Red, orange, white, yellow, pink, fuscia, peach. My mother-in-law loved flowers and roses were her favorite. Since she loved all colors, she planted whatever seedlings she found. My husband and I visited her for years so I watched those rose bushes from the beginning. I helped her water a little but she really didn't like… Continue reading December Roses
Finding Katya: How I Quit Everything to Backpack the Former Soviet States by Katie R. Aune This is the memoir of Katie R. Aune, who spent a year backpacking in Russia and the former Soviet Union republics. Katie is a lawyer with a high-paying job and friends but she leaves it all behind to satisfy… Continue reading Finding Katya: How I Quit Everything to Backpack the Former Soviet States
Nikolaos: The Retelling of the Story of Saint Nicholas by Taylor R. Marshall Many people have heard of Saint Nicholas who was the real-life inspiration for Santa Claus, the fictional character who gives gifts in secret on Christmas Eve. Taylor Marshal has written a novel that explores the life of the saint, Nikolaos: The Retelling… Continue reading Saint Nicholas: the real-life inspiration for Santa Claus
Montana is the fourth of the Matt Deal Thrillers Trilogy. It had me staying up all night until I finished reading it. I usually take a break when reading but not this time. I had to see what happened next to Sherriff Matt Deal and his partner, rookie Bianca, his partner Mickey’s niece, who’s fresh… Continue reading Review of Montana by Stephen Bentley
Some themes that I noticed from my reading this week are the words "do" "method" "act" and "dialogue". There are others that caught my attention but I'll just talk about these now. I've heard about Centering prayer and meditation, but I was never interested in learning more. These things seem "new age" to me… Continue reading Passive Prayers
Maybe she was one of the trafficked children I read about. Blond, about ten years old, a pretty girl. I noticed something odd about the way she looked at me. We both got out of our vehicles at the same time. She stepped down from the cab of a semi, that little girl could barely… Continue reading What Happens to the Children?
The novel is set in the Colorado mountains in 1882. I thought the author described the mountains and characters in an excellent way. I was able to envision all the scenes of this story. Delilah is a tough young woman who was recently released from a two-year prison sentence for killing her step-father who had… Continue reading Delilah: The Frontier Romance: A Western (A Colorado Western Saga Book 1)
Hello! I am happy to take part in Sunflower Publishing's blog tour for author Nicole T. Smith. Her book We Have Shadows Too was a pleasure to read and I'm glad I got the chance to review it. Here is a copy of my review. We Have Shadows Too is the story of Rella Cooper, a… Continue reading Blog Tour for We Have Shadows Too by Nicole T. Smith
Today is the letter "C" on the A-Z Blog Challenge. An image of a coffee shop immediately came to mind when I knew I was going to write today's blog. I visited a place with this name in Scotland, Mexico, Canada, Chicago-they are everywhere. They're all the same. Only this one was named Corner Coffee… Continue reading The Corner Coffee Cafe
Today is letter "B" in the A-Z Blog Challenge http://a-zchallenge.com Every morning I go outside to check the progress of my vegetables and flowers. Two weeks ago I planted tomatoes and green beans. I have five small plastic pots in which I filled with dirt three-fourths full. I made four holes in the surface… Continue reading Blooms Buds and New Beginnings
