A Glance Back: Odd Celebrations
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…
Puppy Love/ Papillon!
Friends of ours owned a beautiful little Papillon at the same time that our teenage daughter owned a Shih Tzu. We were wondering how the dogs would get along, so we planned to have our friend Bill hold his Papillon and my husband carry our Shih Tzu, Ickabod into our living room for a meeting….
Sept. ’13 First Book Winner!
Congratulations to Sue Miller MacDonald who won Tessa Afshar’s novel, HARVEST OF GOLD. Sue tells us that her favorite way to be pampered is to go for a boat ride with her husband and read a good book while he fishes! I’ll get HARVEST OF GOLD to you in the next few days, Sue. Happy…
A Glance Back – A Great Deal
Tuesday of this week was the day after all our Labor Day company left for home, and I began the mundane work of washing bedding, cleaning, and generally getting back into a routine. I sat down at the computer and buzzed through the 103 emails that had accumulated and just happened to notice that one…
Puppy Love/ Curly-Coated Retriever
Considered the oldest breed of retriever, the Curly-Coated Retriever was developed as early as the 1500s in England. Its bloodline may include the Irish Water Spaniel, the Poodle, and various breeds of setter. (Photo by Zwoenitzer, licensed under GNU Free Documentation) This dog loves water and grows to a fairly good size, weighing in at…
Sept. ’13 FREE BOOK #1
Our first free book this month is from the gifted novelist, Tessa Afshar, who was voted “New Author of the Year” by Family Fiction in 2011. She was born in Iran and lived there the first 14 years of her life. Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed her life forever. Our give-away book,…
A Glance Back – The Livin’ is Easy!
One of my favorite songs has to be that jazzy “ballad” from Porgy and Bess, “Summertime” by George Gershwin. That was the perfect song for this past week at our house. Lots of sun, heat, but it was also a time of realizing that for us in the North Country this will probably be the…
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