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 Friends, I don’t know about you  but sometimes life just overwhelms me. Not only am I running this site but I’ve been working on a non-fiction book proposal and playing around with a new screenplay. I’m thinking of joining ScriptFrenzy, a 30 day screenwriting challenge.  Im doing some photography for a local business, collectively my [...]

Read it – The Overnight Socialite

 

I so enjoyed the novel, The Overnight Socialite by Bridie Clark. Its well written, funny and a page turner. The whole time I was reading it, I imagined who would be cast in the movie roles because this book is sure page-to-film material.

 Lucy Jo  is a mid-western bumpkin who has no upper class breeding whatsoever. She’s in New [...]

Get reading – Books!

In his book, DO IT OR AGE QUICKLY: 60-Second Practices to Live Better, Stronger, and Longer,  JB Berns writes about simple, 60 second practices you can perform every day to improve your over all well-being. I read this book quickly, its not long and is very easy to get through. Sometimes health books bog you down [...]

Books!

 

A friend got me started reading The Pioneer Woman website years ago and I’ve been a fan ever since. I was so excited to buy The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook which does not feature lean cuisine and spa food, rather hearty, buttery cooking with fresh ingredients. Think butter. Lots of butter. I am loving the book and [...]

Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls

I just finished Jeannette Walls’s new book, Half  Broke Horses and its wonderful. She writes in the voice of her grandmother, Lily. She was a tough, rugged, independent ranch woman dealing with the harshness of life in Arizona during the 30’s and 40’s.

When The Glass Castle came out a few years ago, I interviewed Jeannette  and [...]