No Filter is Book One in this Barks & Beans Café Cozy Mystery Series by Heather Day Gilbert.  Macy Hatfield is recently divorced when her brother Bo calls with a new business venture that not only surprises her but requires her to…

  What a great song. Love it. Way back when . . . we had such good music.    Father, continue to bless your singers and musicians. Let them know who gave them their wonderful talents and gifts. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

              The Jungle by Mark Dawson is Book 9 in The John Milton Series. John "Smith" is still in London living his austere, minimalist lifestyle when he volunteers to help an acquaintance (Tommy) from his AA group to drive some furniture to Calais, France. Once that's done, as John…

           Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."      The woman said to him, "Sir, give…

  Race MONDAY One It was hard to say what witnesses noticed first—the shrill piercing screams or the nearly naked young woman uttering them. Apparently she woke up next to a dead boyfriend, both of them allegedly passed out from too much alcohol consumption. The designated “sleeping” tack rooms at the track were located at…

                          Dad and Mom. Miss them. Loved them. So much. Classy. Loving. Best parents ever.    God, I can never thank you enough for allowing me to be born to these parents. They gave me so much love in spite of me. Like…

          In Keukenhof, you can find a bunch of classic Dutch bridges. This is one of them right at the entrance, surrounded by a sea of colorful tulips. Lines and lines of tulips, hyacinths, and narcissus flowers in between the trees. The world-famous ‘Blue River.’ A road of blue grape hyacinths…

          Great Canadian band Guess Who had a major hit with this one in 1969 (my first year on the racetrack). Loved this song. Also a terrific song by Sugar Loaf. Man, we had some great tunes back in the day.    Father, so many gifted musicians and singers. May they…

                                     Headhunters by Mark Dawson is Book 7 of the John Milton Series. (I've mentioned how much I like the covers of the John Milton novels, but this one? It looks like a woman carrying a jacket or…

       To this John [the Baptist] replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.' The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him,…