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End of the Ireland Trip

I hate to let go of the Ireland trip. Posting the last photos seems like letting go a little. Here's the final sunrise in Adare before we headed to Dublin. We were up and on the road early. It's just too bad I couldn't get a photo of a charming site, though - cows...

Ireland – Day 5 – Saturday, Oct. 8 – Adare and Limerick

I'm a morning person, and this was a beautiful way to start the mornings in Adare. This was the view out our back door. On Friday, we stayed a little closer to home. We knew tour buses came to Adare, so we thought we should see it, too, since that was our home...

Ireland – Day 4 – Friday, Oct. 7 – The Ring of Kerry

More Ireland photos? I hope you're not tired of them. Friday, October 7, we did the 111 mile Ring of Kerry Drive. But, before I talk about that, I have a photo to share from Adare Manor, where we stayed. I would have loved to see the falconry, but it was $125 an...

Winners and Christmas Mystery Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of this week's contest. Charlaine Harris' All the Little Liars is going to Theresa deV. from Champaign, IL and Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR. Love Literary Style is going to Karen R. from Katy, TX and Bonnie K. from Sacramento, CA....

Inheriting Edith by Zoe Fishman

Zoe Fishman's novel, Inheriting Edith, could have been a depressing novel about a single mom, a woman with Alzheimer's and a suicide. Instead, it's a novel with heart and love, and a story of two people growing to understand each other, with a little push from a...

Love Literary Style by Karin Gillespie

I was captivated by the summary of Karin Gillespie's novel, Love Literary Style. Aaron Mite is a literary snob who meets Laurie Lee at a writers' colony, and thinks she's another literary novelist. When he realizes she an indie published romance writer, he's...