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History of Bicycles with Charlene Raddon

Everyone grew up riding bicycles, right? Wrong. At least not successfully. I was a terrible rider, so nervous I kept falling into parked cars. At least, that was better than falling into the street and being run over by a car. In my latest book, Gage (Ridge), Cupids & Cowboys Book 7, my heroine rides ... Read more

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Audio books?

Does anyone ‘read’ audio books? I’ve been walking on my new treadmill daily and because I’m half mad during it with boredom I’ve been listening to one of my books (the only one I could lay my hands on) as an audio book. The Accidental Guardian. So I’ve never listened to many audio books before. ... Read more

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Congrats to Shanna’s Winner

Thank you to all who entered Shanna’s giveaway today! The winner is Teresa F! Congratulations!

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Charlene Raddon is Coming Friday!

Miss Charlene Raddon has written so many books it’s hard to keep track. She’ll be here Friday, March 19, 2021 to talk about two of those and cowboys and kissing and all sorts of stuff romance readers love. She’s toting two ebooks to give away…if she doesn’t get hijacked on the way. This is a ... Read more

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Fish ponds and school carnivals

  Back during my childhood years, I attended a small country school from first through the eighth grade. The school was small enough teachers had two grades per classroom (first and second, third and fourth, fifth and sixth, seven and eighth). Every year around the end of February or beginning of March, the CSO (Community ... Read more

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Excuse Me, What’s Your Name?

This question wasn’t asked much on the American frontier and if you were so bold, you were liable to get shot. The old West offered a man a place to disappear into and leave behind whatever trouble he found himself in. It was super easy and there was no way to check on anything. No ...

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THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS–LEARNING HISTORY THROUGH SONGS #1 by Cheryl Pierson

When I was growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, “story songs” were very popular. Even though radio stations had their “3-minute limit” for song length back then, there were some exceptions. And many of these songs were amazingly concise, able to tell the story, and also evoke emotion from the listener. It didn’t hurt ... Read more

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Winnie’s Winners

Hi folks. Thanks so much to all of you who dropped by earlier in the week to discuss the love of paper dolls with me. Because the response was so great I decided to select a dozen winners. And without further ado, here are the names: Debra Guyette Janice Hopkins Julie Butler Karen Humphries Kimberly ... Read more

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Pepper Basham Has a Winner!

Thank you for coming, Miss Pepper! You sure sparked some interesting conversations. It’s that time again. I hope you got your name in the drawing, people. Winner of the copy of The Red Ribbon is……………….. DANIYAH Oh my goodness! Congratulations, Daniyah. Please watch for Miss Pepper’s email. I hope everyone comes back to visit this ... Read more

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Gunslinging, Mary Connealy, and The Red Ribbon

Please give a warm welcome to Pepper Basham, our guest today! ~*~ I think it was Mary Connealy who once said, “If things in a story start getting slow, bring out a man with a gun.” Well, I haven’t written a whole lot of ‘gunslinging’ stories. Sinking ocean liners, trench mustard gas, or the Spanish ... Read more

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