SHORTS, NOVELS, AND OTHER THINGS
Today we are getting ready to leave for a visit to Utah to see my son and his family. An ordinary but busy day. I sit down at my desk to finish up some paperwork and notice my computer was off. I’d left it on sleep mode the night before. No matter. I push the …
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU THINK YOUR COMPUTER’S DIED Read More »
I’ve been absent from this site for a while. Editing my latest book is taking a LOT of time and is draining. Has that ever happened to you? Anyway, we took a trip to Maine las month, a 2260-mile car ride that we won’t repeat! Here are some highlights! Every year we travel to Maine …
A LooongTrip to Maine and a Visit With a Fellow Blogger and Writer Read More »
I suppose it was inevitable. My two-legged got me to the vet. Admittedly I didn’t make it easy for her, but she outsmarted me. She put that box on wheels in the bathroom and carried me in there and shut the door. I managed to get away the first time she tried to put me …
Oops, This Time She Did It – Garfield Chronicles Read More »
Remarkably Bright Creatures was a book chosen by my book club a few months past. The Chicago Tribune named it one of the best books of summer. While I haven’t found that books recommended by various newspapers are generally good reads, this one is so charming, so well-conceived and written, and so deceptively sensitive that …
Book Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (@shelbyvanpelt) Read More »
Hi, Garfield blogging today. My two legged is put out with me and deserted her computer. She’s been trying to get me to the vet to get some things called shots, my beautiful teeth checked, and my rapier-like claws clipped. For three years. I WILL NOT go in that box-like thing she calls a crate. …
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I was very intrigued by the title of this book and didn’t hesitate to purchase it because the author is a great writer. It begins, “If you haven’t heard of a liberty bodice, believe that a half crown is something to do with impoverished royalty and never had the experience of slapping a television to …
As a result of my interest in Tudor history, I’ve read many of Tony Riches’ books – among them his Tudor Trilogy, about the founding and growth of the Tudor family, Drake — Tudor Corsair, and Essex — Tudor rebel. The author then began to explore the era from a woman’s point of view with …
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!! My best wishes to everyone for a safe and enjoyable holiday, as we celebrate our nation’s birthday. Special thanks today to our military, our police, our firemen, our first responders and all the medical personnel who are still working hard to get us through the pandemic and keep us safe.
But not a challenge, like Professor Higgins’ but a pleasure from start to finish. I read all five books of the Rose Shield series in three weeks, beginning during my week at the beach, and they took my breath away with the gorgeous descriptions, the beautifully detailed world, and the amazing characters, with all their …
We packed off to a beach house on Holden Beach, North Carolina, about ten days ago, with the threat of a week of rain. I was suffering from a back injury when I fell attempting to play pickleball and found it hard to even walk down to the beach, let alone get in the water. …
Our Week at the Beach Read More »
