A Giant Murder, A 1920s Romantic Mystery with a Fairy Tale Twist by Marji Laine is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Chapter One: About the Beans Dallas, Texas 1926 Always be prepared for anything. More about this fabulous story later. But first the photo and verse. I love this photo taken with my iPhone one night when …
More Crazy Laws #41 is this week’s Mystery Question. I hope you enjoy and laugh at them as much as I did! Forty-one weeks of crazy laws…that’s crazy in itself. And it’s getting harder and harder to make up a crazy law! 🙂 But first the photo and verse. The photo is from Delores Topliff’s farm that I hope one …
When The Ocean Roars by Charlsie Estess is this week’s Reader Friday. I loved this book set in Japan! Here are the first two lines: “Midas? Are you lost?” No one ever called him Midas. But first the photo. I shot this the other day on my morning walk. (Stopped my watch to take it. lol) Even though I walk a …
More Crazy Law #41 is this week’s Mystery Question…I am still so amazed there are enough crazy laws on the books to keep this series going! But first the photo and verse. The photo is another sunrise. I caught the sun just between the trees early one morning. I love both sunsets and sunrises, but while a sunset is beautiful, …
The Choices She Made by Felicia Ferguson is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Madeline Williams’s head lolled against hard, wooden planks as she blinked awake.” This is an amazing book! But first the photo and verse. The photo was taken from my driveway as the morning sun topped the trees across the street. And the verse is …
More Crazy Laws #40 is this week’s Mystery Question. I cannot believe I’ve written 40, count them–40 posts about our crazy laws on the books! Who would’ve thought? But before we get to this (and last) week’s Mystery Question, the photo and verse. I found the photo when I was looking for the photos I took during my research trips …
The Last to Know by Mary Alford is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first three lines: “He’d promised. Sworn the last time would be the last time. He’d lied.” This one will keep you from going to sleep until you finish it! But first the photo and verse: My friend in Tupelo, Mississippi, took this photo at sunset one evening …
More Crazy Laws #39 is this week’s Mystery Question. I am simply amazed that I’m still finding crazy laws! I hope you enjoy these. But first the photo and verse. I was out early this morning looking at my rose bushes and snapped this photo with raindrops. I had no idea it had rained before I got up, but I …
Memorial Day isn’t the day to thank a soldier for his service, and while you can thank a soldier anytime, it isn’t THE day for it. That’s November 11, Veterans Day. Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day honors all soldiers who died during service to the nation. It started as a local observance for Confederate soldiers who died in battle. One …
These Tangled Threads by Sarah Loudin Thomas is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina September 1923 “It must be–” Ellen Harshaw closed her eyes and kissed her fingers, her shoulders dropping as she exhaled and flung her hand wide– “exquisite. Yes, that’s the only word for it. Edith has carried your homespun fabrics …