SHORTS, NOVELS, AND OTHER THINGS
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My father lost his life on that lighthouse. I stare at it every day and my loathing of it – and of the engineers who had built when died – grows. It consumes me. His death left my mother and me in penury. We live hand to mouth, doing whatever we can to get …
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I always look forward to Jan Sikes’ books. She has such a gentle and heart-warming way of telling a story that the reader feels that all’s right with the world when they’re done reading. Layken Marin returns home to his family’s farm in Missouri after serving in the Army during WW II. Both his parents …
Another humorous or not-so humorous memory of growing up in Plymouth. My mother, in addition to being just plain smart about lots of things, was also very handy. She had painted all the rooms in the house, replaced panes of glass, and could do a rewiring job if necessary. She could hook rugs and her …
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I purchased this book for review as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team. All I can say is whew! This book took me on a breathless, swashbuckling adventure set on the seas of a ravaged Earth in the distant future. It is a fresh take from the many dystopian novels I’ve read and will …
I never really thought about middle names until I recently learned that having a middle name dates back to ancient Rome. Many Romans had three names: A praenomen was a personal name, or what we call first names today; a nomen, which was a family name, and lives where middle names currently sit; and the …
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For those of you who took the quiz and came out as Frankenstein, I have some music for dancing: The...
Read MoreMap of Bay of Fundy The Bay of Fundy lies along international borders, surrounded by Maine...
Read MoreA compelling read about two cultures and one family’s struggle to deal with the past. Eeva has a happy life...
Read MoreTBD! No firm decision on the cover yet, but all y'all (along with family and other readers of my series)...
Read MoreToday we take note of the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War...
Read MoreDear Followers: If you are willing, I could use a little help you could provide with the touch of a...
Read MoreBust of Josef Lada in his home town of Hrusice Today is Josef Lada’s birthday. He was a Czech painter...
Read MoreKatherine Pitts, of the wonderful blog site I wish I Lived in a Library, asked me to do a guest...
Read MoreMy son is a Staff Sergeant in the 101st Airborne, and I recently ran across this tribute to Darrell"Shifty" Powers,...
Read MoreToday marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We have long since made peace with the nation...
Read MoreIt’s hard to find an odor beginning with X, but this particular substance figured large in my graduate career. Xylene,...
Read MoreDon't forget to click on the artwork! Rogier van der Weyden, portrait by Cort, 1572 Rogier...
Read MoreThis is short one - Boon Island is tiny! Before I start, I'd like to give a shout out to...
Read MoreRelax! The weekend is coming! Every time I explore this list, there are more amazing people...
Read MoreThe Tudor Trilogy follows the emergence of the Tudor dynasty from its beginning with Owen Tudor, the subject of the...
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