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Torchy Tuesday: Sin Watermount

Another gem of a book by vintage Australian romance author, Dorothy Cork, is Breakers on the Beach. Instead of an Outback setting as many of Cork’s books have, including the fabulous Red Diamond, Breakers on the Beach is set– well, on the beach, of course. Yet, Australia is home to numerous waterfront properties, and this… Continue reading Torchy Tuesday: Sin Watermount

Mythic Monday: The Old Sea Goat

In the modern zodiac a goat symbolizes the astrological sign of Capricorn. In older traditions, however, and still sometimes today, the goat is a special variety of creature– a sea goat, half goat and half fish. The earliest known origin of depicting Capricorn as a sea goat occurred around 1,000 B.C.E. in Babylonia, the cauldron… Continue reading Mythic Monday: The Old Sea Goat

Time For Love Readers’ Choice Award

Huge thanks to those who voted for Guardian of the Deep for the January Readers’ Choice Award on Christina Cole’s site, Time For Love. I appreciate it more than I can say. You are special people. The process started as a number of authors submitted a book cover and book description in 25 words of… Continue reading Time For Love Readers’ Choice Award

Cocktail Saturday: Hot Tea Toddy

Mercy, it was no fib yesterday when I said we’d not imbibe the Earl Grey. In this cocktail I prefer a stronger variety of tea such as English Breakfast. To complement the Vintage Friday post depicting ladies’ handkerchief holders, it seems fitting on Cocktail Saturday to celebrate with a Hot Tea Toddy. It’s a delicious… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Hot Tea Toddy

Vintage Friday: Hold My Hanky

For Christmas I decided to buy some pretty handkerchiefs for Miss Viola, the mother of a friend of mine. Miss Vi calls me her “other daughter,” and that’s a good feeling for someone who lost her mother in 1987. She and my mother were friends as well. How wonderful that Miss Vi still uses actual… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Hold My Hanky

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

And for our loved ones who have gone ahead of us, from the mournful and meaningful old song Auld Lang Syne: “Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind.” We’ll love you forever. As for New Year’s resolutions, I think my friend Kay has it right this year in the simplicity of choosing one… Continue reading HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Writer Wednesday: Laurie White

HAPPY NEW YEAR COVER REVEAL: Give a warm welcome to fellow Secret Cravings author Laurie White and her novel, Without a Trace, coming February 2014! BLURB: Magazine journalist Rachel Bennett has a reputation for getting to the heart of a story. However, when her sister disappears and is suspected of embezzling from her employer, the… Continue reading Writer Wednesday: Laurie White

New Year’s Eve Blog Hop

Welcome! For Torchy Tuesday this week I am participating in the first annual Smile Somebody Loves You New Year’s Eve Blog Hop. After all, heroes and heroines are pretty torchy! What better way to kick off the New Year than a chance to win awesome prizes from over 50 participating blogs! Please visit everyone and… Continue reading New Year’s Eve Blog Hop

Mythic Monday: Skadi, Winter Goddess

Skadi is the Norse goddess of winter and the hunt. Daughter of frost giants, some scholars maintain that Scandinavia is named after her. Skadi married the summer god Njord after choosing him from a lineup of gods. The kicker was that she had to select her future husband by looking only at the feet of… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Skadi, Winter Goddess

Cocktail Saturday: Scandinavian Glogg

The glogg recipe below is courtesy of friend Lyn Ehley and is a drink made in heaven for my ghostly Viking, Ingvar, from Wytchfae Runes. Check out the movie character who helped to inspire Ingvar, namely Guthrum the Dane as portrayed by Michael York. My husband and I used to watch the movie every time… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Scandinavian Glogg