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May 25, 2024

Saturday Afternoon Chat: beautiful weather, trampolines, and cottonwood trees

Zooma the Wonder Dog (my dog for those who may be new here) has this way of sitting and staring at me right at the moment I’ve finally had a chance to sit down and work on a blog post or read a book. And what stinks is that I have no idea what she …

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Published on May 25, 2024 11:00

May 23, 2024

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot

Welcome to another Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot hosted by Marsha in the Middle, Melynda from Scratch Made Food & DYI Homemade Household, Sue from Women Living Well After 50, and me.  Look for the link party to go live on Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT.  I’m so glad you are here and taking part in our weekly link up of …

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Published on May 23, 2024 18:30

May 21, 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: An Author I’d love a new book from

|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || Head over to That Artsy Reader Girl’s blog for more posts on this topic. This week our prompt was: Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors who have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone …

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Published on May 21, 2024 11:39

May 19, 2024

Sunday Bookends: Lots of mysteries and warm temps coming up

It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn …

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Published on May 19, 2024 08:45

May 18, 2024

Saturday Afternoon Chat: Greenhouse trips, horse club, dragging the kids to the end of the school year, I hate videos of myself, and other ramblings

Welcome to my weekly chat. I can make you a cup of tea, pour you a glass of juice or milk, or hand you a water bottle. Which would you prefer? Today I thought we’d chat about my week last week and then you can share about your week in the comments. I’ll start with …

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Published on May 18, 2024 11:06

May 17, 2024

Fiction Friday: My Gladwynn books are now on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Amazon

I am both excited and nervous to announce that the two books in my Gladwynn Grant Mysteries are now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo and that soon all of my books will be available on those retailers. Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing and Gladwynn Grant Takes Center Stage are no longer available …

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Published on May 17, 2024 05:00

May 16, 2024

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot May 16

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot May 16 Welcome to another Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot hosted by Marsha in the Middle, Melynda from Scratch Made Food & DYI Homemade Household, Sue from Women Living Well After 50, and me.  Look for the link party to go live on Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT.  Yay for sun because that’s what we’ve been having …

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Published on May 16, 2024 18:30

May 15, 2024

An interview with Donna Stone, author of Joann

The books for the Apron Strings Book Series keep releasing and this month it is Joann by Donna Stone. The series features books about women in each decade from 1920 to 2020 and they are connected by one recipe/cookery book, but otherwise the books can be read individually. Today I am interviewing Donna about her …

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Published on May 15, 2024 05:03

May 14, 2024

Top Ten Quotes by Agatha Christie

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today we were to share book quotes so I decided to share ten quotes from Agatha Christie’s books. Have you read any of these books and any of them your favorites of hers?
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Published on May 14, 2024 17:42

May 13, 2024

Book review/recommendation: Murder Always Barks Twice by Jennifer Hawkins

TITLE: Murder Always Barks Twice AUTHOR: Jennifer Hawkins GENRE: Cozy mystery Murder Always Barks Twice by Jennifer Hawkins follows a tea shop owner in England and her excitable and cute talking Corgi Oliver. Yes. The dog talks. I was a little leery of the book at first because I don’t usually read cozy mysteries with …

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Published on May 13, 2024 13:47