“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Merry Christmas, and Books Now in Audio
Once Upon a Christmas and Miracle On I-40 now in audio Having a book in audio has been on my list of desires, and I am delighted that I have achieved that this year with Once Upon A Christmas and Miracle On I-40. Once Upon a Christmas audio is available free with your Audible membership
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another Turn in the Road –Strength Training
I started back in January. Was I being silly? I was after all simply an old granny writer. Would I be able to keep it up? The investment of time and energy, both in short supply, held me back. Also, I was too inhibited to investigate the gym by myself. (She who hauls her camper
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A Grand Plotline
I am reading Ancestors, by William Maxwell. Or I should confess I am skimming a lot of it, because it does get boring. It is about Maxwell’s family genealogy, and likely only published in 1971 because he was a celebrated author and fiction editor of the New Yorker Magazine for thirty-nine years. Wikipedia lists his
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Where have I been? What have I been doing?
Over the past ten months, I have enjoyed a camping trip about once a month. Each time I head out of my driveway in my truck pulling the camper, with Faith in the back seat, I am amazed. How in the world can I be doing this again? When I bought my first camper, I
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Does Anyone Out There Remember Catherine Cookson?
Black night wrapped around our group of twenty camper girls huddled in camp chairs around the flaming campfire. Conversation, laced with laughter, ranged from memories of camping escapades to how to call owls to songs long forgotten and brought up on cell phones. The discussion turned to books and various favorites, and then a quiet
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New Year Camping Under the Stars
A few weeks back my son asked, “How much longer do you think you’re going to be RVing?” My response was laughter, and, “Honey, I never thought I’d still be doing it now.” But I am and having a bang-up time. I rang in start of 2025 camping beneath tall trees along the Alabama River
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~ Contra Costa Times
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