…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 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 30, 2015
Refrigerator Love
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Your refrigerator may be a shining white or stainless steel beauty. It probably is not a bulletin board, like mine. My refrigerator holds perishable food items on the inside and dear-to-my heart items on the outside. Pictures, quotes, Bible verses, more pictures, children’s handprints, priceless works of art, all together in happy, carefree abandon adorn that appliance’s […]
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 25, 2015
Heavy on My Heart
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I would much rather be writing about books this morning. I do not like controversy and I do not like confrontations. So, this is probably the last time I’ll mention what is going on with the Confederate flag that many southern states and retailers are hastening to take down. These observations and thoughts are purely […]
