Today I’m being interviewed by the wonderful Susan Finlay. We talk all things writing, so if you’d like to find out more about my books and some of the other kinds of writing I’ve done, be sure to check it out!
And don’t forget to check out Susan’s books. She’s got three mystery series going, one of which involves time travel, and I can’t wait to check it out. 🙂
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It was an exhausting (but fun) weekend, so this is me today:
Also, this:
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be more rested and can tell you all about the weekend (with pictures!). Till then, have a great one, and may the fourth be with you. 😀
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The scales of those who came before litter the ground beneath the trees, decaying into dust, the last lonely reminders of the way things were before and the way they could be again.
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I love old buildings. I love the architecture, I love the decorations, I love the tin ceilings. I’d love to have antique tin ceilings in my own house someday, but I’m not holding my breath over it – they’re crazy expensive.
But I digress. Late last summer, my mother-in-law and I took Miss Tadpole fabric shopping for her home ec. project. We went to a local fabric place, and while they were looking around at the fabric, I was looking around at the building. It had formerly been the town general store, and it was just beautiful.
I stumbled across this in the middle of an aisle. I could have stayed there taking pictures of it all afternoon, as well as some of the other antique touches in the store. This is something I’d love to have in my house someday, even though we don’t have forced air heating.
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I recently discovered that Lindor makes truffle bars in addition to actual truffles.
Dear. Lord. Hallelujah!
Now if only they weren’t so blessed expensive (the only place I’ve seen them is my local gas station, who want a whopping $1.49 for a single bar), I’d buy out the store and be well stocked in chocolate for…a week? Maybe? 😀
What’s your favorite kind of chocolate?
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A voice echoes in the distance, a song upon the wind, calling her back to her own time, her own place, and though she desires to heed its call, she finds her feet unable to turn back the way they came, the road to the land of Maybe forever barred.
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Our apple tree has finally started blooming, and it looks lovely. I can’t wait for all these beautiful blossoms to turn into tasty fruit. 🙂
The kids, on the other hand, likely feel differently. They’re not terribly fond of picking up the fallen apples.
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Today I’m reviewing After the Ruin by Harriet Goodchild. If you missed the interview she was kind enough to submit to back in March, you can check it out here. If you haven’t heard of After the Ruin before now, here’s the blurb:
What is the price of a man’s life? An apple? A sword? A kingdom? There are many ways to leave a life in ruins. But ruined lives go on, and so, after the ruin, there is love, sweet as roses on a summer’s evening. But love is such a little thing, no stronger than a candleflame at noontime. For, after the ruin, Averla, fire made flesh, is hiding in the light. She will use lover against lover, sister against brother, father against son, to build again her kingdom of everlasting fire. Love is not enough to set against her fierce desire. As well seek to turn back the tide with a wall of sand.
This book…This book! I’m still thinking about it. It’s a dense read, but a fantastic one, and I couldn’t get enough of it. The writing reminded me of some of the classics that I’ve loved; no one specific novel, just classic works in general. It has a timeless feel to it, and the prose is like reading music. It was poetry, plain and simple and magical. The worldbuilding was rock solid and the character development was amazing.
And the end…I still can’t believe the end.
This is a book you definitely don’t want to miss, and one I highly recommend. You can pick up your copy at Amazon, Amazon UK, or Barnes & Noble. I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!
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Dandelions are such happy flowers. When I was little, I loved picking dandelion bouquets for my parents. Despite their weedy status, I loved them. As a matter of fact, I still do, even though they’re threatening to take over my yard.
But really, is there any sight quite as joyful as a field of dandelions? If there is, I’d like to see it.
It must be the color. Yellow is such a happy color, and after a long winter, dandelions are like little spots of sunshine appearing to remind us all that there’s more to life than snow and gray and endless cold. Dandelions are symbols of hope, and Suzanne Collins wasn’t the first to think so.
Anyway, Thumper and Cricket are enamored with dandelions at the moment, and it’s got me thinking about childhood and wonder and seeing the magic in the everyday. Yesterday, Thumper picked a dandelion bouquet for me, and it graced the table till well after supper, even though the blooms had closed up by then. I just hadn’t the heart to throw them out. He took so much joy in picking those bright little flowers and then carting them all over the yard – they were his new best friends. They climbed trees together, they chased cats together, they ran themselves ragged together.
I don’t have a whole lot to add to that at the moment; I’m too brain-dead to come up with a decent ending to this post. Brain-deadness has become my new best friend, and it’s one I could really do without. Hopefully the solution to this problem is right around the corner.
In the meantime, may your weekend be filled sunshine, whether in the sky or in the ground. Have a great one!
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It’s been such a lovely week here that I’ve started thinking about camping again. We always have a lot of fun camping, but with the move and everything last year, we weren’t able to go. We’re making up for it this year, but in the meantime, I’ve got these great shots to get me in the spirit:
These pictures come from a trip to Pine Lake a couple of years ago, and are some of my favorite camping photos:
I can’t believe it’s May already – camping season is just around the corner!
Have a great weekend, everybody, and don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and check out what she’s got going on today!
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 