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Americans Expected To Celebrate Halloween This Year Like Never Before! Halloween candy sales are expected to sky-rocket this year! According to this article in CStoreDecisions the trend is definitely way UP! Anticipated spending is expected to hit $10.14 billion — an all-time high. And while I don’t get super excited about the fact that American…
Release Date Back Story After publishing The Golden Telescope on December 22nd, 2019, I decided I wanted to release at least one book in my Jack and the Magic Hat Maker series each year until it’s done. I also discovered fiction author Sarra Cannon’s YouTube channel and learned about the Rapid Release method for building a…
Having a profitable side hustle that can provide additional income, and be easy to maintain, both in cost and time is the dream of everyone with the entrepreneurial spirit. This can be a challenging balance to reach. But the lure of financial independence, as well as the ability to control your own schedule, are strong…
National White Wine Day is August 4th. I’ll bet you didn’t know that! I didn’t know that. In fact, I was utterly unaware that there are (at least) 17 recognized wine celebration days each year. How cool is that? White wine? I’m really not such a huge fan. But, hey, it’s an excuse to sample…
I just finished listening to Book Two in Juliet Marillier’s amazing Blackthorn & Grim audiobooks series: Tower of Thorns. Wow. Just wow. This series is captivating. I have to admit, her writing has sucked me in, and now I am a devoted fan! Not only will I continue listening to this enthralling story, but I…
Current Pyrography Projects I pretty much always have several pyrography projects in progress at any given time. Unless these burnings are for a paying client, I take my time on pieces, working on each as the mood strikes me. For some, I might set them aside for weeks or months before I feel like getting…
(This post about introspection was originally composed on December 16, 2005, but I have edited it and brought it current as of July 5th, 2021) Sometimes emotions can get the best of us. It can be difficult to know what triggers a particular feeling, and if we let our emotions run loose, they can even…
Plant-Based Keto sounds like a crazy idea, when you first consider it. Right? I mean, isn’t one of the biggest attractions to a keto diet the fact that you can eat all that meat, poultry, fish, and eggs with abandon? Oh, and cheese. Omg…the cheese! Well, maybe. If that kind of food makes you feel…
I was outside, working in our yard, doing some gardening yesterday. The weather is finally blue skies and sunshine in Forest Grove, Oregon, so I was motivated to soak up some vitamin D. While on my front porch, weeding the flower-bed, our neighbor called to me and struck up a conversation. She knows I’m a…
COMING SUMMER 2021! Millions of years before Jack Mac Paidin was born, a rift existed between the forces of good and evil, foisting one energy against the other. Each side possessed its proponents and initiates, seeking to sway all humankind to their way of thinking. Only a rare, magical anomaly, known as The Power of…
