Hummers!
They’re here! I’ve got hummingbirds flitting around in my mesquite and vitex trees. So if you’ve got hummingbird feeders, it’s time to get them out!
The Lost King can be found!
When my friend Carol asked me, “Where can I buy your book?” I told her that she could find it on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and at createspace.com, among other online retailers.
“No,” she said, “I mean what store in Port Aransas sells it?” I’m happy to report that now you can find The Lost King at Duckworth’s at 219 W. Cotter. You’ll find some other neat things there too so stop by and say “hi” to Tiffany and Joe and have a look around.
It’s Roundup Time!
No, I’m not talking about the popular weed killer, although goodness knows I’ve been applying lots of that to my yard every weekend…more
Greening up
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Whitney Farms for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
Everyone who knows me knows that I am no kind of gardener. I think I have black thumbs. But I keep trying. I want to have fresh flowers and fresh vegetables. I want to have homegrown tomatoes. I’d like my tomato vine to look like this,
not the wimpy, spindly, fruitless disgrace that it is at the moment.
So I was interested to learn about Witney Farms® gardening aids, organic soil and plant food. Offered by a company with over 25 years of leading gardening experience, this is a full line of 100% natural plant foods and soils with no additives, nothing artificial, just ingredients from the Earth, designed to promote the growth of big, beautiful flowers and veggies.
organic plant foodPart of the reason that I try to grow my own is that I want my produce to be all-natural. The Whitney Farms® plant foods and soils have low to no dust and no manure odor. The protein-based blends have macro- and micronutrients and contain beneficial microbes.
organic soilUsing the products doesn't look complicated. The plant food is applied at planting time and then every 6 to 8 weeks during the growing season. The container and in-ground soils have plant food already in them. . .
Whitney Farms®It’s even more motivating to see that Whitney Farms is offering a coupon for $3 off.
Here's hoping I can turn my black thumbs green!
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Easy to get hooked
One of Port Aransas’s newest boutiques seeks to lure you in with unique gift, clothing, jewelry and accessory bait … more
Positive outlook
Here in the hurricane zone, we can take a little comfort in the forecast that The Weather Channel has issued for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
The preseason forecast calls for “below-average” storm activity: 11 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale).
That’s below the long-term average from 1950-2011 (12 named storms, 7 hurricanes, 3 major hurricanes) and below the averages for the current active era from 1995-2011 (15 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes).
The Weather Channel attributes this to much cooler North Atlantic ocean temperatures and a trend towards El Nino conditions.
Of course it’s just a forecast and not set in stone. But we can be optimistic about a less-active hurricane season this year.
Making impressions
If you visit the Felder Gallery on Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21, 2012, don’t be surprised if you find yourself dreaming of grass skirts and flower leis… more
Check it out!
Seriously. You can check it out. My novel, The Lost King, is now on the shelves at the Ellis Memorial Library at 700 W. Ave. A, here in Port Aransas.
I love that library and I am so proud now to be part of its collection. So hey, check it out!
I’ve been quoted!
Little did I know back in 2010 when I took a flyer on National Novel Writing Month that a writing marathon, then something of a whim for me, would turn out to be my writing modus operandi.
It’s for certain that had I not done NaNoWriMo, my first published novel, The Lost King, would still be languishing in a notebook and not residing happily in the hands of readers.
So I was more than willing to talk about my experience with writer and writing coach Rochelle Melander. My comments appear in her “Cross the finish line with A Writing Marathon” story in the May, 2012, The Writer magazine. The publication of her story is timely as I’m psyching myself up for Camp NaNo, a summer writing marathon,with lots of good tips for my next sprint. Yup, I’m starting another novel.
