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INFLUENZA
Wild Word Friday! We’re being told quite often via the television, the Internet, and various new sources that this year the United States is being hit hard by the INFLUENZA virus. My husband and I have many parent care responsibilities. His dad is 93, my dad is almost 86, and my mother is 84. We…
About Candy
If your house is like mine during the holiday season, you’ve got candy. I can resist hard candies and even plain chocolate, but when it comes to chocolate cherries, I’m lost. I can’t leave them alone! Worse than that, it’s genetic. My mother and I and my daughter all have the propensity to over indulge when it…
Our October Free Book Winner!
Congratulations to Anita Hart who won a copy of Sara Paretsky’s DEAD LAND! And check out my Author’s Page and the comments under the book give away to see a photo of Anita’s beautiful dog DaisyMay! Anita, please message me your home address and I’ll mail you your book ASAP! Meanwhile, for everyone else, check…
Your Life & Mine: Treasured Memories
Holidays are often the times we accumulate some beautiful memories. This Christmas, my daughter-in-law thought to take a photograph of our granddaughters with their great grandfathers, my dad (far right) and my husband’s dad (far left). Both fathers are in their 90s and a very present part of our everyday lives, so sometimes we forget…
August ’12 Free Book!
If you love romances set in the old west, you’ll love this month’s free book, written by my friend, Keli Gwyn. Keli’s debut novel From the back cover: “Widow Elenora Watkins heads to California with her nine-year-old daughter, eager to become a partner in a mercantile. When the mulish owner withdraws his offer because she’s…
Ground Hog
I heard that Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania ground hog didn’t see his shadow today, and I’m delighted for folks in that grand state who will have a short winter this year. (At least according to ground hog lore.) But where I live in the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, we had a bright, sunny day, and any…