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Goin’ on a Bear Hunt….Camping and Cuddling in the Uintahs

You can’t go over it You cant go under it You cant go around it You have to go through it Y’all know that I have tried online dating in the Search for Mister Right Enough. That didn’t work for me as I only tried it for a few months. So when a friend of two years (I call him Mountain Man) asked me to go camping, I said yes! No, I have never camped before! Yes this is bear season, especially around campgrounds high in the mountains (altitude 10,000 feet above sea level). And for ... continue reading...

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BODYARMOUR and ME The SOCCER MOM

I am being compensated by BODYARMOUR and Mom It Forward Influencer Network for my participation in this campaign. I am part of the Mom It Forward Influencer Network. When I was a kid, we played kickball – a short form of soccer – all evening long. I remember my mom making cold lemonade and calling us in every twenty minutes: don’t forget to drink in this hot evening weather. We were just kids and didn’t want to stop but we knew better than to not listen to our mom! If we didn’t drink ... continue reading...

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Ava sits back & reads: Without Fear or Favor

Author: Robert K. Tanenbaum Looking for a crime novel to burn your boots off in the summer sizzle (it’s 105 degrees and climbing in Salt Lake City)? With DA Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene combining to catch a killer who has already shot two cops, Without Fear or Favor sears across our reading landscape like a meteor about to crash and burn. Fast, furious and killer deadly, this novel guns the gears and revs up the summer heat. TV correspondent Pete Vansand has coupled with ... continue reading...

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Here I Am – a review

Here I Am Author: Jonathan Safran Foer John Updike. Philip Roth. Peter Taylor. Alice Munro. Jonathan Safran Foer Writers who gift us with families who thrum within their own family universe, then bounce back to us like an echo. I adore Jonathan Foer. Eating Animals enchanted and mesmerized me. Timeframe: One month. Location: Washington D.C., Israel Characters: The Bloch family, Jacob, Julia, Sam, Max, Benjy and the Israeli cousin, Tamir, Irv, the granda, Deborah, the grandma, ... continue reading...

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Book review: Prodigals by Greg Jackson

Prodigals Stories by Greg Jackson With declaratory language succinct as to appear insouciant, Greg Jackson thrusts us into his inner worlds in Prodigals. The first short story, Wagner in the Desert, seems to be semi-autobiographical and tells the tale of a mélange of friends partying as hard as they can and discovering mystical things out of the ordinary. Sometimes, however, the characters posture too much and Jackson’s language slows the action to a complete halt as we titillate over a ... continue reading...