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Thanks for your prayers. My Mom got through obstacles and well enough to go home again and again. We learned recently, the ups & downs were from mini-strokes. A third made the throat mechanics of swallowing food dangerous rather than nourishing. She ascended to Heaven on January 3 when her soul chose to. Rest in peace, my beautiful Mom! We cherish many loving visits.

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My Mom ascended into her next chapter today. I am so well-prepared by her that I am okay and my Dad is all right too. Thank you to all friends who cared, prayed, and shared all the support in their own styles. It has worked because we are all right on this day! Here is to you, my beautiful, wonderful Mom. Love: Carolyn, Ron, and your Grandchildren Cats.

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Please pray for my Mom. She came through pneumonia in June with our prayers. We discovered a mini-stroke was the cause of mobility difficulty, which extended to swallowing food. They have finally offered her an IV for fluids of necessity and we pray they did not wait too late, after letting her eat what she could for 2 months!

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Well, this is another good mystery and personal story featuring Thomas, Charlotte, Emily story! I love seeing all three of their combind children properly for the first time, too.

Merry Christmas to all of my friends!

Surprise! At my blog, I am offering "A Christmas Clue" contest! You do not need to be a member of my challenges to join in! This is open to everyone: Goodreads friends, blog subscribers, and everyone keen who sees this!

The deadline is December 27th. Please communicate there, or by e-mail. Merry Christmas, you guys! Your friend, Carolyn. https://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2019/1...

My pleasure to learn about great art and artists all around the world. I have fun unearthing these treasures at charity shops and it helps a good cause. A scavenger hunt and the elation of a stellar deal are part of what we love about real books.

Reading Canadian stories I did not know and hearing about Canadian places they entailed, is a unique kind of history. We are lucky that there are collectors of personal, small, individual stories or occurrences.

I started this poetry and art book with my Mom at the hospital. She enjoyed it very much.

I avoid reviews until I have read a book myself but on this occasion of so many people disliking a book, reviewers often help me like it rather than hinder enjoyment of it. I know the ending is supposed to lack conclusiveness, thus there will be no disappointment. I will either admire the originality of the conclusion or agree that something was lacking.

Like my profile says: I decline to use Goodreads' private-messaging. Too much jumping around even if we had normal-speed internet. I offer e-mail for a special reason! I have made wonderful friends and have a long tradition of exchanging Christmas cards! If you are a Christmas card person, e-mail your address and it would be my pleasure to reply likewise: RonCar(at)Prairie(dot)ca. No abbreviating, ya hear? ;)

A very interesting mystery, after being away from the Mystick Falls series for several years, that has the prinicipal characters journeying elsewhere. Trips and fresh places lay exciting ground for stories and for their readers.

After a pause of a few years, I have returned to a series I enjoyed a great deal. Let's see how well it fits, after having taken quite a shift away from "cozy mysteries". I prefer by far "standard mysteries". Not so plastic and far more suspenseful and adult, without violence. However there are excellent authors who only happen to fit the "cozy" designation in tone and lightness of subject matter, not in quality.

I am enjoying curling up with a favourite paranormal-fantasy-mystery series that is continuing, to my delight.