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Over the years I’ve collected so many of these Thanksgiving “cards” that I can never decide which to use. So I simply use them all. Happy Thanksgiving.Read More →

So, I’m trying out the brand new Age of Mythology: Retold (2024) this week to mixed success. It’s a rerelease of the original Age of Mythology with major upgrades to some of the core mechanics. Basically, it’s the same game but has some new features, mainly to catch it up to today’s technology, I think. And I’m not sure I like it. Or, maybe, I’m just having trouble getting used to the new setup. We’ll see. For literally years, Age of Mythology (2002) from Ensemble Studies & Microsoft has been my all-time favorite game to play on the computer. Seriously, bar none, this is theRead More →

When I decided to restart blogging on this site, I knew it would be a struggle at times due to other commitments as well as some minor health issues. Still I mentally set a goal to post regularly at least 2-4 times a week and worked out a plan to make it happen. Of course I knew that I might not reach that goal at all some weeks. To be honest, I’m in fairly good health for my age but I do have some issues that I have to deal with periodically. One of those cropped up a couple of weeks ago when I startedRead More →

(originally published June 16, 2010) A post Maili wrote a month or so ago about exotic locales in romances got me nostalgic for some of the “travelogue romances” of yore. Now, granted there were some good points made during that discussion about the difference between stories about visitors and actual natives of various locations but I still have fond memories of some of the old series romances that featured these types of stories. Prime examples of this sub-genre are the books written by author Glenna Finley. Although a lot of Finley’s contemporary books do take place in the Pacific Northwest, many of them are scatteredRead More →

Otherwise known as getting in the mood for Halloween.  I was re-watching the old TV series Jonathan Creek after finding it on Amazon Prime and got curious about the theme music. I figured it was written for the series but nope. Apparently the theme of that show is part of a fairly famous piece of music written by Camille Saint-Saëns with very strong roots in Halloween. More on that in moment. Also, once you get something like that in your head it’s hard to get it out so I thought everyone else should also have it firmly in their head for Halloween too. So enjoy.  WhatRead More →

The first is one of the most iconic images of them kissing because it evokes her finding out his secret. Read More →

All My Favorites: Shelly Laurenston  For reference, the titles I know I’ve read are in bold. as Shelly Laurenston Magnus Pack Pack Challenge – this was the book and series that sold me on reading her books although I think I’d already read one or two of her Dragon Kin series (in the original ebook version no less) Go Fetch! Here Kitty, Kitty When He Was Bad anthology – “Miss Congeniality” Pride Stories The Mane Event The Beast in Him The Mane Attraction The Mane Squeeze Beast Behaving Badly Big Bad Beast Bear Meets Girl Howl for It anthology – “Like a Wolf with aRead More →