I have a weakness for great big historical sagas, so this month when everybody else is looking for beach reads, I decided to give away one of my favorite sagas — Edward Rutherfurd’s amazing chronicle of New York City, entitled (what else?) NEW YORK, a Novel. From the back cover: “Edward Rutherfurd celebrates America’s greatest…
My dad loves sardines. Open his cupboards and you’re sure to find a couple tins of those little slippery fish.I remember eating them as a child, although now, in the “prime of life”, I’m not such a fan. One thing is for sure. We never ever considered them to be high-class. Far from it. We…
A week ago my siblings and I had a dinner together with our dad and our spouses. We hadn’t all been together since Mom’s funeral, and we had a joyous time! Here’s our group, starting at the left and circling around the table. My brother John, his son Jonathan, my empty chair (I’m taking the…
We’re sending out congratulations to Mary Couling who won our June 2018 Free Books! Message me your address, Mary, and I’ll get your books in the mail ASAP!! Happy Reading! Sue
This month our lucky winner will receive two books. They’re new trade paperback editions and the authors are both friends of mine. (That always makes it fun!) THE STEEPLECHASE by Carrie Fancett Pagels is a historical romance set in the early 1800s in Virginia. From the back cover: “Martha Osborne…is terribly concerned for her six-year-old…
I began this series of “Corsets & Lace” posts to talk about research, specifically for the novel I’m currently writing set in the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. Well, I just found a new and very fun resource. Take a look: Yep, paperdolls! I won’t be cutting these out of their books or tabbing…
The first word our schnauzer learned as a puppy was TREAT! I don’t blame her. Treats are an important part of my life, too. Here are a couple of my favorites, good examples of the mixed background in my family — a bit Hillbilly, a bit East Coast. We usually had pig hocks in the…
Congratulations to Hope Hagan the winner of our May 2018 Free Book! Happy Reading, Hope. Message me your address and I’ll send the book ASAP!
The world lost an incredible human being this year of 2018. Not only was Billy Graham a “preacher.” He was a man-of-God (sadly, not all preachers are) and in many ways a statesman. To celebrate his life, we’re giving away this book, which is a compilation of articles that spans his ministry from 1955 to…
Magazines have long served as one of my research resources. A favorite is “Archaeology,” a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America. In the May/June 2018 edition, I found a very short but interesting article about early horses. To summarize, Recent DNA research leads researchers to believe that Przewalski’s horses are not the last wild…
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