Happy Monday everyone. I’m still busy unpacking and setting up my new home. Had a walk-in shower installed on Saturday and happy that one major project is finished. Having workers in the house for several days really stressed my senior cat. She was anxious and vomited several times on Saturday, but was better on Sunday. […]
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I’m finally moved into the new house and am no longer totally boxed in in every room. There are still many boxes to unpack, but my office is set up. My kitchen is getting there. Found the coffeepot! And I have a place to sleep at night. So nice to have my computer set up
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Moving day is getting closer, so this will probably be my last blog post until after I’m settled in the new house. During my sorting and packing I’ve come across a few of my newspaper columns that I wrote for many years when my husband and I were raising our family. The kids were young
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This time of year is always a but rough as my thoughts often turn to my husband who died in 2013. Our wedding anniversary is late in August, and the anniversary of his death is Sept. 5. Then there are all the fall holidays, which he loved to much, with his birthday tossed into the
Canyon of DeceitBy DiAnn Mills Romantic SuspensePublisher: Tyndale FictionPages: 338Publication Date: September 9, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS*** A missing child. A deadly conspiracy. A race against time. When survival expert Therese Palmer is called to find a kidnapped girl, she quickly realizes the truth is more dangerous than she imagined. Enlisting the help of Texas Ranger
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As an editor it’s always a thrill to work with an author who hits a best-seller list, and that has happened to me a few times in my long career as an editor. What has never happened before is having two back-to-back clients who hit that mark. The first, Cancer’s Wake Up Call: A Warriors
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HIGHER LOVEBy JOANNE KUKANZA EASLEY Women’s Literary FictionPublisher: Red Boots PressPages: 380Publication Date: May 12, 2025 ***** SYNOPSIS ***** Higher Love – the new release from Joanne Kukanza Easley, the multi-award-winning author of Sweet Jane, Just One Look, and I’ll Be Seeing You. In 1986 Austin, Texas, sixteen-year-old Stephanie steps into sixty-two-year-old Lauren’s life, her
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Last week, I posted about the death of my friend, Flo, and said I’d share more of our fun times together in future blog posts. So, here it is. Most of the following is taken from a column I used to write for a newspaper in a suburb of Dallas. For a while I was
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My dear friend Florence, known affectionately by all of us as Flobell died the other day. With her went a big chunk of my heart and my life. We were deeply connected, even though many miles kept us separated through most of our adulthood. A testament to the truth that when a friendship runs that deep
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On this Memorial Day when we acknowledge those who have fought and died in the cause of freedom, I want to thank all of the men and women in my family who have served in the military. While not all died in combat, there are many on my father’s side of the family who served
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