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Vintage Friday: Be My Valentine

My love Ronnie always remembered Valentine’s Day, birthdays, and anniversaries– and worked to make them special for us. One of my favorite experiences with his determination, as well as his sneaky sense of fun and humor, occurred in 2009. That year I received two audible valentine cards, each one with Ronnie’s voice giving me clues… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Be My Valentine

Themis’ Thirteen: 13 Dream Vacations

Let me first say that I love Florida, my birthplace and home. Many people come here on vacation, and there are all kinds of nooks and crannies in Florida I have yet to explore on weekend jaunts. As befitting a Floridian, however, my true dream vacations take place elsewhere. 1. Norway – I’ve had a… Continue reading Themis’ Thirteen: 13 Dream Vacations

Writer Wednesday: Melissa Keir

Today please welcome fellow Secret Cravings author Melissa Keir, January winner of Time for Love’s “Readers’ Choice” Award! Become a Teacher- Get your Summers Off- Melissa Keir People have a skewed picture of teachers.   Society thinks teachers have it easy with summers off and all the snow days. Teaching has become a target for what’s… Continue reading Writer Wednesday: Melissa Keir

Writer Wednesday: Joyce Humphrey Cares

I’m excited today to have Joyce Humphrey Cares here, a Sweet Cravings author who is also a fellow member of Sunshine State Romance Authors. Blurb: Innkeeper, Zoe Darden becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of her friend, a monk, at the priory in rural Preston, Vermont and the mysterious events that threaten to destroy her inn,… Continue reading Writer Wednesday: Joyce Humphrey Cares

Torchy Tuesday: Vikings and Dark Guardians

Donna Wright of The Hummingbird Place internet radio show interviews me. Come over and see what I reveal about the Wytchfae heroes. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hummingbirdplace/2014/02/04/paranormal-romances    

Mythic Monday: Brighid, Bears, and Groundhogs

MYTHIC MONDAY: BRIGHID, BEARS, AND GROUNDHOGS How soon can we pack away our winter coats and blankets and not worry about remembering to let the faucet drip or the specter of busted pipes? After a long, dark, icy January, it’s natural to wonder when winter will end and when balmier breezes will replace the ole… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Brighid, Bears, and Groundhogs

Cocktail Saturday: Black Annis

Black Annis Cocktail Who’s to say the terrifying Black Annis with her red eyes and black heart doesn’t deserve her own cocktail? I thought of absinthe in connection with her, but then I remembered a dark colored drink we recently had when a friend of mine visited from North Carolina. When we tried different vodka… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Black Annis

Vintage Friday: Black Annis Brandy Balls

Brandy balls are the offspring of bourbon balls, which were created by Ruth Booe of the Rebecca Ruth Candy Company in Kentucky in the early 1900’s.The company was founded in 1919 by two schoolteachers, Rebecca Gooch and Ruth Booe. All during this past Christmas season, I had a hankering to make brandy balls. It wasn’t… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Black Annis Brandy Balls

Hump Day Hook 1/29/14

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! How exciting to resume the Hump Day Hook blog project, where a number of talented authors post one paragraph from a published novel or WIP. It is such fun to read everyone’s work. Our intrepid organizer, Kerrianne Coombes, scheduled this week’s excerpt to be an action sequence. My selection is from Mind Your… Continue reading Hump Day Hook 1/29/14