by Liz Talley Thought it was over, didn’t you? Yeah me, too. Yesterday it was 80+ degrees and so sultry my hair now resembles an 80s rock band lead singer. Pollen has come and somewhat gone, flowers are blooming and I’ve been spending so much time at the baseball park I have permanent lines from(…)
This book has been out for a while, but it is such a good read I thought I would share it here…. Bodyguard of Lies is the story of Neeley, a woman who discovers that all is not as it seems in her world. As a teenager, her lover gives her a package to take(…)
A few years ago my friend Ava opened my eyes to the sad fact of “puppy mills.” I could have spent my whole life not knowing that term or about the greedy people who keep dogs in cages for the sole purpose of breeding and making a profit. I was content believing that when a(…)
Other parents save for college. Me, I’m squirreling away quarters and dimes to rent my kid a friend. My son is autistic, at the high end of the spectrum, what most people would call Asperger’s. To put it in television terms, imagine Big Bang Theory, and I’m living with the eight year old version of(…)
My greenhouse that is. planting season? Just getting started. There was some mention of pictures last time, so here we go! outside- inside. I still have a 3rd row I want to add to the right- and a few things I’m seeding– now to get my booty back to editing while those seedlings grow. it(…)
“Do Dandelion Wishes Actually Come True? Katherine Galloway knew this moment of calm wouldn’t last, blown away like the dandelion seeds she scattered as a girl. In 1880, three years after her husband’s death, she struggles to run an Oregon boardinghouse and raise two girls alone. Things don’t get easier when her critical, domineering mother(…)
I’m not talking about the man woman kind of love, well, not exactly. I’m talking about books! It’s the time of year I plan out what I’m going to read over summer vacation. This practice started when I was still in school and actually got a summer off, but old habits die hard. ; )(…)
When I was nine, I took piano lessons for six months. My teacher was a crabby old woman and I was so shy I’d hide behind my finger. Needless to say, it didn’t work out. Now I love music, and I always regretted that I didn’t give the piano another go. Adulthood came, marriage and(…)
Oz by Eden Elgabri and Heather Peters * I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* Lionel and Crow and Tim, oh my! Can Dorothea Gale escape the clutches of foreclosure by making a deal to have sex with three handsome men? Dorothea Gale is a victim of(…)
There’s no single place on Earth that I can point to as home. No particular state, town, or house. The longest I’ve ever lived in one city continuously was six years. The most time I’ve spent in a particular dwelling? Five years. I’m not sad about it. I actually love to move, explore new places,(…)