…of a plain southern American woman. I’m not sophisticated or brilliant or particularly discerning. But I do love this country of my forefathers. It is my country too and I would not want to live anywhere else. On this cloudy, cool Day of Independence, my thoughts are meandering here and there; so, I’ll just jot them […]
Jul 3, 2015
Quizzically Speaking
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Our Framework: First, the Declaration of Independence: In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, […]
Jul 2, 2015
Fran’s Fourth of July Feast
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FREE BOOK FREE BOOK FREE BOOK FREE BOOK FREE BOOK FREE BOOK Remember this is the last day for the second Darcy and Flora cozy mystery, Grave Shift, to be offered as a free ebook on Amazon.com. Thanks to everyone who is downloading and also buying The Cemetery Club and […]
Jun 29, 2015
I Was Just Thinking
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Thoughts are funny things. Sometimes they meander idly through my mind, going here, going there. Some thoughts reach logical conclusions; some never conclude but have a question mark after them. At other times, with no warning, an idea will pop up. These thoughts are sudden and unexpected, an “Aha” moment, sort of like those after-the-rain mushrooms that sometimes […]
Jun 27, 2015
What Next?
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Before I turn on the news each morning, I wonder what terrible thing has happened most recently? I wonder what next? And, I turn on the news less and less often because it seems a sort of madness is sweeping parts of the country and I can’t do a thing about it. You may or […]
Jun 26, 2015
Balm for the Soul
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Perhaps this balm is only for bees and butterflies and not for the soul at all but it does make me feel better just to look at it and know the insects enjoy it a bunch. When I first planted the bee balm, several years ago, it was only a small plant; it came in one of […]
