Life Transitions: Today I am sitting at my second makeshift desk trying to find the determination to send out this newsletter. We had the unexpected happen. When we returned home from Texas, after my book publisher’s conference and an extended Read more
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is a story full of interesting characters whose lives eventually weave together in an unusual, intriguing way. Each of Moriarty’s characters is unique while feeling authentic within their situation. I don’t want to give Read more
Life Transitions: Butterflies rest when it rains because it damages their wings. It’s okay to rest during the storms of life. You’ll fly again when it’s over. You might agree that physical fatigue from emotional stress is more difficult to Read more
Book Review: Barbara Boehm Miller’s When You See Her is one of those character-driven stories you are not likely to forget. The protagonist, Sarah, is a 500 lb. young woman hidden away and trapped in her home with an abusive brother in a Read more
Life Transitions: My husband is a retired Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal from the Olympia Fire Department, so we have had the privilege of returning to our roots to attend functions at what is now called Fire House Station #5. This station is Read more
I meet the author of Happiness Falls, Angie Kim, on a Zoom book club discussion. What an honor, because her writing is top-notch. While reading her book, I kept thinking this story was like a domesticated Da Vinci Code because Read more
Life Transition: “To be nobody-but yourself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” ~ e.e. cummings. We Read more
Father’s Day is in June and I have been pondering fatherhood and what has changed in parenting styles over my lifetime. However, I can’t speak of all fathers or the demographic variations of how fathers parent throughout the US. Yet, Read more
Wilkerson strategically weaves through the use of a dual timeline and multiple points of view an engaging storyline that reveals the secret past of Eleanor Bennett to her children through a recording played after her death. Her children are left Read more
THE MESSY LIFE OF JANE TANNER by Brenda Novak. This book is about a woman’s quest to become a mother. Her clock is ticking, and she doesn’t see many options for herself in the situation she is in. Besides the Read more
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