Hola! Jolene Navarro here. So far this has been a crazy fun summer. After spending time with friends who love books and wearing tiaras I headed to Canyon Texas. I started attending West Texas Writer’s Academy eight years ago, now I lead one of the classes. This is a week of writer’s summer camp. Hosted […]
Along the Texas Coast & A Book Giveaway
Hola! Jolene Navarro checking in from the beautiful Texas Hill Country. My writing view today. I was in San Antonio, so I stopped off at Panera to get some writing time. I love it when a writer submerges the reader into a new world and you get to experience it from the character’s viewpoint. […]
Buckaroos to Buccaneer with a Giveaway
Hola! Jolene checking in from Texas Hill Country. This is from our early morning walk. Yes, all the kids and their fur babies were home for the weekend. I’m excited to tell you that I received my author copies of my May 21 release, The Texan’s Secret Daughter. The hero grew up on a […]
We’re All Connected (plus a giveaway)
Jolene Navarro here. Join me today as I drive a little south and walk along the San Antonio River. I’ll tell you a story about how we are all connected. Are you the kind of person that will talk to a complete stranger in the store or standing in line? A couple of weeks ago my […]
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 […]
Spring: New Life and New Changes
Spring is my favorite season. Not only does it bring warmer weather, but it means the appearance of bluebonnets, one of my favorite flowers. Every time I see a patch of them on the side of the road, it brings a smile to my face. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of them in the […]
Love in a Small Town
Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I love life in a small town. People know people. They know who your grandmother was, your second cousins and siblings. You belong. You have a history. You’re part of a story. You know why the locals call the intersection at HWY 46 and Herff […]
Keep Moving, Keep Walking
Jolene Navarro here, checking in from the Texas Hill Country. We have rolled into month two of a new year and today is Monday. The first day of a new week! As a writer, I spend a great deal of time in front of the computer. I also teach art downtown San Antonio which is an […]
Tree of Life by Jolene Navarro
Hola, Jolene Navarro, checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I had planned to tell you about the Tree of Life project my students and I are working on for the celebration of San Antonio’s three-hundred-year anniversary. Many cultures use trees as symbols of life, roots that we need in order to grow, to grow […]
For those that Trust in the Lord
Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I love dancing in the rain. I strive to find peace in the eye of the storm. But sometimes the smile is fake, the heart is broken, and the knees are bruised. There are times when burdens feel too heavy to carry […]