The Hunted Heir by Jayna Breigh is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first paragraph: ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S Eve, and Nona Taylor’s prayer remained unanswered. Still. The digital clock on the microwave read 6:20. Five hours and forty minutes until midnight. Five hours and forty minutes until she begged God—again—to grant her one, her only, request. But first the photo …
More Crazy State Laws #64 is this week’s Mystery Question. Can you believe this is week 64 with these crazy laws? I took this photo a year ago while standing in my backyard. It was a beautiful afternoon, and I had just walked home from visiting my friend across the street. My “Bestie” was in the house, waiting for me …
Suppose I Hadn’t Listened by Barbara D’Antoni Diggs is this week’s Reader Friday. Here are the first few lines: Israel 1973. For a week I braved the rush hour traffic between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington D.C.. On the seventh night, I was asked a question. It never occurred to me my whole life would change if I answered, “Yes.” But …
More Crazy Laws #63 is this week’s Mystery Question. I had fun with this one! And I think you did, too. One fun thing–the true crazy laws were all in the same state! But first the photo and verse. A very good friend emailed me the photo of this beautiful rainbow. Rainbows make goosebumps on my arms every time I …
A Will and a Way (Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farms Book 11) by Johnnie Alexander is this week’s Reader Friday. here’s the first line: “One last tiny stitch, a snip of the thread, and the gentle application of a bandage brought an end to the lifesaving operation.” But first this week’s photo and verse. I took the photo at a …
Crazy State Laws #62 is this week’s Mystery Question. I am happy to report that I turned in my edits, timeline, and character sketches today. Happy Dancing around here! But first the photo and verse. The verse is one I claim all the time. He also does exceedingly abundantly more than I can think or ask. The photo was another …
Lethal Standoff by DiAnn Mills is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: My role as a hostage negotiator often plunged me into the evil designs of the human mind. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo as I walked one Sunday evening in Ocala, Florida with a good friend. We rounded toward the west and …
More Crazy Laws #61 is this week’s Mystery Question. I never would have believed there are so many crazy laws on the books. Some are from years ago, but believe it or not, some are from the present day! I shake my head at them. But first the photo and verse. When I took the photo, it was for the …
Undercover Escape by Valerie Hansen is this week’s Reader Friday. Here are the first few lines: Rain pelted the van’s windshield. Professional dog trainer Hannah Lassiter shivered. Her stomach knotted.” But first the photo and verse. Friday night I looked outside and saw a crescent moon with Venus below it, and I believe the smallest star above the moon is …
More Crazy State Laws #60 is this week’s Mystery Question. It’s also my first blog post of 2025! When we were back in the 1990’s did you ever think how strange the year 2025 sounded? It seemed so far away and now here we are. Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Or set goals at the beginning of each year? …