Here’s your chance to get a FREE early Kindle edition of my second novel, WHISTLEBLOWERS! During the month of March you can go to the Kindle Scout link below, read a few chapters of the book, and if you like it, nominate it for an Amazon publishing contract. If it’s selected, you’ll receive a Kindle …
Bell’s protagonist holds her own in her first outing and will surely be ready for more harrowing circumstances in a potential sequel. A woman running a CIA safe house in Alaska garners unwelcome attention while trying to decipher a program written by her late software-engineer husband in this debut thriller. It’s been several months since …
My doctor of many years decided he’d rather spend his days hiking than playing ‘identify this rash’ twelve times a day and retired a few months ago at the age of 71. This left me, for the second time in my life, with the reluctant task of replacing a retired doctor. I hate finding new …
Some deep and not so deep thoughts. Every once in a while a blogger just needs to turn their brain inside out and shake loose some of the random thoughts floating around in their head. Here is where I subject you to mine. The upside of encouraging people to eat MORE fried foods is more …
Telemarketing used to cause me to screen my phone calls, now the irresponsibility of others does. A series of phone calls I received Tuesday reminded me why I screen my calls and have confirmed that our society is in trouble because we cater to the lowest common denominator. We have stopped treating people like individuals …
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By Holly A. Bell As 2012 draws to a close, I have a few random thoughts I need to get off my chest before the end of the year: On gender neutral toys: If we truly want toys and other items to be gender neutral, why do we continue to insist on labeling colors as …
Leaving summer behind in Alaska. In most parts of the United States, Labor Day Weekend is the symbolic end of summer. While the kids have gone back to school, little has changed from the previous weekend. The days remain warm, vegetables are still ripening in the garden, and fall colors are still weeks away. In …
The Economics of Fame I have a good friend who loves to tell me I’m going to be famous someday. He seems to think the tipping point is just around the corner. I simply smile and say, “You’re too kind” because I know better. While fame is not something I’ve studied formally, I do have …
Dating? While this is not something I would normally post, this was just too outrageous to pass up. Please gentlemen, don’t do this. The future of the species is at stake. From Amy Tennery in Time: It’s tough to tell when an internet phenomenon reaches actual meme status. But, in the case of the “creepy …
