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This photo was taken during our May 2011 trip to Kauai’s Kokee Park. There aren’t a lot of sunny days up there, and it can get downright chilly (for Kauai). But, we were lucky and had a short break in the clouds. It was amazing to see all the way to the ocean from a […]
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For the September Double Trouble Contest, I’m giving away two copies of “Happy Homicides 4: Fall into Crime” plus two $5.00 Starbucks gift cards. If you’ve already purchased your copy of “Happy Homicides 4,” check out “the loophole” in the contest rules. If by chance you’ve missed all the hoopla about HH4, it’s an anthology […]
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During the Olympics, the Zika virus came into its own. Kerri Walsh Jennings was only one of the US Olympians who wanted to be protected. In her case, Brazilian volleyball fans jeered her and April Ross with chants of, “Zika, Zika,” during their match against China. Other Olympians either stayed away from the games, left […]
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During our trip to the Big Island, we had some spare time at the end of the day. We drove out of Waimea (the little town with two names — it’s also called Kamuela) heading north, which is really west, but that’s another story. When we came across a sign on the highway indicating […]
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Thirteen of the big old trees in our neighborhood were cut down this week. To me, it was a sad day. But, our homeowner’s association recently hired an arborist who identified the victims. Thirteen big trees. In a neighborhood of eighty-eight homes. That’s a big percentage. So much water needed I doubt if anyone hasn’t […]
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Have you been to Spouting Horn? It’s a very cool place, a must-see tourist attraction. On any given day, if you spend time at Spouting Horn, you’ll invariably see several busloads of tourists. There’s a lava tube under the hole in the rocks and the rushing water coming in makes a huge hissing noise. Of course, […]
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Should a cozy mystery be pure fluff? Or, should it take on serious issues? Lesley A. Diehl prefers to blend real issues, not fluff, into her cozies. In her latest Eve Appel mystery, she tackles issues about ecological balance in the swamps of Florida. And therein lies the story behind “Mud Bog Murder.” “I live […]
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From the publisher: In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity—as a reporter and a sleuth. As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover […]
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Here are ten tips to avoid scams from the Federal Trade Commission. The list is available in a trifold PDF. If you have a group or class that could use this type of educational piece, it can be ordered in quantity at no charge from here or you can view the PDF here. Ten tips […]
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I had to step way back in time to find this shot of what I believe is the Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve. We had gone for our usual morning walk at Lydgate Park, just gotten out of the car, and I looked west. We had blue skies directly overhead and along the coast, it promised to […]
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