Skip to main content

Ideas and Projects To Chase Away Those Winter Blues

Written on . Posted in Style.

Chase away those winter blues and use the dreary months of Winter to get a head-start on spring! Spring WILL arrive, but in the meantime, here are some ideas and projects that are best accomplished in Winter: UPGRADE YOUR PATIO, DECK OR OUTDOOR SITTING AREA: Plan now...

Continue reading

More New Kensington Mystery Series

Written on . Posted in Kensington Mysteries.

Introducing our new series starters beginning in May and carrying you all the way through July! Now is the perfect time to check out our books below along with the links to pre-order: MAY 2025 HOW TO HAVE A KILLER TIME IN DC, Oliver Popp’s Travel Guides to...

Continue reading

More Glorious Bean Recipes

Written on . Posted in Food.

MORE GLORIOUS BEAN RECIPES – PERFECT FOR THOSE CHILLY DAYS! Looking for ways to stretch the family food budget? Beans are not only inexpensive, but healthy – and so many varieties to choose from! Here are some more ideas for easy bean dishes.  These are basic recipes...

Continue reading

Vinyl Gym: Oldies of Love & Romance

Written on . Posted in Oldies Music.

It doesn’t need to be Valentine’s Day to give these gems from decades gone by a real workout! So many love songs lit up (and continue to light up) the charts! Songs of romance, erotic love songs, sad songs, love gone bad songs, silly love songs and peppy feel-good...

Continue reading

He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr

Written on . Posted in Mysteries / Thrillers.

First published in 1946, He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr is a crime and mystery masterpiece from an era gone by. It’s set in the aftermath of the Second World War, London. Miles Hammond has been recently discharged from the Army. He’s a guest invited to the...

Continue reading

Cold Storage by Michael C. Grumley

Written on . Posted in Mysteries / Thrillers.

Winter weather brings on the “thrill of the chill” and Michael C. Grumley gives us a chilling thriller of the not-too-distant future. The year: 2046. Cold Storage is the follow up to the first book in his Revival Series, Deep Freeze. In his second book, we find Army...

Continue reading

Bountiful Beans!

Written on . Posted in Food.

BEANS! Healthy, nutritious, inexpensive and EASY to make! The recipes below are BASE RECIPES to get you started. Use them “AS IS” OR “TAILOR THEM” to your personal liking. Add more or less beans or broth – swap out some of the veggies – add leftover meat or...

Continue reading