By Jackie Houchin One thousand words, what a little thing. A one and three zeroes. Anyone could do that, right? Why I could talk that in about 10 minutes. How fast are my fingers on the keys? Well, I do think faster than I can type….acurately, that is. Well, here goes. One thousand words, and…
A Story of Enduring Love, by Jackie Houchin Fifty years is a long time to love a woman, Abe admitted as he leaned out his window and breathed in the fresh spring air. A lot can happen in that time to cool a man’s passion and make him look for something new. But his love,…
by Jackie Houchin FIRST favorite is Reese’s Peanut Butter cups. (Most fave candy in the US, BTW!) I love the smooth milk chocolate on the outside, and the cakey peanut butter filling inside. Together, a bite is pure pleasure. The chocolate melts pretty quickly, but the filling can be pressed against the roof of my…
by Jackie Houchin A: I love, love, love cooking and eating my own Vegetable-Beef Soup. Yum!! Here’s how I make it. I start with some really good beef, like a top sirloin steak. I ruthlessly trim every bit of fat off the steak and cut it into dice-sized pieces. In a large stock pot on…
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 31 – Worse fear? What to do to shake it? My greatest phobia is standing on the edge of things that are high. Such as, the roofs of buildings, the edges of…
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 30 – What do I complain about mostly? — Things that don’t work when or how they should. Okay, here I go. I complain about electronics when they don’t load quickly enough,…
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 29 – Fave sports? To watch — I like to watch Little League Soccer. The kids try so hard, and yet there is no cut-throatness about it, or “fake” injury. The little…
#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts/questons that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year. Day 28 – Win the lottery? Oh, WOW! — (I’d first have to play it.) It would depend on how much the Lottery ticket was for, of course. But say, it was in…
by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin As with the other 4 Lord Edgington Investigates books I’ve read, I loved THE MYSTERY OF MISTLETOE HALL. The characters are great, of course – 75 year old L. Edgington and his grandson, the now 17 year old Christopher (often called Chrissy to his…
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