Amish Country Ransom by Mary Alford is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: A shrilling phone filled his troubled dreams of Afghanistan…until Ethan Connors forced his eyes open. But first the photo and verse. I came out of my Pilates class Tuesday at six and saw this…of course I whipped my phone out and snapped a shot of …
More Dumb Laws 11 ~ Mystery Question
More Dumb Laws 11 is this week’s Mystery Question. I’m just having too much fun with these state laws to quit. 🙂 But first the photo and Scripture verse. The photo is from Delores Topliff, taken while she was in St. Augustine, Florida a couple of years ago. I love the peace it exudes. And I love that verse. It …
Deadly Vendetta ~ Reader Friday
Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Where’s Mommy?” The three-year-old stared up at him, her lower lip trembling, a faded cloth doll clutched against her thin chest. But first the photo and verse. The beautiful photo is from my friend Cheryl Meints, taken at Waterton National Park, Canada. (Waterton NP is the Canadian …
More Dumb Laws 10 ~ Mystery Question
More Dumb Laws 10 is this week’s Mystery Question. I am truly having fun with these dumb laws–even though it’s getting so hard to come up with one equal to the real ones. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo of the bird one morning when I went to get in my car and the Cardinal was …
Cold Case Revenge ~ Reader Friday
Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Nick Rossi glanced up at the pewter sky and snatched his Stetson before it blew off his head into the gust of wind that rolled off Lake Chelan. But first the photo and verse. My friend, Robert Foster, snapped this photo from his …
More Dumb Laws 9 ~ Mystery Question
More Dumb Laws 9 is this week’s Mystery Question. I’ll probably do one more and then change back over to dumb crimes and criminals. 😉 But first the photo and verse. The verse was in my Bible reading this week. I’ve always loved this verse ever since I heard the Hillsong Singers begin one of their songs with Psalm 105. …
A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel ~ Reader Friday
A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel by Delores Topliff is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: During his lifetime, humorist Mark Twain was best known as a travel writer. This is a departure from my usual fiction, but I enjoyed the book so much I wanted to share it with my readers. But first the photo and Scripture …
More Dumb Laws 8 ~ Mystery Question
More Dumb Laws 8 ~ is this week’s Mystery Question. I’m having way too much fun with them! But first the photo (that doesn’t have a hummingbird in it) and verse. I took the photo on Tuesday as I collected the cans after the garbage truck ran. Several of my neighbors are in their 90s. I know they hate for …
The Visitor Catches A Bouquet ~ Reader Friday
The Visitor Catches A Bouquet by Marji Laine is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Miz Hawkins, have you seen my aunt?” MacKenzie Chastain peered into the kitchen as the woman stirred the glaze for the ham.” But first the photo and verse. When I stepped outside to roll the garbage to the street Monday night, this moon …
More Dumb Laws 7 ~ Mystery Question
More Dumb Laws 7 is this week’s Mystery Question. Since everyone seems to be enjoying the dumb laws, I thought I’d continue. But first the photo and verse. The photo is one I took when I traveled to Natchez for research on the Natchez Trace Park Rangers series. It’s taken at Natchez Under-the-Hill on Silver Street. Watching the Mighty Mississippi …