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Tomatoes are coming….

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The tomatoes are coming fast this year. They grew so strong in the early summer that most of them pulled the tomato cages over or crumpled them onto the ground. Some of the plants were more than five feet tall. Not that we had a great summer, started cool, hot for about 3 weeks in July, then cool and rainy for another three weeks.

Yet here they are, ripening like crazy. I buy most of the plants from a very kind man who grows and sells tomatoes every spring. I always promise to bring the pots back, because that saves money on both sides and re-uses the pots. These tomatoes will be simmered until thoroughly cooked into a sauce. It has amazing amounts of flavour, much better than the spaghetti sauce you buy in the store.

What do you do with all your tomatoes?

HOME

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Voice of encouragement at break of day: “Pickup your pack, O Pilgrim, and away!” This doth the voice of Home each new dawn say.

Those who go daily forth are blessed by her, feeling their spirits rise, their pulses stir, for Home is both a magnet and a spur.

She sends us forth each morn with strength to fight, yet draws us to her loving arms at night. O Home! thou art the temple of delight.

Thou art the very heart of beauteous life, a fortress armed against invading strife, love’s citadel for children, husband, wife.

Thou art a garden, fragrant, peaceful and fair, wherein grow blossoms, humble ones and rare, ideals, hopes and dreams all flourish there.

And when the sun is sinking in the west thou art a voice that bids us take our rest against they loving understanding breast.

This is a page from “Homespun” by Wilhelmina Stitch, an old book I found in my mother’s bookshelf, Third Edition, printed in 1933 in Great Britain.

Woodland Pursuit

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My latest book is live.

Kitty is an environmental blogger. She writes about the reduction of salmon spawn, the depletion of the numbers of whales, the loss of old growth forests. Then she decides to go undercover to work for a logging company and discover what she can about illegally cutting the old growth trees. Kitty knows there are secrets, and she plans to find them.

Family tradition is important to Mack. Like his father, he’s worked in the bush and now he’s become a logging surveyor. When he meets Kitty in the Island office of Rushbrook Timber, he is immediately attracted to her, even after he discovers she’s an environmentalist.

Amazingly, Mack and Kitty begin working together toward a common goal. But soon the tough guys are following them, and now they are running for their lives, unsure who is chasing them, or why.

A thrilling fast-paced novel from bestselling author Sylvie Grayson

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My Reading Pile

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I know most of you have a reading list that you hope to tackle when the time is right. I, however, have a reading pile. When I find a book that is intriguing, I grab it and put it in the pile. It looks like this–

It kind of looks like it might fall over, right? But hopefully it won’t.

I can add to those titles. One book would be “My Life” by Golda Meir. I read it years ago and want to read it again. It’s a fascinating story. Another would be “Cryptonomicon” by Neal Stephenson. Again, I read it some time ago, a fascinating book.

What’s on your book pile/reading list? Drop me a comment and let me know.

Did you get it?

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Aqatain, The Last War, the Prequel by Sylvie Grayson

Aqatain the First created an empire. Is Aqatain the Second about to destroy it?

Second waited years to take his father’s place as Emperor. Now he’ll rule the territories his way. He can do anything he wants. Then he encounters Jenna. Why can’t he have her, too?

Jenna, however, has plans of her own. She meets Sergeant Ryall Norcross of the empire military and the two fall in love. With determination, Norcross sets out to make her his own. He soon finds himself in opposition to his own commanding officer, and the supreme ruler of the Empire.

Yet, when rebellion arises amongst the populace, will Aqatain be able to save the Empire, or is it already too late?

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