Jan 31, 2020

Hair, I do





She’d done something to her hair, he noticed. 
Some kind of braiding deal at the sides that
merged into one at the back.
Where the hell did she find time to do that stuff ?


The Search






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Jan 30, 2020

New Orleans Beignets


Instantly bonded, Cybil grabbed Delta's hand. "My mother talked about Mazie all the time. We visited her once when I was a little girl. She gave us beignets, fresh and wonderful. We sat on the front porch and had lemonade."


The Perfect Neighbor


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These sweet, square and holeless French doughnuts are known as beignets. New Orleans’ traditional breakfast always includes a few of these powdered sugar delicacies.





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“Yeah, real pretty.” Luke bit into the beignet, scattering powdered sugar.

Honest Illusions

Jan 27, 2020

Robyn Carr Creates Towns we all want to live in




Mel squinted into the rain and darkness, creeping along the narrow, twisting,
muddy, tree-enshrouded road... 


Virgin River 
Robyn Carr



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I love to set my stories in fully fleshed-out locations. When the setting of a story is vivid and realistic, the reader is transported to that place and time, and they want to get to know the people who live and love there. When I’m imagining the setting for a novel, I’m looking for a place so vibrant and dramatic, it plays almost as a character in the story. It lives and breathes.