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I was talking to my sister the other day and the subject of God came up. She mentioned a friend who had recently said she has given up on God. Personally, I have never given up on God. If things happen in my life that are upsetting or unexpected I assume I’m just not getting God’s message. Granted, my perceptions of God have changed and developed over my 73 years. In my early years, I was raised…

  What would it take for you to climb 1,480 concrete steps? Did I mention you climb through a dense forest inhabited by brown bears? There is electric perimeter fencing, if that reassures you. This strenuous hike can take thirty to forty minutes one way. And you better be in good shape, because there’s only one way up and down at Poenari Castle. Poenari   Poenari Castle sits over 1,300 feet…

I recently had the opportunity to go to a presentation by Dr. Rachel Toles on the psychology of serial killers. As many of my readers are aware, a couple of my books are about serial killers. Dr. Toles is both informative and entertaining, an excellent combination for such a serious and sometimes gruesome subject. Dr. Toles focused on a few well known killers. Each was different in some way,…

I rarely follow the daily prompts for blog posts. Today’s suggestion caught my eye because I’d recently had a discussion with someone about the topic. Like me, my friend is a female in her seventies. And like others in our age group we have some medical issues. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in my early thirties. At the time I had three children under eight. With determination and God’s…

The past few months have been an exciting adventure. I had the privilege of attending three book events; one in April and two in May. In April I traveled to Greer, South Carolina to join the Spring Book Bash. It was held at the historic Randall House and was presented by the Creative Slingers of Ink. It was a pleasure to meet a great group of authors with books from all genres. The readers who…

“My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.”Virginia Roberts Giuffre https://a.co/d/0bs0AKrz I was hesitant about reading this memoir. Like many people, I’d heard about Jeffrey Epstein and the crimes he’d committed against young girls. I’m not talking about young women, I’m talking about underage…

I suspect most people are aware of my addiction to TCM. My sister and I are up every Sunday morning to watch Eddie Mueller and Noir Alley, a selection of crime noir from around the world. Periodically we’ll tune in to watch films from other genres hosted by the fine film buffs of TCM. Waiting to Board the Disney Magic Last fall we had the opportunity to take a TCM movie cruise aboard the Disney…

The Constitution of The United States of America “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The First Amendment The first amendment to the Constitution of the…