Chocolate Birds Nests
Guest blogger and chocolate lover Lauren Shafer hijacked my blog today to share her favorite Easter treat! Lauren says: Chocolate bird nests are super easy to make, not a lot of ingredients, and they taste amazing. I can’t take all credit for this recipe...Arroz Con Pollo
Spring Break this weak! Great, except mia familia expects mom to make dinner. Fast! No fuss! A crowd pleaser. Add guacamole and tortilla chips and the gang is happy! I usually double this recipe! Arroz con pollo PDF Click Recipes on the navigation bar for more...Pantry Pandemonium
This bad-silly poem is in response to a friend’s request. Not the “badness” mind you, but the topic. It’s a fearful subject for lots of moms. The dreaded…the terrible…the pantry. Open up the door and beware! Look for ingredients...Email etiquette
You know who I’m writing about. Those co-workers/friends/relatives/bosses who don’t know how to write an effective–repeat–effective email. The problem: Folks blast off emails before: 1) checking for typos; 2) assessing tone; 3) making...Coconut Cream Eggs
Coconut Cream doesn’t get any better than this. Far better than ANY you’ll find in the store. This recipe is my grandmother’s–she’s 97 years old! She made them every year for Easter. When I first asked her for the recipe she wrote...Grandy Nanny
It’s Fab Female Friday! And this Friday’s feisty woman is Grandy Nanny of Jamaica. Run-away slave. Guerrilla leader. Politician. Priestess of obeah–an African religion of mysticism, magic, and mayhem. Sold into slavery by a rival tribe as a child,...Ice Cream Verse
Ice cream, ice cream, creamy and sweet nothin’ better to beat the heat. Chocolate, strawberry, mocha, and praline no way to eat a bowl and still stay...Job Skills vs. Personality traits
While perusing the web the other day, I found a FOX news article that listed the 10 job skills every employer wants. The list was sort of a no-brainer. But the list got me to thinking… The skills deemed important are not exclusive to employees....Prom Dress Poem
It’s the last prom dress I’ll ever buy. sniff sniff. And I’ve bought quite a few. Teen: Shopping for a prom dress with mom is such a drag nothin’ but hours of nag nag nag, I need her to finance this wispy little dress so I just smile...Lie Detector
Did you hear about the Lynchburg, Virginia teacher who used a Smart Phone lie detector app to find out which of her 3rd graders stole some Valentine’s Day candy? A lie detector app for your phone is only for F-U-N. Fun, people! Real lie detectors...Prom Etiquette for Guys
Prom time! My seniors have been chattering about the event for weeks. Their date. The music. The venue. The tux. The dress….and so on. Corsages. Limos. Party Buses. Rented tuxes. Matching bow ties. Elaborate hairstyles. Good times! A few of my International...Paranormal Lounge Blog
Paranormal Lounge has featured The Merkabah Recruit! Creepy excerpt is included!!! Click Paranormal Lounge to go to this cool website!!! A zillion thanks to Paranormal Lounge and Kayla Curry!Mom’s Smoke Signals
Conclave! Catholic Cardinals from around the globe are sequestered in a room until they decide on the next pope. And how do they communicate their decision to the world? Everyone knows the answer! Black smoke means no pope chosen. White means “we have a...Teenagers are Useful
It’s the best of times–it’s the worst of times! Teenagers are fun! Teens keep you on your toes! Parents of teens enjoy complaining about their teens–and rightly so. Few of us are blessed with perfect children ( and please, if you have perfect...
Review excerpt from SHADE TREE BOOK REVIEWS: recommend Merkabah as a must read, especially for the para-normal, ancient history, thriller seeker, audience, and anyone who wants a novel that seems to turn the pages for you as you dive between the covers and into the thick of the story with Daphne and S.J.
Review excerpt from SHADE TREE BOOK REVIEWS: As with any great first novel in a series, it left me panting and begging for more. The second novel in the series, The Merkabah Deception utilized The Recruit as a diving platform to send me deep into the muck and mire of the ancient gods and demons ongoing battle of the spiritual world.
Review excerpt from SHADE TREE BOOK REVIEWS: The story between Daphne, the introverted doctoral candidate/college professor, and S. J., the demi-god/Nephilim heats to a boil as the “Watchers” seem to become more involved in the love affair between a human and a Watcher. This is only the sideline to the action-filled storyline as Daphne’s powers as a Merkabah continue to increase and she continues to fight the demons that are co-habiting earth with us mere earthlings.
