Dear Virginia,I imagine you think that I am a little late with this letter, but I have been so busy that all I have done is eat, sleep, and work. Have been picking apples 7:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Working in the mill 3:00 P.M. Read more

Harry Powers July 4, 1920 – June 17, 2008 Harry was born to Harry and Zilpha Powers in Martville, NY.  He served his country proudly and sacrificially as a Tech Sgt during WWII in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. His B-17 was shot down Read more

Today I’m introducing a new project for this blog. It’s actually an old project, because I had started it a long time ago with another blog but never finished it. But it’s something that’s very near and dear to my heart, and I want to Read more

Red Clay Suzie by Jeffrey Dale LoftonOut now from Post Hill Press “If you let fear make your decisions, you’ll never be what you are meant to be.” Grandaddy First of all, I would like to thank the folks at Pride Book Tours for not Read more

Part Two of Bellflower Park takes place in the present day. Tess is in her mid-forties now, divorced, and is still just as snarky and sassy as she was as a teenager. She has settled into her life as a curmudgeon, and she is officially Read more

Bellflower Park is the working title of the novel I started writing for NaNoWriMo 2022. It was my first time ever attempting to write anything longer than a Facebook post since I graduated from college. I always thought there was no way I could write Read more

Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias MaddenOut now from Page Street Kids Anything But Fine, Madden’s 2022 debut novel, immediately put him on my radar of authors I would be following closely. I was so enchanted by that book that I was ready to Read more

I had something happen to me yesterday that was so nice that it’s still with me today. It was a little thing, really. A brief interaction with someone who had come into my office. I work in local government, at city hall. The office I Read more

Those Danes are missing out on millions OK, hear me out on this. Lego has played a major role in my life ever since my boys were old enough to snap two bricks together. Throughout their childhoods there was a parade of Lego sets of Read more

Welcome to my little corner of the internet. Topics you can expect to see in this space include books, mental health, writing, aging, spirituality, health and wellness, pop culture, parenting and family, food, rants and raves, memes, and probably more books. Grab a chair and Read more