After days of rain, it looks like things are going to start drying out now. But nobody around here is complaining because we certainly needed it. As of now, Show Low is several inches above the average precipitation for this time of year. After several years of drought, we need a snowy winter to go […]
In an effort to introduce my readers to other authors and their work, every week I run an Author Spotlight, sharing information about an author, their work, and how they go about writing their books. Karen Harbert is a long-time breeder and exhibitor of Cardigan Welsh Corgis and her Murder at the Dog Show cozy […]
In yesterday’s blog, I said I taken the oil bath air cleaner off the Chrysler, let it soak in solvent, flushed it well, and let it dry, hoping that would help the engine breath better and ease the stalling problem I’ve had. Yesterday we reinstalled it, filled it with oil, and I took it for […]
In yesterday’s blog, I told you about the two big golden watermelons we discovered growing on the ground next to one of Terry’s raised garden beds. But there’s a lot more than melons coming up thanks to her green thumb. When we lived in Alabama, she bought some blackberry and blueberry plants, and a fig […]
In an effort to introduce my readers to other authors and their work, every week I run an Author Spotlight, sharing information about an author, their work, and how they go about writing their books. Derek Borne is a Canadian author of science fiction novels. When he’s not writing, he’s spending time with his lovely […]
In an effort to introduce my readers to other authors and their work, every week I run an Author Spotlight, sharing information about an author, their work, and how they go about writing their books. MJ Witt grew up in South Dakota’s rugged Black Hills, where self-reliance, hard work, and respect for the land shaped […]
Even though it’s still in the 80s during the daytime here in Arizona’s White Mountains, the wildlife have their own internal calendar. Saturday night, I heard elk bugling. If you’ve never heard the eerie sound of a bull elk challenging other bulls for dominance and summoning cows for mating, it’s a haunting experience. You wouldn’t […]
I said in yesterday’s blog that I planned to put a clamp on the gas line of the Chrysler convertible to secure it to the fuel pump. I mentioned then that it would be a simple project for anybody else, but with me doing something mechanical like that, anything could go wrong. I’m happy to […]
So, what’s going on in our life? All kinds of things. Some of them good and some of them not so good. The good news is that I talked to Kenny yesterday, and while he is still in pain, he says he is slowly getting better. But he’s off work for a week and bored […]
In an effort to introduce my readers to other authors and their work, every week I run an Author Spotlight, sharing information about an author, their work, and how they go about writing their books. Born in Casa Grande, David Grassé is a third-generation Arizonian, raised in Tucson. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History […]
Thank you to everyone who sent emails or comments about son-in-law Kenny’s gallbladder surgery yesterday. Tiffany said they did a laparoscopic procedure, and afterward the doctor said it was in pretty bad shape. They had a bit of trouble controlling his pain after the surgery, but they got it taken care of. Tiffany stayed at […]
I’m sure that I’ve told you before how much I respect and love my son-in-law Kenny, and what a hard worker he is. I think I’ve even said that he’s always there when we need him. But as much as it pains me to admit it, it turns out I was wrong. The man’s a […]
One of the nice things about the writing lifestyle is that we can set our own schedule. Sometimes I will spend most of the day at my computer working on a book, and Terry will be just as busy editing and proofreading. Other days, we may be busy with things around the house and not […]
In the past, I’ve always had some friends handy whenever I started running my mouth and digging myself into a deeper hole, who would say, “Shut up, Nick.” Unfortunately, they’ve all died off and I’m the last man standing. So I’ve been digging some holes lately. Terry had purchased some rose bushes from Lowe’s that […]
If there’s one thing I learned from our fast trip to Texas and back to pick up my old Chrysler convertible, it’s that I’m too damned old for 13-hour car rides two days in a row, even when I’m not the one doing the driving. It’s been five days now, and I’m still feeling worn […]
In an effort to introduce my readers to other authors and their work, every week I run an Author Spotlight, sharing information about an author, their work, and how they go about writing their books. LoLo Paige is a former wildland firefighter and award-winning author who writes the stories she always wanted to read. Her […]
I’m brain dead. That’s the only excuse I can come up with for not giving the simplest answer to one of the questions in yesterday’s Q&A blog. When describing different author styles, I said a pantster, such as me, is somebody who just has an idea to start with and takes it from there, and […]
I’m back with more questions from blog readers. While I try to answer all questions individually, I also share some here occasionally. Q. In your Author Spotlight, you ask people if they are a plotter or a pantster, and I’ve also heard them refer to being a planster. I keep trying to figure out what […]
Besides a regular whole house air conditioner and furnace, our house also came with a mini-split unit in the bedroom, which provides both heat and air conditioning. If you’re not familiar with mini-splits, and I wasn’t until fairly recently, they are a ductless heating and cooling system. They have two main parts: an outdoor compressor […]
Before I do anything else today, I want to congratulate our granddaughter Destiny on another achievement. As I’ve shared with you before, while attending her last year of high school, Destiny was also attending cosmetology classes at Northland Pioneer College here in Show Low. She graduated from both in the same week, and yesterday she […]