Please help me welcome Slim Randles back as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. While I do love his humorous offerings, now and then he gives us something that is incredibly thoughtful and, well, pretty. Not that a cowboy ever admits to pretty, at least not out loud to his friends at the Mule Barn Truck Stop. Why …
I found these mushrooms growing by an old stump in my back pasture and thought they were very pretty. With the sun shining on them, it looked as if they had been gilded. I wish I could have captured that shimmer of gold, but pictures I take with my phone never look exactly like the …
Not the usual Monday fare here today, but I wanted to support a fellow author and give a shout out for her new release. Ryker Special Operations Command (Book #3) The author, S. Reynolds is having a blog hop to launch the new book, and I was happy to join in the celebration. (Due to …
They Call Me Destiny A Meowmoir Destiny Kalser with Fern Field Brooks Books to Cherish ISBN 978-0-9912583-0-7 Paperback – 174 pages – $14.99 Book Blurb: A remarkable story of the first year in a “rescue” kitten’s life, and a view of the 1960’s and us human beings from a cat’s perspective. A ‘meowmoir’ you won’t want to …
Please welcome Rebecca Goldfield as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is the author of The Captive of Friendly Cove, the graphic novel I reviewed on Sunday, and she is here answering a few interview questions. We can all share some donuts while we get acquainted with Rebecca. Hello Rebecca. So nice to have you here for …
First I want to wish all my friends in the States a Happy Labor Day. This is a day to acknowledge all that people do in jobs ranging from the most menial to the most celebrated. I have always thought most highly of the folks that do the work that some people think they are …
Captive of Friendly Cove Rebecca Goldfield Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 6 and up Paperback: 168 pages Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (September 8, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1936218119 ISBN-13: 978-1936218110 BOOK BLURB: From the creators of the award-winning Trickster and District Comics, comes another graphic novel about adventure and tribal life. After his ship …
What on earth is going on in Hungary? Just reading snippets of news it sounds like a revisit of Nazi Germany. This from Reuters today: Hungarian police halted a train packed with migrants bound for the Austrian border and tried to force them to disembark in a town with a detention camp on Thursday, …
Slim Randles is my Wednesday’s Guest today with a poignant story about a dog and an old man. They are so good for each other. If you are looking for some humor today, you could hop over to The Blood-Red Pencil where I have a post about the fun of writing with kids underfoot. They …
Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (July 14, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0062409859 ISBN-13: 978-0062409850 BOOK BLURB: Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—”Scout”—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were …
