Natalie Marshall, a junior at a Dallas high school, recently wrote a column for The Dallas Morning News about how precious memories are. She was inspired to write because her grandmother has Alzheimer’s, and the old lady’s memories are fading, but that wasn’t the main point she wanted to make. Because of the mental devastation […]
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Hi, my name is Frank Perelli and I’m the character in Maryann Miller’s story, “Over the Threshold”, that is in The Corner Café A Tasty Collection of ShortStories. This picture you see here isn’t really me. It’s what I wish I looked like. That’s a picture of Sam Spade, a really famous character. The only
I don’t often get real personal here on the blog since I don’t hold with putting everything in life out in cyberspace for anyone to read, but I feel compelled to write this. Today a dear friend called to tell me her husband died yesterday. I knew the time was close. Jan had called last
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Thanks again to Slim Randles for sharing some of the fun down at the Mule Barn Truck Stop with us today….. “It’s June, by golly!” said Doc. “Isn’t it great? I mean, all the summer to look forward to. Fishing, swimming, camping, heat stroke, dehydration, skateboard accidents and the occasional case of appendicitis.” “That’s what
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If you were one of the three people who looked for me over at Pat Bean’s blog, there was a bit of a mix-up and she has a different guest there today. However, you might want to pop over to meet Helen Ginger and get to read her short story that is in the book,
My guest today is Slim Randles. Sometimes his Home Country offerings are humorous stories about the gang down at the Mule Barn Truck Stop, but other times he gets a bit poetic. This is one of his more thoughtful pieces. Enjoy….. This is sunset one fall evening at Grandma’s Ranch. There’s something to be said
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When I first got the idea to write my woman’s novel, Play it Again, Sam, the divorce rate for people age 50 and older was just starting a slow climb. Most couples who were married for 20 years or more, usually stayed married and worked through the challenges of growing older, facing an empty nest,
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Shame on President Obama for doing the photo op at the Vietnam War Memorial on Memorial Day and double shame on him if it was his idea. I’m hoping it wasn’t. Even though I don’t always agree with him, I saw him as a man with more sensibilities and compassion. But maybe that was before
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Today I am over at The Blood Red Pencil with some writing tips from the comic strips. Come on over and join the fun, but first say hello to mystery author, J.H. Bogran, today’s Wednesday Guest at It’s Not All Gravy. He’s here today as part of his blog tour to celebrate the release of
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Cat Connor is a thriller/suspense writer and the author of the _byte series – a series of FBI thrillers starring SSA Ellie Conway. Ellie shares various cases and escapades that make her life a little more interesting and a lot more difficult than she would like. Cat with her dog, Romeo 1. How did
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