Month: October 2025

Concrete Prayers: Unbreakable

Written on 31 October 2025. Posted in Inspirational.

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...

From the Vinyl Gym: Halloween Oldies

Written on 28 October 2025. Posted in Oldies Music.

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,...

Metropolitan Mysteries, A Casebook of London’s Detectives

Written on 23 October 2025. Posted in Mysteries / Thrillers.

Metropolitan Mysteries, A Casebook of London’s Detectives is another fine British Library Crime Classic. This compilation features 18 vintage mystery stories from 1908 through 1963. What I love about compilations like this one, is that you get a wide variety of...

The Tarot Reader by Finley Turner

Written on 8 October 2025. Posted in Books.

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...

Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner

Written on 4 October 2025. Posted in Mysteries / Thrillers.

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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