A special shout-out to Johnnie Donley for tagging me in this blog hop. It’s a fun way for readers to “hop” around on the internet and find new blogs to visit. If you came from Johnnie’s blog over to mine, then thank you for hopping over. If you arrived from a different briar patch, then […]
The yellow tomcat stared at me, wary eyes unblinking as I crept closer. Suddenly, he crouched, and before I could move, he darted away, only to stop at the edge of the yard, ready to flee at a moment’s notice. I turned and walked back into the house, only to peer through the window to […]
Whoo-hoo! My debut novel, Stealing Jake, is an EPIC eBook Awards finalist in the Historical Romance category. When Livy O’Brien spies a young boy jostling a man walking along the boardwalk, she recognizes the act for what it is. After all, she used to be known as Light-fingered Livy. But that was before she put […]
Join us ANY day, EVERY day of October in Seekerville for a month-long birthday party featuring a host of guest speakers, daily prizes, weekly prizes, and a GRAND PRIZE at the end of the month. Prizes consist of Nooks, Kindles and a laptop! Come on over, join in the fun and fellowship with the Seekerville […]
This morning I looked around my home for something special to share on Calico Trails. It didn’t take long! I immediately spotted a set of cabbage rose china. I don’t really know how old it is, and it’s probably not worth a lot in terms of dollars, but I treasure it because my grandmother gave […]
I’m excited about this new mini-series, Irish Brides, and honored to kick it off with The Wedding Journey as well as a free online read. The series starts toward the end of the Irish potato famine, 1845-1852, when a million people died and a million others immigrated. At this time nearly all the land was […]
Calico Trails is excited to host another award winning author on MONDAY, April 2, 2012. She has forty books in print (wow!) and her latest releases in April. Aren’t her rings gorgeous? Read on to find out more about these precious heirlooms that belong to our mystery guest. Our author says, “I took a pic […]
I was looking around my den the other day and thought about removing some of the …uh… decorations, but decided to embrace the Cowboy Chic Decor instead. And, just so you know, not a ONE of the following pictures was staged. They were captured on digital film in their natural habitat. The den, or as […]
Several weeks ago, I was in the process of turning my breakfast room into an office and couldn’t decide whether to put my grandmother’s china back in the china hutch or fill the hutch with books. This lead to a wonderful discussion with the Seekers about the most prized possessions and heirlooms we’ve inherited. My […]
We had a big partyon New Year’s Eve.I know coming from methat sounds hard to believe. We talked, we playedand we sang,everyone was there –the whole gang! We do it yearafter year,and believe it or notthere’s never any beer. And the only fightyou may seeis between some kidsages 1 to 3. There isn’t any whisky,drugs, […]