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E-Z Tomato Rice Side Dish

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Here’s another side dish that easy to “free-style” – meaning tweak it to your personal liking. It’s fast, easy and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients, but the tomato flavor packs a punch! BASIC RECIPE: 1- bag of Boil in Bag rice (regular size, NOT family size...

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Concrete Prayers: Unbreakable

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Concrete Prayers: I talk about them a lot. Why? Because in times of distress or great uncertainty, they are the key to helping us go forward and stay strong in our faith and beliefs. Concrete prayers are those solid, steadfast prayers that establish our own personal...

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From the Vinyl Gym: Halloween Oldies

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Every year I re-post this list of “classic-retro” blasts from the past for the spooky season. It’s the season to be screamin’: In 1956 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins popped out of his on-stage coffin to “put a spell on you” (and millions of others). He was a singer,...

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The Tarot Reader by Finley Turner

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Jade Ravencroft and her sister, Stevie, come from a long line of trickster mediums, liars, thieves and con artists. It’s not necessarily that they are bad people (at least that’s what Jade tells herself), they’re just trying to make a living. After all, she’s a...

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Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner

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From the first few pages of Murder at Blackwood Inn, I knew this was a special cozy. A unique setting with quirky characters was an instant hook – and Penny Warner, the author, reeled me in! After 20 years, former ghostwriter, Carissa Blackwood is heading back to her...

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