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Greetings from Ohio! I mentioned last week about my birthday last year and I had a great celebration. However, at the time I had no idea that a few weeks later, the kids and my husband would hold a surprise party for me....
Last year I celebrated a “milestone” birthday. What? How can this be?...
As summer moves into Ohio, I’m thinking back on all 18 books in the Truth in Lies series. Kind of crazy for a series that was never supposed to be a series....
For those of you who read my A Family Affair books, you can probably tell that one of my very favorite people is Angelo “Pop” Benito, otherwise known as the Godfather of Magdalena....
Last April, my siblings and I got together with mom at my house in Ohio. We haven't all been under one roof in almost ten years....
My husband and I flew to California a few years ago for my niece’s wedding. The…
My mother used to say the whole house could be falling down and I’d be on…
My sister says I save too much “stuff”. My husband would probably agree, and once, long…
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