By way of explanation

I share this blog with a short list of friends from around the US, and I haven't been posting lately because I haven't been inspired with subject matter and I'm having problems still with the MAC operating system and how it files photos. A post without a photo is not as interesting, and I always try to include a photo.  Recently, I have been inspired to do more about our environment and climate change. Posts now may include more environmental issues, politics, minority issues and my opinions. If you don't want to be notified by email, just let me know and I'll take you off my list.  I am convinced we all need to be more proactive in combatting global warming. A book I read recently made me sit up, take notice, and start doing something myself. The next post is a review of that book.  Thanks for reading my blog!

Heroes in the End Now Available on Amazon

My eighth book is now available in e-book format on Amazon.com.  Cover art is by Dona Townsend, former Burns resident who now lives in Washington with husband, Dennis. Dona's title for the watercolor is "My Heroes Have Always Been", and when I saw it I knew that cowboy had a story to tell.  So I bought the watercolor from Dona, and it is now in my collection and became part of the cover for Heroes in the End.  Cover design is by graphic artist, Rachel Bostwick.  And I wrote the book!  Hope you enjoy it.  Here is the short version of the story: 

In the third book of the Fiona Marlowe novels, the mystery of the bones in the hot spring surfaces again. DNA evidence suggests that the bones are Jake's ex-wife, and he is a suspect in her demise. This time Fiona is determined to solve the mystery of whose bones those really are, once and for all.  At the same time Jake's troublesome older brother, Ross, contacts Jake to bail him out of jail in Nevada and thinks he may have seen Jake's daughter, who Jake hasn't seen in fifteen years. Fiona and Jake set off to find his daughter and clear his name on a journey that takes them from their ranch to Las Vegas to the bull riding world and back again. In the process they discover there are heroes in the family.

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Heroes in the End Coming Soon

Fiona and Jake team up to find his long lost daughter and rescue his brother from a life of dissipation.  In the process they discover there are heroes in the family.

This is the third book in the Fiona Marlowe Novels.  Look for it the end of January.

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD Best-selling author Michael Pollan takes viewers on a fascinating journey to find out what we should eat to be healthy and how incomplete science, political interests, and clever marketing impact America’s eating habits.

This two hour documentary aired on PBS this week.  You can still catch it on PBS.org.  http://www.pbs.org/search/?q=in+defense+of+food  Michael Pollan wrote the book and is the guide through the bewildering jungle of the American food industry. He covers what and how to eat like eat  real food, eat mostly plants, small portions, eat slow, use smaller plates. Very helpful and a must see for all Americans. I recommend it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Wishing you joy and peace during this lovely season and may the New Year bring you compassion, love, and mercy.

Marjorie and John

ps. here's a link to holiday music that will make you smile

http://gpsinformation.info/main/merryxmas.swf

More Snow

Fairchild, the Siamese, sits and watches the snow from a safe, warm place. None of the three cats want to go outside. It is snowing and blowing and has been since before dawn. We were going to saddle up and ride into town this morning.  John took the sled dogs out for a test run and not even they could get through the snow on Palomino Lane. (Just kidding about the dogs.)  So we will try for tomorrow when John has to go to town to drive for Meals on Wheels and I am going to work at Gallery 15 since I couldn't get in today to work.  Hope you are all getting ready for the holiday wherever you may be.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. We are thankful for our friends and family.  We have snow on the ground here and single digits at night for the next week.  But climate forecasters assure us that this winter will be warmer and drier because of a strong El Nino.  We shall see. Many blessings to  you all. Love, Marjorie and John