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One year ago this month we lost this chap, leaving a huge Chocolate Labrador-shaped hole in the hearts of everyone who knew and loved him.

Ironically, we were just about to publish the first collection of stories about Packham, and his companion India, as a paperback to raise funds for TURN Educ

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IAB Projects 8% Growth In 2022 Digital Ad Spend, Warns About 'Bad' Ad Experiences U.S. digital advertising spending is expected to see 8 percent growth during 2022 to reach $165.4 billion, and topping the $200 billion mark by 2025 — increases from 2020's $139.8 billion, according to newly-rel Read more of this blog post »

A motley parcel of rogues. I’m back! Pensacon was a blast, and I’m looking forward to several more cons this year as things begin to spool up again now that the vaccination rollouts have allowed us to come out of … Continue reading → Read more of this blog post »

This month, I've been ruminating on patience (my own, or lack thereof, and others').

Have you met Kiru’s badass babes? Who is your fave?

Xandra, the assassin from XANDRA: KILLER OF KINGS https://www.kirutaye.com/xandra

Pacca, the warrior goddess from SCAR’S REDEMPTION https://www.kirutaye.com/scars-redemption

Latifah, the spy from SAVING HER GUARD https://www.kirutaye.com/saving-her-gu

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Get It on Your Phone Now!

What’s going on? What do you need to hear? How can you move forward?

Finding an answer may be as simple as swiping left or right.

Forget This Good Thing I Just Said is a new experience, based on an old kind of book – the collection of short sayings, or aphorisms. By co

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I love putting recipes we try when we are camping in all the A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery!
Do y’all ever try them?

CAMPFIRE BANANA BOATS
Ingredients
4 small bananas
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
Directions:
1. Leaving skin on, cut the banana down the middle withou

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Many aspects of our Ancestors’ lives are shrouded in mystery for us all.  That cloak of ignorance makes it harder for us to celebrate our Ancestors, and so, so easy for our Ancestors to disappear from our minds, our daily lives, and our spiritualities.  One of the many areas of that ignorance is how

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Los conceptos vertidos en esta sección no reflejan necesariamente la línea editorial de Nodal. Consideramos importante que se conozcan porque contribuyen a tener una visión integral de la región. El contundente triunfo colorado en las elecciones municipales ha generado un terremoto en las inestables

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I really enjoyed talking to the comedian Geoff Norcott on Wednesday about Covid centrism, First Defence, cigarettes and more. Have a listen to the podcast here.

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I was going to write this awhile ago because people asked me for a tutorial on how to make an invisible woman but then I sort of went missing mentally and now I’m back. Apologies. But I am here right now to tell you all about my adventures in dismemberment and…whatever the opposite of dismembermentC Read more of this blog post »

Though it took me a bit to find the time, I was very excited to watch Midnight Mass on Netflix. Midnight Mass is created by Mike Flanagan, who also created The Haunting Of Hill House and The Haunting Of Bly Manor. In fact, you’ll find several of the same actors in all three shows.

Like his previ

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[image error]The below blog was a combination of an assignment given to me by my Hi-Lo writing coach (a Hi-Lo series is for struggling readers in K-12 grade levels meaning high-interest, low readability). I was tasked to write anything tongue-in-cheek with a tad of sarcasm while also keeping it real

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 I've decided to do something a little different this time as I lead up to, or count down to, the release of When It's Winter. (That'll be the release of the Kindle and paperback editions on Amazon, with wider release of the paperback, and a hardcover edition, to follow when logistics permit.) I'm a

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A month or so ago, I mentioned that Daughter #3 had attended a conference for college-aged conservative women. She came home with this book, by Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, who spoke (virtually) to the conference, and gave it to me ("since I probably wouldn't really be into it"). Well, while Read more of this blog post »

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RT MurrayWatt: Yesterday Hanson refused to answer questions about plane donation. Now demands ABC $ cut, to silenc… https://t.co/0Wr5NeIY8k

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Three writing mistakes that mark writing as that of an amateur seem to be breeding like flies in books written by unschooled or inadequately schooled authors. Clearly, these stylistic mistakes are little known, and it’s time that changed. I read mostly independently published books, and unfortunatel

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Writing is a wonderful art form. It’s more than just jotting down words and getting people to read, it’s an array of emotions, feelings better written than said, and a product of hard work. But, it’s not an easy feat. Writers who’ve been in the field for decades still look for ways to improve their

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