When we left our hero, Hero Regen, gambolling freely with her ruc-pard companion Fink at the end of Hero - The Hero Rebellion Book 1, so much seemed rosy. Many of her enemies were dead or incapacitated, while her friends, the important ones, are back in health. But because this IS Hero Regen, it isn’t long before challenges and obstacles start to ( Read more... )

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nwhyte on LiveJournal gave me this year. I should start by mentioning that 1982 was probably the single most eventful year of my life.

My age then: 39
My age now: 73

Relationship status then - still (just about) married to Tom since 1995. At the end of 1981, Tom and I had agreed to divorce and I had moved out of our apartment in Greenwich Village ( Read more... )

Tracy M. Joyce, Asena Blessed, Book Two in the Chronicles of Altaica, Odyssey Books, 2016, pages 660, ISBN 978-1-922200-49-5 (ebook) ISBN:978-1-922200-48-8 (PBK)

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Gosh! It's been a long time since I posted a book review. Having an infarct will do that to Ya, I guess. Thankfully, I seem to be genuinely on the mend, so, back to the metaphorical grindstone.

Odyssey Books, Australia, 270 pages, 2016, ISBN 978-1-922200-52-5 (pbk) ISBN:978-1-922200-53-2 (e-book)

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Whose woods these are I think I know.  
His house is in the village though;  
He will not see me stopping here  
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer  
To stop without a farmhouse near  
Between the woods and frozen lake  
The darkest evening of the year.

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Since I have been informed that the above is a thing.
Neri and I offer the followsing images of our teddy, Tommy Too, at home and at work - which are one and the same thing. After me, Tommy is Neri's best friend


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Eating Rome, Elizabeth Minchilli, St Martin’s Press, April 2015, 230 pages, ISBN: 978-1-250-04784-7 ebook


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