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The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos by Kelly Irvin is this week’s Reader Friday. I loved this book… Here’s the first line: “Delivering the news required a certain finesse combined with brutal honesty.” But first the photo and verse. I took the photo this morning on my walk around the block–the birdhouse hadn’t been there earlier in the week. I’m …
Birds Alive by Jen Dodrill is this week’s Reaer Friday. Here’s the first line: “I could write blog posts and headings, research keywords, and create printables for my Mamma Birds blog readers. In. My. Dreams. Not today, though.” I loved this mystery, but first the photo and verse. It’s actually a meme I’ve used before. But I’ve been thinking of …
Moonlight Cowboy by Jennie Atkins is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “The want ads held no clue as to how Daniel Gallagher could fill the gaping hole in his teaching agenda called summer vacation.” **Breaking news…Evidently my post didn’t go!! So, I’m sorry it’s late…And I hope it works this time! Now back to our regularly scheduled …
.Rise On Eagles’ Wings by Lois Kennis is this week’s Reader Friday. It’s a story that will stay with you long after you close the book. Here’s the first line: “August 1993. The sun paints a blaze of gold behind my house, promising a glorious day.” But first the photo and verse. On Monday I received a beautiful photo with …
A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventures by Angela Bell is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: For Miss Clara Marie Stanton, the task of preventing her family from being committed to an asylum had become as commonplace as it was exhausting. I want to tell you I loved this book, but first the photo and verse. I …
Take My Hand by Kristen Hogrefe Parnell is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: If anyone needed a vacation, she did.” But first the verse and photo. This is one of my favorite late-afternoon photos. I love the steeple and the contrails and the beautiful golden hue to everything. And that is also one of my favorite verses…of course, …
The Premonition at Withers Farm is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “When death came to visit, no one ever prepared tea and cookies.” But first the photo and verse. I love it when the redbud trees bud out. And they’re usually not red either, but purple, although I have seen a few red ones. When I see them, …
The Persistent Road by Tim Bishop is this week’s Reader Friday! Here are the first sentences: “I’m sorry. Your cancer is spreading . . .” Morning gridlock on the LA Freeway gave Doug Zimmer too much time to think again. ~ Fantastic opening to a great story! But first the photo and verse. My friend Loretta Edison took this photo …
Fatal Witness is my Reader Friday this week because…with the edits, I haven’t had time to read anything in two weeks! So, I thought I would talk a little about my latest release, and my writing, and what I’m doing next week. Here’s the opening paragraph of Fatal Witness: “The back door slammed and ten-year-old Danielle Bennett jumped. Her daddy …
Always the Baker Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “She just went over like a lopsided sack o’ corn. I tell ya, I never saw nothin’ like it.” I loved this book! But first the photo and verse. There was just enough light to capture the slight hint of pink …