guestAn acquaintance on a cooking group passed along this recipe for Turkish scrambled eggs when I mentioned that my dad had given me a lot of fresh tomatoes from his…
Hard Times in 1930s Dust Bowl by Abbie Johnson Taylor #FridayFunReads #ReadingWithTheAuthors
guestThis book reminds me of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Although these two stories have separate plots and different characters, the theme of moving west in search of…
Playing Ball with the Dog by Abbie Johnson Taylor #It’sSixSentenceStoryThursdayLinkUp #Excerpt #AuthorsCorner
guestAt the park, we took turns throwing the ball for Squeakers, who never tired of retrieving it and bringing it back to us. I got some good pictures of him…
A Chat with Natalie #Author’sCorner #WednesdayWords #WordPressWednesday
guestAs I’m sure you’re aware, my new novel, Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me, has just been released and is now available in paperback and eBook formats from Amazon, Smashwords, and…
Some Interesting Reads #OpenBookBlogHop #ReadingWithTheAuthors #TuesdayTidbit
guestTwelve books are listed in my iPhone’s reminders app. I won’t mention all of them, but I’ll talk about a few. First of all, I’m currently reading The Four Winds…
2021 Excellence in Arts awardees announced #NewsNuggets
guestThe Brighton Cultural Arts Commission has selected the following winners for its 2021 Excellence in Arts Awards: Jo Pinto, Chris Romero, Wilma Rose, Sydney VanderWal, Stephanie Brown and Dolly Garcia….
Baked Onions #Jo’sKitchen #SocialMediaMonday #Tip
guestBetween the fall odor of the harvested onion fields and the smoke from the wildfires raging across the American West, the air smelled like perfectly baked onions as the sun…
Garden Songs #15 ~ “soft white velvet stars” by Abbie Johnson Taylor #PoetryPlace #SocialMediaMonday
guestHere’s a post from poet Lynda McKinney Lambert to start the day and the week. She also provides an interesting tip on watering plants. So, if you’re a gardener, you…
A Unique Science Fiction Tale by Abbie Johnson Taylor #ReadingWithTheAuthors #fridayFunReads
guestFast forward to the year 2050. Demmies are what Randy Newman could have meant by “Short People.” These genetically engineered human beings are no more than two feet tall, and…
Milk Shake Memories by Abbie Johnson Taylor #Six-SentenceStoryThursdayLinkUp #AuthorsCorner
guestWhen I was in the eighth grade, one of my favorite places to go after school was the soda fountain at Brown Drug, on Main Street here in Sheridan, Wyoming….