It tried to be spring here in my corner of Texas the other day. Temperature got all the way up to 73 degrees and the daffodils decided it was time to poke their pretty little heads up to bask in the sunshine. Windy Wilson is my guest today – brought to you by the humor […]
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The following is the first part of Chapter Two in the fourth installment of the Seasons Mystery Series. The self-editing is almost finished, and I’ll send the ms off to the editor this weekend. Met with the graphic artist this week, and we picked images for the cover, so things are moving along nicely for
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Something to make us smile before the heavy stuff. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remembering January 6th. This from NBC News in Washington “Two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, faith leaders, lawmakers and those who defended the U.S. Capitol will gather in Washington, D.C., to reflect on events that are still reverberating through the country’s political and judicial
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THE FIFTH DAUGHTERofTHORN RANCH byJulia Brewer Daily Women’s Fiction / Contemporary Western / Family SagaPublisher: Admission Press Publication Date: November 1, 2022 ** 322 pages SCROLL DOWN FOR GIVEAWAY! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emma Rosales is the heiress of the largest ranch in Texas—The Thorn. All the responsibilities of managing a million acres now fall into her fifth-generation hands. A
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So, members of the U.S. Senate can’t agree on things really important to the country; like the economy, the future of COVID responses, or what to do to help the people of Ukraine, but they can pass a bi-partisan “Sunshine Protection Act.” Like the sun really needs protection. Last time I checked it seemed to
Is it snowing where you live? No snow here, but it’s cold enough to dispense a few flakes if the weather had a mind to. I’ve always enjoyed snow, and it was always fun to have a blanket of white out at Grandma’s Ranch. Sometimes I still miss it. The snow and the ranch. In
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What fun it is to end another week being sick. NOT! But before getting into that and the promised excerpt, here’s a cute meme a friend sent me. I’ve always appreciated my friends who don’t look at the dust-bunnies. The one who sent the meme is one of those friends. Tuesday night I started having
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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
THE CARETAKERS by ELIZA MAXWELL Genre: Psychological Thriller / Gothic Fiction / Sisters Fiction Publisher: Lake Union Press Date of Publication: April 14, 2020 Number of Pages: 317 Scroll down for the giveaway! In the isolated estate she’s found the perfect getaway. But there’s no escaping the past in this chilling novel from the bestselling author of The
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Nina’s Memento Mori Mathias B. Freese Paperback: 148 pages Publisher: Wheatmark (September 24, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 162787710X ISBN-13: 978-1627877107 Near the end of Nabokov’s Lolita, Humbert makes an honest admission: “[A]nd it struck me…that I simply did not know a thing about my darling’s mind.” That line sums up the isolate game
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