A 1959 farm journal cookbook records a recipe for candy made from potatoes, but the tradition hails much further back in time to the old pioneer days. Farm families were huge and traditionally would come together to the grandparents homestead on the most special holidays, such as Christmas. The grandmothers and mothers would spend days… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Pioneer Tater Candy 1959
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Demoness Dreams: Visit to Shadows of the Past
Demoness Dreams is playing over on Shadows of the Past today, Carmen Stefanescu’s amazing cyber home. Please jump over and say hi!
Demoness Dreams Cover Reveal by Flossie Benton Rogers
I love my new book cover from Secret Cravings Publishing and cover artist Dawne’ Dominique! What do you think of it? Only a couple more weeks until release day! Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Fantasy Romance
Romance Authors at Library Book Signing
Happy National Library Week! I’ll be signing books on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Homosassa Public Library with my wonderful fellow authors. If you like books, surprises, swag, and chocolate, check us out! Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Fantasy Romance
Mythic Monday: 3 Prophecies the Mayans Didn’t Know About
Trojan prophetess Cassandra foretold the Trojan War and the inevitable destruction of the great city of Troy at the hands of the Greek invaders, led by Agamemnon, Odysseus, Menelaus, and others. Unfortunately, Apollo had cursed Cassandra to the end result that no one ever believed her visions of the future. Neither Cassandra’s kinfolk, the reigning… Continue reading Mythic Monday: 3 Prophecies the Mayans Didn’t Know About
Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for Red Diamond
RED DIAMOND Author – Dorothy Cork First Published – 1975 Genre – Romance Setting – Australia – Sydney; Outback on Red Diamond’s ranch Hero – Red Diamond – the hunkiest book hunk in the history of the world Heroine – Martyn Verity – saucy ingénue Antagonists – brother and sister David and Fay Bower Black… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for Red Diamond
Mythic Monday: Farewell, Mariner
“The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea.” From The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ahoy, Brother Mine, Rest Well. 5/26/1939 – 4/2/2015 Cheers & Happy Reading, Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic
Vintage Friday: Easter 1961
Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Fantasy Romance
Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Teiwaz by Flossie Benton Rogers
Divination is not so much to see what the future brings, but to get insight into the possibilities of the moment. Runes are one of my favorite methods. Runes constitute an ancient Germanic alphabet in use starting in the 1st century AD. They were valuable to the Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons, and other Germanic peoples, for writing… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Teiwaz by Flossie Benton Rogers
Vintage Friday: Michael York as Sexy Viking 1969
Today is the birthday of my all time favorite actor, Michael York. Over a career that has spanned several decades, the British icon starred in numerous memorable films, including Cabaret, The Three Musketeers and its sequel, Murder on the Orient Express, The Island of Doctor Moreau, the zany Austin Powers movies, The Last Remake of… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Michael York as Sexy Viking 1969