Monday Meanderings

Happy Monday, friends. I hope everyone is well and feeling positive about a new week.

We had our first snow of the year and, no this photo is not from the snow, but from Canva. It’s rare for Texas to get snow this early in January. However, it was short lived – only a couple of days and now everything is slushy. But the grandkids got to build their very first big snowman! They were so excited. The two that are my grandchildren are on either side of the girl in the middle, who is a close family friend.

Now the sun is shining and temperatures are going back to normal. I have to admit I took advantage of the downtime as I didn’t leave my apartment for three days. I worked on my new story, A Bold Bargain, and made some good headway. Not sure of the exact new word count, but well over 6,000 words, so I’m feeling good about that. I created an AI image that is slightly, somewhat how I picture Jack Blaine to look. See what you think. The half wolf pup plays a big part in the story, although AI made him much bigger than he really is.

Image created by AI in Canva

This week will return to a regular schedule as the kiddos will all be back in school.

I am making daily effort to live in a state of gratitude. It’s not hard to find things to be grateful for. I have running water and electricity. Not everyone has that. I have a roof over my head and food in my pantry. Not everyone has that. I have two legs to walk with. Not everyone has that. So, you see how easy it is to find things everyday to be thankful for. I love my word for the year!

I did a tarot card reading for a young lady this past week that has inspired me to share here again. So, I pulled one card as a sort of theme or inspiration for the week and it’s perfect. My motto is always ‘the cards don’t lie.’ It’s true.

Photo by Jan Sikes

I often hear the phrase, what God brings you to, He will bring you through. That’s what I see in this card. Until we are faced with hardships or adversity, we never really know our inner strength. As we move forward through the coming week, may we pull from our hidden or obvious strengths to make it the best we can. My heart goes out to all those affected by the fires in California and this card would definitely apply to them.

The town I lived in for over twenty-five years with Rick, Coleman, Texas, now has an independent book store! I’m so proud for them. The owner contacted me and asked for some of my books and I happily sent them. So, if you are anywhere near Coleman, stop in Sweetcrows A Confectionery Bookstore! It’s on the main street in this small town. Even though it’s a small book store, it makes this author happy to have books there.

I have a wonderful author guest on my blog tomorrow, so I hope you will all come back to support her!

If you have a book you’d like to promote either here on my blog or in my monthly newsletter, let me know. I’m always happy to help support others! Marketing is the hardest part of what we do. Sometimes writing the stories can be challenging, but we are always in control of the words. My sister and I were talking yesterday about all of this and I came up with this meme.

True? But we keep dancing, don’t we?

I hope you have a fantastic week ahead. See you back here tomorrow with my guest!

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