Music – Jan Sikes

September 8, 2025March 3, 2026

Monday Meanderings #27

Hello, friends! There is a hint of fall in the air and fingers crossed that the dog days of summer are behind us! I just thought I was busy before I started this new job. Ha!! I meet myself coming as I am going. But it's temporary (at least this phase of the job). I …

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March 27, 2025March 3, 2026

Throwback Thursday – Brazos Wind

It's time to share another of my older titles and next up is a western, Brazos Wind! As with many of my stories, the inspiration for this one came from a song. Music artist, Phil Hamilton is well known on the Texas music festival circuit and I've always enjoyed his show. During COVID, when musicians …

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March 10, 2025March 3, 2026

MONDAY MEANDERINGS #9

Hello, dear friends. May I preface this post by saying how much I hate the time change? I just wish they would leave it alone. It takes our bodies a while to adjust. You might guess from the banner that this post will have something to do with music, and you would be correct! Created …

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March 3, 2025March 3, 2026

Monday Meanderings #8

Goodbye, February, hello, March! For us in Texas, March 2nd is celebrated as Texas Independence Day. It is also my oldest grandson's birthday, and is his first birthday away from home. Created in Canva I awoke very early Saturday morning to find my muse chattering in my ear. Really? It's Saturday. I wanted to sleep. …

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February 10, 2025March 3, 2026

Monday Meanderings #5

Happy Monday, friends. It's Valentine's week and for me always a little bittersweet. But that's okay. It is what it is. If you have a sweetheart, celebrate! After several mid-seventy to eighty degree days, it's now turned off cold and rainy. Those warm days were teasing us. Spring isn't here yet. I accomplished a dreaded …

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November 8, 2024March 3, 2026

A Bit of Nostalgia

Happy Friday, everyone. What a week it's been. I thought I'd try to lighten the heaviness a bit with some remembrance. I'm telling my age here, but as a child, I vividly remember how excited my sister and I would get when a new catalog arrived in the mail. They were big thick catalogs full …

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December 9, 2023

The Last Verse #NewRelease @NetGalley @CaroFrostWrites @harpercollins

I received an early copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are solely my own. Nashville, 1977: A broken heart. A terrible crime. A song the world would sing. Pre-Order Link MY REVIEW: I received an early copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an …

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October 11, 2023

Ten Days of Flowers – Day 6 – It’s All About the Music #Giveaway

PURCHASE LINK Besides a love story, at the heart of Flowers and Stone is music—creating it, performing it, loving it, and living it. Luke Stone was a songwriter. While he performed many cover tunes, his true passion lay in writing and performing his original songs. In the book, I describe what Darlina saw the day …

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October 6, 2023

Ten Days of Flowers – Day 2 – Flowers and Stone #BookAnniversary #Giveaway

Welcome to Day Two of the Flowers and Stone celebration! Darlina Flowers came from a very strict religious upbringing. She'd been sheltered and deprived of worldly knowledge, leaving her ill-prepared to strike out on her own at eighteen. Because of her lifestyle choices, she was estranged from her mother for a few years. But she …

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April 21, 2023

Friday Free-For-All #Followup #RONEAward #celebrating #reading #podcast

Happy Friday! I have had a busy but productive week and managed to get in a bit of celebrating. (If you didn't see my Monday tarot reading, take a look here.) I'm happy to say the reading was spot-on for me this week. First off, an update on the health scare I had last week. …

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