It sure feels like Fall outside 🙂 Time to start thinking about raking leaves, color tours and Halloween. To get us in the mood, I’m sharing Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies and one of my short stories – Enjoy:
Sep 122014
BTB Tours – Operation: Genocide by Yvonne Walus
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Sep 082014
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Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date:Â September 15, 2013
Length: 356Â Pages
An inhuman agenda…
In 1982, Annette Pretorius lives a life of privilege afforded to those of European descent in South Africa, but when her husband is murdered, she discovers a shattering secret: he’d been commissioned by the whites-only South African government to develop a lethal virus aimed at controlling the growth of the black population–already oppressed under the cruel system of apartheid.
A clandestine organization…
The murder came with a warning to Annette from a secretive organization: keep our secrets or you too will die. Captain Trevor Watson, Annette’s former boyfriend, is appointed to lead the investigation. Watson’s loyalty is tested as the evidence stacks against his high school sweetheart.
And the killing isn’t over yet…
When the investigation points in a terrifying direction, Annette and Watson face a wrenching choice: protect those they love or sacrifice all to save innocents from racial extermination.
Praise for Operation: Genocide
Diabolical motives and charismatic characters populate Yvonne Walus’ breath-stealing adventure, Operation: Genocide. – Dr. Allen Wyler Continue reading »
Sep 022014
It happened gradually, this addiction to crossword puzzles. It sneaked up on me while I was unaware. Before I knew it, I was hooked.
I suppose the seeds of my addiction were planted subconsciously as I listened to New York Times puzzle master Will Shortz and his word games on NPR every Sunday morning while I got ready for church. I played along and didn’t do half-badly. I didn’t do half-goodly either, but I did enjoy it. Boredom and the preservation of sanity proved to be the fertilizer that helped to grow the addiction to full flowering.
Aug 192014
I confess. I loved school as a kid, but I wasn’t one of those suck up, teacher’s pet, brown nose types. No way. I was just insatiably curious and still am. I love to learn new things.
Unfortunately, the knowledge I retain leans heavily toward the offbeat and trivial. For example:
The computers used to send Apollo astronauts to the moon were no more powerful than a cell phone. I wonder if we could send astronauts to Mars with a smart phone? Continue reading »
Aug 122014
Hey, doesn’t that sound like a great title for an adventure story? Well, don’t get too excited. This isn’t an adventure story. Not that kind, anyway. This story is an adventure in shopping. Yes, I know. It’s my least favorite thing to do, but bear with me.
The Ninja in question isn’t a legendary Japanese warrior. It’s my new small kitchen appliance. Macho Guy refers to it as my new toy. He bought it for me after he bought himself an old boy toy—a Mustang GT convertible. I suppose, according to male logic, he believed that evened the score.
On a visit to Firstborn and his family, I admired the Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System our DIL used to cook several meals. Actually, I suppose it was more like I drooled at the sight of it. All right, I’ll be honest with you. I outright coveted that Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System. (I hope that doesn’t mean I have to go to confession.) My hopes of acquiring one were dashed, however, when I discovered the Ninja 3-in-1 cost $159.99.
[Now, is there anyone out there who thinks pricing an item at $159.99 convinces a customer that he is saving a bundle by not paying $160.00 for it? But I digress.] Continue reading »