Our first FREE BOOK in October is from the “Avenue of Dreams” series by my friend Olivia Newport. Set in Chicago in the late 1800s, each of these novels is a stand-alone read about different women connected in some way to the wealthy families of Chicago’s high society. Our October Free Book is THE INVENTION…
In August our son and his wife gave us concert tickets for our birthdays/anniversary gift, and this special treat allowed us to take a 3-day weekend full of fun activities that included: * Watching our oldest granddaughter play in 2 soccer matches, a visit with our son and daughter-in-law and granddaughters, with a lunch together…
Congratulations to Ginny Lockhart who won our September 2013 #2 Book, EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE!! Happy Reading, Ginny!
This past week, we celebrated my father-in-law’s 94th birthday. My husband and I are his primary “care-givers,” not that he needs a lot of care. Mostly just pampering. He’s to that place in his life when he loves to tell stories, especially about his younger years, and we try to be good listeners, even if…
The Clumber Spaniel is a relatively new breed, developed in the 1800s in England and France. Experts believe that the Clumber resulted from a mix of early spaniel types and the Basset Hound. It’s a strong, slow-moving breed with an excellent sense of smell. The adult Clumber usually weighs in at 55-85 pounds. They are…
Our second Free Book this month is M.K. Gilroy’s crime thriller/mystery EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE! Gilroy’s Kristen Conner series has taken detective novels to a whole new level, and in doing so Gilroy has won himself a growing audience of avid readers. From the back cover: “When the son of a Chicago billionaire is murdered,…
This week gave Neil and I two unusual reasons for celebration. 1. I finally finished the rough draft of my novel WARP. It needs a lot of rewriting, but the rough draft is the tough draft, and I’m always delighted when I finish it. 2. My husband and his brother Denny finished working on their…
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