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Monday was a horrible day for me because I lost my Google Earth (GE) cameras. If you've followed along my writing journey, you know I rely on those GE cameras for research. I've done a couple posts here and other places showing how much I rely on those GE vehicle mounted cameras which roam the streets all over the world to bring us photos of what it really looks like. That GE camera vehicle was even in my hometown taking a photo of our 30' tall Eiffel Tower. I especially liked seeing that on GE. However on Monday, I was using the cameras like I usually do, which is to look around at the landscape, then go to another one a few hundred yards up the road and look through that one. Then suddenly, the GE cameras all disappeared! I spent 2 hrs of writing time looking for them on 2 different computers in case it was a glitch but nope, they're gone. Now, I know there were issues where people complained the cameras were an invasion of privacy, but for a research tool to people w...

I received a comment from Josi yesterday on my Bunkering Down post. Josi wanted to know what a sundog was so here's my answer: Sundogs (also called mock suns) are a phenomena we see several times a winter. They are caused by light refracting through ice crystals and are usually in very cold weather, or in not-so cold weather but where there's lots of ice crystals in the air - you know, the kind that turn the trees white. Although the twin mock suns on either side are the actual sundogs, the whole thing is commonly called a sundog in these parts much like a ring around the moon is called a moondog. Usually a sundog is close to the horizon, like in the photo I showed yesterday or in some of my previous sunrise pics. However last year, I took several photos of one at noon on our way back from church. I wouldn't even have noticed it except for the bright light at ground level which peaked my curiosity so I followed it upwards.  Taken Feb 7, 2010 What made this sundog special w...

I'll be bunkering down for Book in a Week with the Sask Romance Writers starting Jan 15. Yes, I've almost reached the mid-point of NovelTrack with the ACFW but this is when my writing intensifies. You see, during Aug-Nov of 2010, I basically stayed in my cave all day and evening, only coming out for pit stops while completing Emma's Outlaw . The family took care of me. They made meals and called me when it was time to eat. They did the dishes, laundry, etc. In return, I gave them an old-fashioned Christmas complete with lots of homemade baking from scratch. I made the meals and did the dishes, etc. I've continued that in January. However, as of this Saturday morning, all that stops. Last night one of the boys even asked when it's their turn to do the dishes again and I reminded them about this weekend. He nodded and left. The main problem is that it's now too cold to work in my office in our converted garage until April so my current cave is in a corner of ...

Today I'm hosting New York Times Best Selling author Marie Bostwick at Inkwell Inspirations . Marie's latest release is A Thread So Thin , Book 3 in the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop series from Kensington Books. The books are set in the fictional town of New Bern, Connecticut and they all have a quilting theme. An avid quilter, Marie has an online quilting group at her website where anyone can join and receive a free quilt pattern. Along with quilting , her website has information for both readers and writers. So come on over to the Inkwell to meet Marie and see her work. There's bound to be a discussion going on that you can jump into.

I'm alone in the house and should be working but those gals at Seekerville are having a Historical Dress-Up party and keep distracting me. The celebration is in honour of Steeple Hill releasing four new Love Inspired Historicals every month instead of just two. Senior Editor Tina James is the guest of honour and the party is brimming with all sorts of people in their historical finery. I do believe the sagging food tables will soon cave in from their burdens as well.  Jecoliah Endicott, c 1888 As you can see from my photograph, I've taken on the persona of Jecoliah Endicott - known as Liah to her friends - the heroine of my current work-in-progress. Although she doesn't understand how, Liah has travelled from 1888 over to the world of today on Unpubbed Island and is quite amazed by the whole experience. I would have been here earlier to tell you of the whole affair but Liah has kept dashing off at the sight of anything red in the hopes of catching the ha...

Second Chance Brides (Book 2 Texas Boardinghouse Brides series) by Vickie McDonough, Barbour Books, 2010 Last May I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing The Anonymous Bride which was Book 1 in Vickie McDonough's Texas Boardinghouse Brides series. Well, Vickie's second book of that same series is every bit as good as the first. Second Chance Brides is a stand-alone, yet numerous mentions are made to The Anonymous Bride so I'll give you a bit of background in case you haven't read the first... Two Corbett brothers named Mark and Garrett invite a mail-order bride to town for their cousin whom they feel ought to get married. But to enhance the odds, they invite three women figuring only one will actually show up. Surprise! Four women answer the call. By the end Book 1, their cousin is married but the town has too many unattached brides on the loose. Enter Book 2 aptly named Second Chance Brides which is the story of two of the remaining brides: - Shannon O'Nei...

After a flurry of activity at the beginning of this week with the arrival of my sister and her husband, the house is quiet once again. They left on Tues and then we drove daughter Jessie to the city on Thurs night for her flight back to Calgary where she attends Bible College. Today the boys when to school and Nelson went to work and finally I got back to writing. I worked for a couple hours on my Mountie story but also had to write a book review for tomorrow's Inkie post. For my post, I chose Vickie McDonough's Second Chance Brides which is Book 2 in her Texas Boardinghouse Brides series. I'll be posting the review here in a couple days but if you want to get in on the book discussion,  pop on over to the Inkwell.