: February 7, 2023 – 41 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Ready to learn the magic of science? Metals and all the
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My plan was to do a really thoughtful blog post inspired by a podcast I’ve been listening to on the Ezra Klein show. This past Tuesday, he had a conversation with Jennifer Pahlka about why the U.S. government has such a hard time providing services. What was most striking about what she had to say
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Happy Monday! A good way to start the week is with a smile. Total patient health care. When I worked in the hospital many moons ago, one of my duties was to attend the daily discharge rounds on the floors that I covered as a chaplain. These daily gatherings were attended by nurses from the
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My apologies for not having anything on my blog to commemorate Memorial Day. It’s not like the holiday meant less to me than it has is years past, it’s just that my body decided to rebel with a myriad of issues that made me feel sicker than death on a cracker. Thankfully, my kids came
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Okay, I couldn’t hold a rant back any longer. As the politicians play games in Washington about raising the debt ceiling so our country doesn’t default on loans, their political machinations are creating havoc. Instead of agreeing to raise the ceiling, then hammering out a new budget after we reverted a crisis, they’re busy protecting
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THE PUPPY ADVENTURESOF PORTER & MIDGE:OUT AND ABOUT byJennie Chen and Giselle NevadaIllustrated by Ann Kelble Children’s Book / Pet Books / Pet CarePublisher: Raise the Woof PressPage Count: 38 pagesPublication Date: May 16, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! ***** SYNOPSIS ***** Introducing The Puppy Adventures of Porter and Midge: Out and About –
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If you’re a writer, you know the unusual ways stories can present themselves. Sometimes it’s with an incident that stimulates creative speculation. Sometimes it’s a need to illustrate some aspect of society in fictional form. And sometimes it’s when a character becomes like a real person in our lives. The latter is what happens to
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As someone who personally knows the horrible effects of Ramsey Hunt Syndrome, I can sympathize with the challenges that California Senator Diane Feinstein faces. I was lucky that I didn’t get encephalitis which can be a serious complication of the condition, but I know the pain and the limitations of this debilitating neurological condition. It’s
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