Posted by mcm0704 on April 6, 2020 |
∞ This pandemic is getting more and more scary by the day, especially here in the U.S as we now have three times the rate of infections as any other country. This is sad news considering that had there been better planning and a quicker response on the National level, we might be looking at much […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, brain pickings, COVID-19, face masks, family, fiction, free books, Fresh Air, Kindle, Maria Popova, maryann miller, Max Brooks, Teerry Gross
Posted by mcm0704 on March 30, 2020 |
∞ Good Monday Morning. I hope everyone is staying well and safe. This picture has nothing to do with the content of today’s post, I just thought it might bring a smile. In the spirit of wild cats everywhere, and many domestic ones, my Harry kitty brought me his latest kill and put it on the […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, cats, Corona virus, corona virus pandemic, COVID-19, John Hopkins Hospital, John Hopkins University, maryann miller, odds and ends
Posted by mcm0704 on March 9, 2020 |
∞ Today is a rant day. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t plan to. I just listened to one too many political podcasts and said, “Enough.” So, I decided to write an open letter to the Federal Government, State Governments, the DNC and the GOP. But before we get into the dismal stuff, I thought you […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, DNC, elections, flowers, GOP, maryann miller, politics, trump
Posted by mcm0704 on March 2, 2020 |
∞ Kristen Lamb, an author and writing coach, writes a blog that I follow, and she recently posted an essay: Quiet: Have We Forgotten to Be Still in a World That Never Stops. When I read the title, I was intrigued, mainly because I have always struggled with being still. Quiet. Sitting and doing… nothing. Perhaps […]
Tags: #amwriting, #mondayblogs, flowers, Freedom Genesis, guest blog, Kristen Lamb, maryann miller, odds and ends, relaxing music, Stillness. quiet, stress relief, writing, yoga
Posted by mcm0704 on February 24, 2020 |
∞ Sharing another excerpt of the new Seasons Mystery, Desperate Season. I’m doing a final edit, then I hope the book will be ready for a publishing home. Sarah Kingsly eased back to a comfortable lope a quarter of a mile from home, then slowed to a walk for the final block to cool down. When […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, books, cats, Dallas, Desperate Season, fiction, giveaway, maryann miller, mystery, Open Season, seasons mystery series, writing
Posted by mcm0704 on February 17, 2020 |
∞ Over the next few months I’m going to occasionally share an excerpt from the third book in the Seasons Mystery Series, Desperate Season. I’ve been trying to get this book completed for a few years now, but life and other books interfered. Other than having to clean up the rough parts of the last two […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, books, fiction, maryann miller, mystery, Open Season, writing
Posted by mcm0704 on February 10, 2020 |
∞ The following was taken from a letter that I, along with many others, recently received from Beto O’Rourke. It lays out many of my reactions to recent events as I try valiantly to cling to my faith in America and our government. I won’t publish the entire letter as it is very long, but I’ll […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, Beto O'Rourke, family, guest blog, Impeachment, maryann miller, politics, trump, U.S. Constitution
Posted by mcm0704 on January 27, 2020 |
∞ Happy Monday everyone. I hope you had a great weekend and you’re work week is starting off well today. I am inching closer and closer to actually getting to the end of the third book in The Seasons Mystery Series, Desperate Season. Last week I got the last three chapters roughed in, and I’ve been […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, books, Boxes For Beds, contest, fiction, gender identity, Kindle, maryann miller, mystery, Non-Binary Gender, odds and ends, Open Season, writing
Posted by mcm0704 on January 20, 2020 |
∞ MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY “I have a dream…” We all have a dream, and on this day set aside to honor a man who did much to bring Civil Rights to the forefront of our nation, I want to share my dream for America: That it will be a nation of peace of unity. A […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, books, Dragon Naturally Speaking, fiction, flowers, Martin Luther King Jr., maryann miller, MLK Day, mystery, writing
Posted by mcm0704 on January 6, 2020 |
∞ Ain’t Nobody Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett Genre: Murder Mystery / Southern Noir / Dark Humor Publisher: Polis Books Date of Publication: September 24, 2019 Number of Pages: 336 Scroll down for Giveaway! Named a Best Debut of Fall/Winter 2019 by Library Journal, Ain’t Nobody Nobody is the story of a disgraced East Texas sheriff, his dead best […]
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Information on the Pandemic And A #freebook
This pandemic is getting more and more scary by the day, especially here in the U.S as we now have three times the rate of infections as any other country. This is sad news considering that had there been better planning and a quicker response on the National level, we might be looking at much […]
Tags: #mondayblogs, brain pickings, COVID-19, face masks, family, fiction, free books, Fresh Air, Kindle, Maria Popova, maryann miller, Max Brooks, Teerry Gross