Prelude She could make smoking a cigarette look elegant, seductive . . . and dangerous even. Chic. Cool. And somehow romantic. Of course she could make anything look good. She appeared…

           Fabulous beauty and a perfect place for a summer read.                               From another view.    Father, words don't do justice to the beauty you've created in this world. In such contrast to the sin. Thank you…

    A valid question sung with a great voice and melody. A hit for sure back in the day.    Father, so many great voices, gifted by your divine touch. May they all know who gave that terrific voice to them. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

    Book 2 in the Morgan Dane Series delivers what appears to be Melinda Leigh's stock and trade: likeable lead characters and truly psychopathic killers. In Her Last Goodbye a mother of two young children disappears after a scheduled girls' night out which never happens. As is usually the case, her husband is the…

The wages of the righteous bring them life    but the income of the wicked brings them punishment. . . . The discerning heart seeks knowledge,    but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.    Proverbs 10:16; Proverbs 15:14 (NIV) 

                 Five things I loved about my youthful summer visits to the Flying Horseshoe Dude Ranch: The horses of course. My first summer I rode "Dude", second summer "Minnehaha", third and final summer "Friday". The incredible beauty of the country in the Teanaway Valley in eastern Washington. The…

      Nothing makes a novel fail like poor dialogue. Here are some of the problematic types of dialogue I've found in contemporary fiction. 1.Stilted conversations where contractions aren't used and/or more formal language is used when it should be casual. 2.Unnatural dialogue. This isn't easy to explain, but you know it when you…

          Interesting pattern of lovely flowers and manicured lawn(s).    Thank you, Lord, for such creative beauty. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

    Ooh, I loved this song! They had so many good ones!   Lord, bless those who use what you've given them to bring beauty into the world. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                    The murder of a young former babysitter has another young neighbor arrested. Morgan Dane is just now two years later recovering from losing her husband in Iraq as a single mother devoted to their three young children. Having put her career as a prosecuting attorney…