One Day at a Time... always a great way to look at things. Amelia Peabody agrees...

More about being easier on myself.... and taking One Day at a Time...

I have a list of things to do this month. Normally, doing taxes are very high on that list, since doing these early is usually a good idea.

This month I have had non-essential (to me) things happen that have inserted OTHER things before this important duty.

I have been doing "MUST-DO" things instead of Should Do things. That gets me behind on everything. Not to complain (still, it is complaining, isn't it?)

Yes, other people sometimes need me to set aside things I want to do and concentrate on things they want to do. Simple as that.

So... I put aside the really important things and get the have-a-deadline, important-to-others things done first. So they can just be done and over with. Period.

Doing as much as I can each day on the REALLY important things on my list just has to be enough. I  tell myself that anyhow If I have made things better at least a little, that is a success for that day. My To-Do lists are way too long usually, but if I do some of the tasks, I have made things better.

Amelia Peabody, in The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog, says, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." (from Matthew 6:34). I think this quote goes right along with what I am trying to do right now, and most days. Because if something I don't like is going on, and I think about it every day, it can put a pall over the joy that each day can bring.

It also has something to do with what I think is important - - joy, happiness, and getting important things done are important to me.

So I am concentrating on what I am doing each day, instead of on the past or future.

I read a lot, too. I think that improves each day. I am reading this book right now.



(Here is my Associate link to it in case you want to check it out too or have not read it yet. Her other books in the series are also listed there). You can buy new OR used books at this site.

I sell there, and sometimes buy there too.

Anyway, there is a whole (fun) series about this fictional character. She does fun things like have adventures, and also discover fabulous treasures in Egypt). Amelia follows many of the 12-Step Program tips... before there WAS a 12-Step Program.

It is simply not worth worrying about something before it happens. Or ruminating a lot about the past. Or trying to do too much in one day. (Adding...)

This is one of those things I know, but sometimes don't live by.

Onward and Upward!

Betsyanne 

I have several books about 12 Step Programs. They help me, whether in a group or not. The One Day at a Time philosophy is woven into their books and mottos. If you have not looked into this great program, here is a link that may help from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-step_program

Some of the groups that use a 12-ste program are: AA, Alanon, OA, (Overeaters Anonymous) and many others.

B

Here are some of my current Ebay listings:

eBay Listings Widget from Auction Nudge

And be sure to visit my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

 

Advertising online, doing projects, have a GREAT New Year!

Trending.... in my world.

#1. Today I "advertise" the Outdoor Girl Scout Project (quickly, if possible) by posting in Facebook groups and elsewhere. A good posting helps people discover the site and page, and will get more members. Scouter? Former Scout? Boy or Girl Scout Leader? Girl Guider? Girl Scout supporter? We'd love to have YOU too.

Our website: http://outdoor-journey.com/

Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/outdoor.journey/

OGSP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OutdoorJourneyB

#2. I will get some clay ready to make some bowls (which I really need at home...) and some cups or figures.
Sold! One mini Fairy Door. About time, I say!
 
#3. As usual, I have much more to do during and after the holidays...
These things include organizing, boxing up, dusting, cleaning, filling out forms, and tons of other stuff. It boggles my mind how much.

But I CAN do it. At least, I tell myself that.

Projects, projects. I keep writing about them. And I am making progress.

Which is good.

Here is a toast to getting more done soon, too.

Have a WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!!!

-Betsyanne 

Onward and Upward!

And be sure to visit my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

Making a Featured Posting - #1!

I redid my "About Me" page today.

I wanted to start featuring my Ebay, Etsy, and Amazon listings, since I will have more on there soon.

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I can "Feature" this on my blog later on too.

About Me:

I live in beautiful Bowling Green, Kentucky. I write, do websites and blogs, and like fantasy, science fiction, and mystery books.

I also sell on Etsy, Amazon, (scroll down there to see my items for sale there), and Ebay:

eBay Listings Widget from Auction Nudge

I also like to make Fairy Doors, animal and face sculptures out of clay, and paint. I also volunteer with the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana.

I have a Nontraditional Student website and blog, plus the Betsyanne site and blog. (Among other sites).

Come and visit me online! I would love that.

Onward and Upward!

And be sure to visit my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

My Idea Notebook -- re-doing books, writing, more.

How are your ideas going? Great, I hope.

Here are 3 ideas I personally will be looking at and doing today.

I realize that everyone has ideas and things they want to do. It's the DOING them that can be hard, at least for me. I need motivation, and because I do not have a Trainer or a Motivator on staff, that person needs to be ME.

This week:

1. I plan to get my Favorite (and FREE) websites and links book done again. This will be Edition 2, and will cost either 99 cents, $2.00, or $4.00.

I have found some GREAT and free art sites and they really help with things like this blog.

This will be my first e-book. I hope to put it on Amazon for sale. If not, I will sell it on my blogs and websites. OR do both.

2. I will start writing in my Idea Notebook. This is a book like a diary, which I bought to streamline my daily To-Do lists and make each day a Day of Accomplishment. I will carry it with me like my Calendar, and put OTHER things on there to make me realize I am doing a LOT and getting things done. Good luck to me on that, I say. (haha) But the thought is good. The idea is good. Now to do it. It has been 3 weeks since I bought it and the pages and blank. NOW TODAY I will start using it.

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3. I will try to post at least once a week on ALL my blogs. This is a big endeavor, but one I think will be good for my writing, AND good for my to-do list also.

 Have you read "On Writing" by Stephen King? It's great.

Here is a link in case you want to check it out:



I myself do NOT have the 10th Anniversary copy! I need to put it on my WANT list.

Onward and Upward!

 

 

 

 

And be sure to visit a few (or maybe one) of my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

Too many interests... do you have that problem too?

I have a LOT of things I want to get done, and many projects I want to work on.

Here are just some of them: Writing and finishing books, working more, earning money, organizing hobbies, helping groups, organizing and getting rid of things, fixing websites, putting things online, volunteering, doing repairs, doing art, learning a new skill, doing more things, ... the list goes on and on.

So.. trying another tack, I think I will invest in a BIGGER notebook. It will be harder to procrastinate or get stuck in some tasks when I do this. It will open things up.

There is more room in a bigger notebook. My calendar right now is really too small. I can hardly put everything on it. I use whiteout a lot. But that does not clear out enough space to really get organized.

The New Plan:

Mark down what to do, and get deadlines going (much like I did while going back to school the second time.)

Try to make the deadlines (crucial)

Divide up responsibilities, work, and fun.

I will see what happens! Have you ever tried this? Did it work for you?

Just putting this out there.

Onward and Upward!

PS Anyone doing Na No Wri Mo? I'm thinking about it... 

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles - note: up again next week

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

and adding:

The Outdoor Girl Scout Project - working to help get more OFFICIAL Outdoor Program back in Girl Scouting - leading to Girl Scouting's highest awards. 

My favorite season: Fall! Also known as Autumn...

Is this YOUR favorite season too? I know it's mine.

Someone wrote on Facebook recently that THEIR favorite season is also Fall. AND that they could actually taste it in the air.

I can feel it in the mornings mostly. The sun is just different, not as fiercely shining. We did have a "real" summer (think: hot) and now in the South Central Kentucky area we are short of rain. But we did have a lot earlier. The farmers aren't liking it.

I personally like the temperatures SO much in the Fall. It is so much more comfortable. And I love to see the changing of the leaves, which is not happening here yet, but of course, will later.

There is something good about every season. I like living somewhere with changeable seasons too, because it makes life more interesting.

So here is to Fall. It's time for celebrating the Harvest, Halloween, and being (maybe) organized when it comes to the holidays this year.

My last posting: The Community Education Catalog is out!

Betsyanne

Onward and Upward!

And be sure to visit my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

A heads up: the Community Education catalog for BG/Warren County is out!

An FYI: This is so much fun to look through, and I'm sure even MORE fun to use.

This was out quite recently, so the first round of classes may be hard to attend for some.

But later on, there are the usual mix of traditional classes and new ones.

My favorites so far (from looking at the catalog) are :

1. Colored Pencil Basics

2. Using your Digital Camera

3. Cloth Jewelry and Accessories

4. Essential Oils

5. Selling Your Home 101

6. Alzheimer's & Dementia: What You Need to Know

and

7. Genealogy Resources at WKU

There are many others, including computer and language classes.

If you did not pick up a copy in town, you can also visit the Catalog online here:
http://www.commed.us/taking-classes/

AND online registration is available.
  
-Betsyanne

And be sure to visit my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog

Girl Scouts, House Repairs, Pro and Con Lists, New Listings, more.

There is SO much to do this week. But that is good. I am keeping to plan so far.

Listing at least ONE thing a day online, OK'ing House Repairs, Checking House Repairs, making a BIG Pro and Con List.

But it's not an impossible journey now. I thought it would be. But even adding that to organization and outdoor work, it is do-able.

Girl Scouts
My Girl Scout blog for the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond is now private. If you are in my area, request to read it by emailing me at lizann447@yahoo.com. I have an UNofficial Calendar on there that I keep pretty much up to date, plus there are some useful links, plus news. And you can have it come to your inbox.

House Repairs
I just finished my review of Southern Kentucky Home Pros on Angie's List. Thank goodness for this site, it lists contractors from the area. It could use more reviews there. I think they did a good job overall, and I would hire them again.

Pro and Con Lists
You probably have done this before. I THINK I know what side will win, but sometimes I surprise myself. That is why a Pro and Con list is so good. I find myself really going to town on one side sometimes, and thinking of more reasons than you would have without it. It helps with clarity.

New Listings
I have one new listing (of things to sell) to do each day, except on weekends, but I can do one those days too. Today I list a book called Sermons from the Devil from 1904. It has some pretty wild illustrations in it. I will post them with the listing, probably on Ebay. I have a store's worth of books here (probably because I was going to open a Brick and Mortar Store! I can still do that later though.)

Curious about my store listings?
You can check out all my sites, Etsy, Ebay, and Amazon, on my page here:
The Best Books and Collectibles.
I am thinking of switching this page to the Betsyanne page (http://www.betsyanne.com) because it's easier to just keep track of one page. But whatever. And I definitely have some other things that will go here next year, like paper dolls and also ebooks.

Clear as mud? Hope it's a little clearer than that. Har, har.

Onward and Upward!

And be sure to visit my other blogs and sites:

My selling site: The Best Books and Collectibles

My personal and business blog: The Betsyanne website

The Nontraditional Student website and The Nontraditional Student blog 

Monday - first Business Day of my new schedule. Plus, discoveries...

So, business and discoveries.

One Discovery: It takes a lot of discipline to not constantly research online instead of doing needed work.

But then, you probably already know that.

Today, I've posted on my selling sites, made needed blog postings, and done more on my To Do List. I find having a schedule, and sticking to it, is a must now.

More Business

#1. I have not figured out why some online sellers ask astronomical process for some items, then change this the next day. So, THAT kind of research is a must. Don't just take somebody else's price for a clue. I did that. I still have not figured out why some sellers price way above the market. Maybe they figure a foreign buyer won't know the correct (think: real) price for something and pay the hugely inflated price because of that.

This won't work well in the long run for them.

I HAVE figured out why people offer $1.00 or less books on Amazon. It's to get the word out about your Bookselling business. So it could be worth it to do that.

#2. YMLP: Your Mailing List Program: This is a great site for newsletters and mailing lists - - but really, the cheap option does not last long. This can be said of many programs and sites though. I'm still there.

#3. I went to Steve Weber's site today (thinking it might look like it used to look) and saw that now Steve Weber (author of lots of Bookselling on the Internet books) now has other things on the site besides advice. I list this site at the end of this posting. I have not done researching it, BUT this site used to have a lot of good free advice on it for online sellers.

This site is now "Kindle Buffet", which has some good free e-books, which I like. But I miss the free advice. Darn.

But you can still get his advice via his books. His most famous one is The Home-Based Bookstore.

More Discoveries

#1. See above. Some of these count, I think.

#2: I found out that there is a NEW volume after the famous Princess books by Jean Sasson. The new book is called Princess: More Tears To Cry. Must. Read. This.

#3. It's hard to limit myself to 5,000 Likes on Facebook. These are not just people that I like on this list, it's every Girl Scout group I can possibly add on. I am having to quit great "Other" category groups because of this now. There should be an option for more than 5,000. Just saying.

Well, that's it for today. I hope to write more for this blog starting this week.

I hope your week goes GREAT.

Links:

Jean Sasson's Writer's Page

Your Mailing List Program site 

The Steve Weber website

Steve Weber's intro page on Amazon (and some of his newest books...

The Home-Based Bookstore book by Steve Weber on Amazon.

My last posting: Is it really Women's Equality Day? I beg to differ...
 
Onward and Upward!

Betsyanne

Sharing my FB posting - - is it really Women's Equality Day? I beg to differ.

I keep seeing Women's Equality Day postings today.


















And don't agree with sharing that on social media. It's the whole title that gets me.

I think they should call today "Women Get the Vote in the U.S. Day - let's remember that day - - and all the Sisters who made it happen" instead of "Women's Equality Day". Because everyone knows women have not achieved true equality yet.

One example: women don't get paid as much as men do, for the exact same job. Why? Because companies and employers do it because they won't be prosecuted for it. I don't see the Wage Police going into companies and arresting bosses who do this. Some people actually believe that women don't need as much money as men do, which of course is ignoring all kinds of single women households, for one thing.

Obviously, that is not an example of equality.

We also don't get promoted like men in some cases, and we still have many "glass ceilings" to break for women, that is for sure.

Women still are not really equal in many countries. Some can't drive, some can't work, even if they want to. Some can't make any decisions at all in their own lives. Some actually come to believe that since they are women, they are not worth much.

I am not saying that men are not working to change this, many are. They do all they can sometimes. And many make a huge difference in the lives of women in their families and more.

And wouldn't it be nice if women were truly equal to men in every way, everywhere?

Then we could have a day for it, and call it "Women's Equality Day" for the whole world.

Betsyanne

 Onward and Upward!

Overdue Posting! Getting the trailer paneled, Weeds begone!, Girl Scouts, Paper Dolls

Yes, this is an Overdue Posting, like many lately. But I'm getting back on track, and that always feels good.

I hope to get at least two postings per week done without fail later on, because I will want to feature my items on Ebay, Amazon, and Etsy. And that means, ramping things up for sure.

The trailer is being paneled this week. Yay! It really needs it. It has been a long time just getting everything organized. My Aunt is used to doing this, and my Mom had lots of experience, but me? Not so much. I do know that not everyone prefers to work on doublewides though.

Weeds have been cut back to allow the work to start. I'm looking forward to seeing it get done. We also got the wasps and hornets out of the way. No, it was not a big nest, but it was not the tiny kind either. It was in the shape of a round light.

Girl Scout recruitment is on for here and many areas. I have been helping to start a new troop called the International Arts and Adventure Troop for 7th through 12th grades. So far, so good. I can't wait until it gets a number and is official.

Paper dolls... I love them. I have ordered some older ones and hope to scan them and make a package for people like me that love older paper dolls and print them up to sell.

More: It's astounding how nature reclaims itself if you don't keep cutting bushes, plants, etc. back every year. Wow.

The weather here is not as jungle-like this week. That is a good thing.

Next year, will I grow some vegetables? It would be smart. Raised beds? Maybe. A cold frame made with a window? Maybe. I talked about it today.

I almost forgot to mention: Will I finish my books? Will I do those paintings? Stay tuned.

I hope things are going well for all my wonderful readers.

Leave a comment!

Betsyanne

Mobile Homes Vs. Houses - just saying! But I like my doublewide anyhow.

I really like my mobile home.

Seriously. It is a doublewide, and SO much bigger than the older singlewide trailer I used to live in. But still, space is limited.

Plus, it has a real yard too.

We are fixing it up a little at a time. Which it needs a LOT.

Sometimes, I think I would rather have a house. Because... they have basements, and sometimes we have bad storms here. Plus, they sometimes have storage in attics. And keep their value pretty well.

I weathered a tornado that went over my garage once. It was scary! We ran out there and crouched under a table (my daughter and I). Talk about loud! Anyway, we were OK.

Another plus, there is room for a garden here, also also on the plus side (thus: my From the Garden Spot blog that points here) and there is room for raised beds inside a chain link fence.

I like that. Plus, any visitors with dogs have a safe place for them to run.

A dreamy Victorian house. ::::sigh::::

You generally don't hear a lot of good things about mobile homes, but to me, they are vaguely like the new Tiny Homes, generally smaller than most homes, and generally OK on utilities. Trailers, regular and doublewides, have a place, definitely.

I didn't know before, but to put another house on property you own, it must be at least an acre, and preferably larger. Just saying. Storage Units are OK though. And a Little House would also be OK if the law permitted it, which it doesn't. Darn.

I enjoy looking at Little House designs and seeing how much bigger the trailer is! And I like to see photos sometimes of busy streets that don't have a farm on the other side of the road. It is relaxing to look across the street and see farmland. Plus, it's also enjoyable to see the cows, donkey, and miniature horse relaxing over there. Once in awhile you see a possum or a turkey.

There is a soap (?) factory past the farm. At night, the lights are on and if you squint, it looks like a big, very tall castle. And you can see some of the stars here, and are not too far at all from town.

We have many birds, some bunnies, and an occasional possum.

All for today. So the trailer wins against a house, for now. But like the photo above, I do think about them once in awhile.

Onward and Upward!

Musings...and a few vacation photos...

I am busy, busy, busy...

I'll bet you are too!

Today I make sure all my postings get on there already... for Ebay, Amazon, and Etsy.

AND have my two most important blogs posted, this one.... and the Nontraditional Student blog.

Now to post a few of my vacation photos from a short trip to Wisconsin recently. In Manitowoc, there was a print show of some of my grandparents' prints from all over, which are now at the Rahr-West in their permanent collection.

I will fill the descriptions on these in soon. ;-)

The Badger takes off for Michigan from Manitowoc.

A beautiful bridge.

We would love to take this across to Michigan.

One of my favorites! Marc Chagall, "Maternity with Centaur"

My cousins, Andor and David, Rickey, my Aunt, and Val.

A popular dog.

Victor Vasarely print.

Lewis or Clark?

Unhappy trapper, rub his nose for luck.

Beautiful lamp, birdcage.

Beautiful flowers at the Flying Pig gardens...

From last posting: A stop at Paradise Point - a neat store near Barren River Lake.

Onward and Upward!

Grandma's photo and sig. from the exhibit.

A stop at Paradise Point, near Barren River Lake today...

I've been wanting to go here ever since I read an article about it.

Paradise Point is open on the weekends, and has the NEATEST stuff for sale in their shop, besides their famous hot dogs, of course. What reminded me to go was an ad in Fair Magazine, which comes with our Daily News.

Here is that ad:

It shows their dog, who was laying on the floor right at the entrance. He was very popular with the kids.

Their Facebook page is here:  Paradise Point Marketplace.

And here is their official website: Paradise Point.

And they have a Twitter page here: Paradise Point's Twitter Feed.

I took a few photos... <added: my apologies for their extra-brightness. I'm working on getting a new camera, it may be awhile though.>

The Awesome Possum - cool bikes, a bike table inside, more.

Don't Postpone Joy. Noticed the legs later.

Rickey at Paradise Point.

An old truck... other vehicles were for sale here too.

And, from my last posting: Kentucky weather - it's plan hot. Will it be a scorcher later (this Fall) too?

I hope it cools down a little... I would like to come back again and hike around a bit outside.

http://betsyanne.blogspot.com/2015/06/kentucky-weather-its-plain-hot-will.html

Be looking for some Wisconsin travel photos here soon too. :-)

Onward and Upward!

Betsyanne

Kentucky Weather - - it's plain hot. Will August be a (real) scorcher?

Even though I am outside, it is in the 90's today, I think.

When the weather is very hot here, I think of the beach, a pool, and swimming to stay cool.
 

Of course, if I were on the ocean, I'd be very careful where I swam...

But doesn't this look peaceful here? These people are in Hollywood, Florida.

Just wondering, but will August be even hotter? It will be good for the tomatoes and peppers, but wilty weather for people.

Onward and Upward!

Betsyanne

 And here are more of my sites and blogs: The Nontraditional Student Blog and website, GS Betsy's E-blast (for Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond), The Find Scholarships and Grants blog, and The Teacher Tree (I will be working more on this one later this year).

Onward and Upward!


Photo is from Wikimedia Commons, by Barry Haynes.

Welcome, Garden Spot Readers! Three book reviews, and hopefully many more postings now will happen.

I have just fixed my other blog, The Garden Spot blog, so that it comes here.

Welcome, Garden Spot Blog readers!

I have been working on doing this for quite some time.

Don't worry, it's the same me, and same type postings, I just will be able to post more often now! And not worry about the other blog not being updated, since everyone will come here.

I am excited about this.

Here are some more books I have been reading and have finished.

#1. Laurie R. King: The Art of Detection - - want a fun story about a "found" new Sherlock Holmes story? A leader of Sherlock Holmes club is murdered. Who did it? And is there really an undiscovered NEW Sherlock Holmes story?

#2. C.J. Cherryh: Voyager in Night - I started this once, and now have gotten into it to finish it. Wow - - a strange alien ship crashes into another one, and what happens then? And what an one person do to really communicate with more than one alien brain? Will the humans be able to save the last human?

#3. Dan Simmons - Hyperion - (finished it... and now I'm reading the Fall of Hyperion - - it's really good too...) a group of pilgrim travelers searches for meaning, and knows they will encounter the mysterious Shrike, enigmatic being hiding in or near the Time Tombs. Where have the other pilgrims gone? A scientist is in the wrong place at the wrong time and is caught by a tide of time. Her life begins to flow backwards, and she grows ever younger. Can she be saved?

NOW (with The Fall of Hyperion) who is telling the truth? There is a war going on, and who will win?

These were enjoyable. So if you are looking for some good summer reading, see the above.

Betsyanne

Hyperion.... a VERY interesting book, and one in a series.

I can really recommend this book I'm reading right now.

It is Hyperion by Dan Simmons. It is the first in a book series (yay -- love it when I can continue reading).

via Wikipedia.

Here is a blurb about it via the inside book cover.

"On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a voyage to the Time Tombs. They seek the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives . . . and what they find may hold the key to the deliverance of humanity itself."

Right now, the pilgrims are sharing their stories, which are mindblowingly strange. Some of them have already been visitors long ago to the planet of Hyperion.

I will try to find a good photo to put here. Good - found one on Wikipedia. (Warning: don't read the Wikipedia page much - - not until you finish these books, because you won't want to know the series book endings. I know I don't.)

Later!

-Betsy

Recent postings here:

Redbud on the Way to Madisonville - - so pretty!

News, books, suggestions, more. 

 More of my sites and blogs: The Nontraditional Student Blog and website, GS Betsy's E-blast (for Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond), From the Garden Spot (another Betsyanne blog), The Find Scholarships and Grants blog, and The Teacher Tree (I will be working more on this one later this year).

Onward and Upward!

Redbud on the way to Madisonville... it is so pretty.

Sharing...

I took lots of pictures on the way to Madisonville, some more in focus than others.

Here is a montage of them. Click to see it bigger.

I love how these trees make a lovely display next to the highway.

It something I love a lot about Kentucky.

Willow trees are very nice too, but there is something about a Kentucky spring...

Later!

Betsyanne

Other News
Check out my other blogs for more news. (below)

Here they are: The Nontraditional Student Blog and website, GS Betsy's E-blast (for Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond), From the Garden Spot (another Betsyanne blog), The Find Scholarships and Grants blog, and The Teacher Tree (I will be working more on this one later this year). 
 
And here is my latest posting before this: News, books, suggestions, more.

More book suggestions/reviews: In Contempt, Beware of the Dog, Byzantium's Crown, Santiago.

Just the same old, same old? Not really.  But I must find another Willow Tree for sure.

But one thing at a time.

  

My latest book suggestions/reviews:
Here are some more great book suggestions. One is an audio book, which are great, because I could do work around the house AND listen to it at the very same time. I am not REALLY suggesting these books, except #1 and Santiago. But the others were amusing at times.

#1. In Contempt: by Christopher Darden. Wow. This book explains how very personally this lawyer was attacked when he was prosecuting the O.J. Simpson case. A quote from him, "...no one is above the law; not the police, not the rich, no one..." Grade: B (some new facts I didn't have before..., I didn't like the way he was treated by the other lawyers...)

#2. Beware of the Dog: A Cliff Hardy Mystery by Peter Corris. Grade: B-. I liked the book, shlogged through to the end with it (which is good nowadays). I liked the Australian words and customs... and the story was surprising to me. I never knew or even guessed what would happen next.

#3. Byzantium's Crown by Susan Shwartz. Interesting story. Grade: B-. (I hate to give a C to a book!) I did want to know what happened in the book. It was an education for a former prince to have to live as a slave... he did escape (thank goodness), and had a new view of the people he was to rule.

Reading now: Santiago by Mike Resnick. It's good so far! Has at least a B+. A jaded bounty-hunter and a no-holds-barred newspaper reporter are both after this fugitive, chasing rumors across the galaxy. Will they find him? And, more important to me right now, does this man even exist? Hmmm....

The Willow Tree
I will keep you posted, loyal readers. :-)

My Books
Writing these. Editing these too. Hopefully they will have a draft copy this year (again).


Other News
Check out my other blogs for more news. (below)

Here they are: The Nontraditional Student Blog and website, GS Betsy's E-blast (for Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond), From the Garden Spot (another Betsyanne blog), The Find Scholarships and Grants blog, and The Teacher Tree (I will be working more on this one later this year). 
 
And here is my latest posting before this: News, books, suggestions, more.

Onward and Upward!

Betsyanne

A link to my News, plus a current and recent book list. Some suggestions...

Good books are GREAT to have, especially if you are snowed in.

And GREAT books are even better. Here is a partial list of some books I have read fairly recently, that (if you can get out to the bookstore) may be good to pick up.

A Red Death by Walter Mosley - all his books about Easy Rawlins, put-upon and street-wise detective, are great, fun to read, and absorbing. This time the IRS is stalking him, and it's hard to tell what is going on with some church leaders and a woman who knows too much. Grade: A

Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz - I have almost finished this in tapebook format. Unusual, creative,  worth reading. A bit drawn out though. Grade: B

Kindred Spirits: A Dragonlance book - - explores the friendship between a Half-Elf and a Dwarf in Qualinost, an elven city. Surprisingly good - B+.

The Stand by Stephen King (finally reading this): Liked it! But really loved the miniseries more. I know it's not right to like a miniseries over an original book, but I can't help it. If you can find it (and it's available online) get it and watch it. But it was fun not to know what would be different in the book. -- somehow it was not as immediate as the movie. And knowing what would probably happen was not good, which might have influenced me. But there were interesting differences. And now I compare everything to the Gunslinger books, which I think are among his very best. Grade: A-.B+

I love fantasy books, mysteries, history books, and sometimes a good biography too. But lately I have been reading a lot of horror and fantasy. Hopefully you will see something interesting to put on your Try it Out booklist.

AND (just purchased at ConCave) The Horror at Oakdeene & Others, short stories by Brian Lumley. I have never seen this before, and it's a collection of his early short stories. I just love his awful vampire stories. I say awful, because he writes about the meanest, vilest, most evil vampires ever. Seriously. This book might not have them in it. But that's OK.

I may re-read these all someday. And a heads up, if you want to read something truly scary, and unique, try these: The Necroscope Saga. 

These books explain much about vampires  - - and some of it is "out of this world". You will know what I mean when you read the books. Of course, the environs of Transylvania and the Balkans figure prominently. And the AGE of certain vampires, where they exist, their history, and the powers they have, will give you major creeps. Grade: A

 




AND here is my News (such as it is) this week too, which I have put on my Garden Spot blog this week. It talks about snow today, digging out, I-65, a <handy> snow removal service, a new Songbook, photos, and projects.

Onward and Upward!

-Betsyanne

FYI: Some of my other websites and blogs are: The Nontraditional Student Blog and website, GS Betsy's E-blast (for Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond), From the Garden Spot (another Betsyanne blog), The Find Scholarships and Grants blog, and The Teacher Tree (I will be working more on this one later this year).