I know, it’s Tuesday and I don’t normally post on Tuesday, but there are so many neat things going on this week, and this month, I just had to tell you about them. First, of course, is my birthday on July Fourth. The other day my friend, Alex J. Cavanaugh suggested we have fireworks to
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A recent article in The Dallas Morning News offered an interesting take on the Bible. Gordon Keith, an Emmy-winning broadcaster for KECK-AM (1310) The Ticket, in Dallas, suggested that the Bible is an ongoing project. In his article he says “It’s OK to step back and see the Bible with your own eyes.” I’m sure
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Initially my plan for today’s blog was to write about Robin Roberts and all the attention she is getting regarding her illness and treatment. My husband commented yesterday that he found all that media attention a bit disheartening since there are so many other everyday people who are fighting terrible diseases, and they do not
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For my nature theme, I thought I would focus on the Monarch butterfly today. I have always loved these butterflies, and when I was a child, our yard in Michigan teemed with them in the spring and summer. I didn’t learn about the great migration until years later and was amazed that these delicate little
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In keeping with my theme, I’m going to write a little about the llama. The spelling of the name has always fascinated me. How many other words start with a double letter? That might be an interesting Internet search sometime. The llama is a South American relative of the camel, though the llama does not
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Azure Kingfisher Following my nature theme, today I thought I would write about a bird that has always fascinated me, even though I have never seen one in real life. I’ve always thought that kingfisher was an unusual name for a bird and I wondered why they were called that. Perhaps because they eat a
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With each uptick of the price of gas, people start clamoring for the government to do something, which has led President Obama to fast-track approval of the XL pipeline from Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast of Texas. The Canadian pipeline originates above Montana, and was halted in the midwest due to serious concerns about the
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I used to really enjoy watching football. It started with high school football when I was in high school and we had a winning team. It was so exciting to go to the games and cheer the team and swoon over the quarterback, on whom I had the biggest crush. I still enjoy high school
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WARNING THE FOLLOWING CONTENT IS R-RATED – When I agreed to host the authors today, I did not realize the excerpts would be graphic sex scenes. If you don’t care to read, please take a pass. The reason I am putting this up is because there are lots of readers out there who like these
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This special celebration for the anniversary of the first e-book has created quite an interest on the Internet with authors and publishers offering great deals on e-books. I posted yesterday with some links to the official Read An eBook site where some authors are listed. You can also go directly to Smashwords and see which