Time is running out to enter my Celebration Giveaway for Murder Comes by Mail. Deadline is noon EST Tuesday, May 17, 2016. I got the nesting cats and they are cute but not as tall as I expected and the journaling Bible is beautiful. So if you want to get your name in the drawing, you have to do it …
A Post Gone to the Dogs
A gorilla with a cellphone riding a bicycle is bound to generate some clever captions. (Steve Breen) I didn’t have a picture of a gorilla with a cellphone on a bicycle, but if I did, I’m sure you all would have come up with some clever captions for my Caption Giveaway Game. Thanks so much for joining in with my …
Odd Dog Oscar
I’m going to be a guest on a blog, Quid Pro Quills this Wednesday for their regular feature Animals and Authors. Oscar is the star in that post. So since I’ve been meaning to do a post about my dog, Oscar, here on One Writer’s Journal forever, I decided now was a good time. This post will be different from …
Sweet Amber Dog
It’s taken me a few weeks before I could write about sweet dog, Amber. Even now it makes me sad that the little dog’s life ended too soon. My granddaughter got Amber for her birthday a few years ago. She was a rescue dog. A miniature wire-haired dachshund. Maybe full bred. Maybe with a little something else mixed in. She …
A Peek at Hidden Springs Mystery 2
Hidden Springs mystery 2 isn’t ready for readers yet. It’s still going through edits and won’t be released until July 2016. That sounds like a while yet, doesn’t it? We still have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, and plenty of other days to fill the time before you’ll have a chance to read my …
Remembering Roxie, My Walking Buddy Saint Bernard
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love; they depart to teach us about loss. ~Erica Jong I lost one of my walking buddies last week. Roxie lived across the road from me. She came to her family when she was a pup and already bigger than many dogs are when they are grown. A fuzzy furry sweatheart. …
Bailey’s Bug – What Happens Next?
July 14, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Do you like my dog friend? I’ve been taking lots of pictures of dogs to try to find one that looks like Bailey in the book I’m writing. This one isn’t right. The one last week was closer. But it’s fun taking pictures of all the dogs I meet and …
Every Dog Needs a Name
Dogs, Dogs, and More Dogs Last week on my Facebook author page, I asked for suggestions for a dog’s name. I posted the first picture above as a look alike of the dog in my current work in progress. But he’s not exactly right. My dog may be a little more like picture two. And of course Oscar in picture …
Surprises, Parties and Chocolate Cakes
“Let’s face it, a nice, creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.” ~Audrey Hepburn Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me. Audrey Hepburn Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/chocolate_cake.html#FS468PmEH8F8rtSo.99 Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for …
Life is Better with a Dog Named Oscar
Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, filling an emptiness we don’t even know we have. ~Thorn Jones Some of you have been asking about how my dog, Oscar, is doing. About a month ago, one of the men working on a room remodel here at the house ran over Oscar. He was parked beside the …