In Operation Owl, we revisit the world of the Grimm’s fairy tale, “The Owl.” The gist of the story is that there is an owl in a barn, the owl terrifies the property owner, and so rather than try to get the owl out of the barn, the townsfolk burn the barn down …
Book Review: Black Moon by Becca C. Smith and F.M. Sherrill #MoonTour
In F.M. Sherrill and Becca C. Smith’s (Atlas) collaborative effort, Black Moon, we meet the bored Shea Harper, a college student stuck at ASU in Phoenix. I say stuck, because it’s clear from the outset that she is miserable there – she wanted to go to UCLA, but couldn’t find funding. Like me, she cannot …
Book Review: Atlas by Becca C. Smith #AtlasTour
Hey guys, sorry this one is up a little late and that I haven’t been posting much this week. I wound up coming down with the fall crud that’s going around, and I don’t have the energy to do much other than resting – BUT there are good posts coming, I promise! Without further ado, …
Book Review: Castle Blues Quake & Giveaway
For your average middle schooler, 5th-8th grade, I think this would be a fun book. It’s quick-paced, it’s quirky, and there’s a lot of snark and humor. Overall, it’s a fun, lighthearted book that reads like jazz or blues music. I’d almost suggest listening to Miles Davis or John Coltrane or Dizzy Gillespie …
Creating a Wardrobe: The Skirts Plan
I’ll be kicking off my wardrobe-making with skirts. (I also plan to participate in the Fall Essentials Sew Along. I’ll share my notes on that in a couple days. I have some thinking to do.) I want to create a wardrobe of skirts that will be classic & work with a variety of tops. Skirts …
Wine Selections by the Owner
All of the wines tasted at this time were selected by one of the owners of Creekside Cellars. While the wine store is no longer in business, the wines reviewed here are still available at a variety of places. The tasting occurred on March 30, 2013. Scharffenburger Brute Rose Sparkling Anderson Valley, Mendocino County ($25) This …
Book Review: The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky by David Litwack #DSATour
This book has a lot of charm. When you want to be whisked away, it’s a great book for that. Meet Kailani, a 9-year old girl who calls herself The Daughter of the Sea and Sky. She wants to make everything right again after a war where the world divided. She travels across the …
Gold Rush Deluge Excerpt, #GRDBlast, and $25 B&N/Amazon Giveaway
Too late she realizes Kersey has a dark and murderous past… Publication Date: August 23, 2014 Genre: Historical Romance When Lucinda Martin York and George Arnold leave Diggers Flat during a rainstorm, the Sacramento and American rivers crest, causing a deluge of epic proportions that engulfs the town of Sacramento. While Lucinda uses her …
New Clairvaux 2013 Primativo Release Tasting
Yesterday, we headed over to the tasting room at New Clairvaux Vineyards to check out their new wine releases. We hadn’t been for a while thanks to me being pregnant with baby girl, and we wwere excited to see what they had going on. We tasted six wines while there, including the new 2013 Primativo …
Out of the Park Baseball 15 Game Review and Rafflecopter Giveaway
Wining Husband, Tiger Boy, and I are all huge baseball fans. It’s kind of fun in our household because there are two different teams we root for. My husband is a huge Seattle Mariners fan, and Tiger boy and I cheer for the Oakland Athletics. It can get kind of loud in our house when …
