Welcome to where the ideas are let loose.
Here you will find the latest updates of my ongoing projects be it writing, knitting, crocheting, canning, or whatever else I have going on and a recipe or two.
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Book Review: Grief One Day at a Time: 365 Meditations to Help You Heal After Loss by Alan D. Wolfelt
Published by Companion Press in 2016, the book is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats. Through gentle meditations and compassionate, practical advice, it offers daily support to those coping with grief, guiding readers toward ongoing healing after a loss. Wolfelt gently guides you through the grief process, with a central theme of…
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 11, Murder on Harley Street
Published in December 2025, the eleventh Cleopatra Fox mystery explores medical malpractice when a patient receiving electrotreatment gets electrocuted by the device. Was it tampered with? Who is responsible for her death? The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. In October 1900, London and the Mayfair Hotel are quiet until…
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Book Review: Narcissus in Chains, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #10
Hamilton continues Anita Blake’s battles with many foes in her tenth book, Narcissus in Chains. The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, read by Kimberly Alexis, brings Anita’s complex emotions to the surface. Hamilton did a…
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 10, Murder at Hambledon Hall
In September 1900, London high society retreats to the country. Cleo and her family accept an invitation from Lord and Lady Kershaw for a weekend at their family’s neo-Gothic manor, Hambledon Hall, for a shooting party. The genteel tranquility ends when the gamekeeper is shot in the driveway. Cleo arrives second on the scene and…
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 9, Murder on the Brighton Express
In August 1900, Cleo is on a seaside holiday in Brighton with her aunt Lilian and cousin Flossy. Her uncle Ronald joined them for the first week but soon grew restless and returned to London. Floyd, responsible for an important guest’s wedding, stayed to oversee preparations. On the last day of her vacation, Cleo receives…
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Book Review: Cleopatra Fox # 8, Murder at the Dinner Party
The story follows book seven. Set in London in July 1900, the Mayfair housekeeper recommends Cleopatra’s services to her sister, who works in a private household where the butler was pronounced dead of natural causes. She is unconvinced, as the man acted mysteriously before his death, especially around guests who also seemed suspicious when they…
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