It’s December! Time to don your mittens and scarves, bundle up in your big winter coat, and crunch through the snow in your boots. Right? No? Well, that was what December meant for most of my life. I spent the majority of my years living in Illinois, with a decade in Pennsylvania thrown in there, […]
Not So Merry & Bright + Giveaway
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…except when stores are full of cranky shoppers. Have a holly, jolly Christmas…until your oven goes on the fritz at 8:32am Christmas morning. Silent night, holy night, all is calm…for brief moments between the last-minute school play costume emergency fixes, late-night teacher gifts assembly lines, and slipping out […]
A Christmas Gift for You and a Massive Scavenger Hunt Contest!
Happy month of Christmas stories! Of course, they’ve all been rolling out since about mid-September, but it’s still fun to dig into books that celebrate the Christmas season. When I was growing up, we often turned off the television and played records (these were the days before 9,000 channels on cable). There was always a […]
Fifty, No Make that 5 reasons to love a Cowboy and a Giveaway.
Jolene Navarro’s Top 5 Reasons to Love a Cowboy Hello, Jolene here on this fine Friday morning. I grew up in the Texas Hill Country and around cowboys of all kinds. There are the ones that work the land and would rather be out in the cold than locked in a warm comfy office. Then […]
Family Holiday Favorite: Relaxing on the Porch and Simple Food
I love Christmas stories. Writing Christmas stories are my favorite. Since 2013 I have published four. Lone Star Holiday, A Texas Christmas Wish, Forever Christmas Kiss and A short story in A Recipe for Romance: A Collection of 22 Inspirational Stories and Recipes. There seems to be a theme of Texas family, food and porches in […]