Book Review: The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky by David Litwack #DSATour Ronda Bowen, September 10, 2014 This book has a lot of charm. When you want to be whisked away, it’s a great book for that. Meet Kailani, a 9-year old girl who calls herself The Daughter of the Sea and Sky. She wants to make everything right again after a war where the world… Continue Reading
Gold Rush Deluge Excerpt, #GRDBlast, and $25 B&N/Amazon Giveaway Ronda Bowen, September 9, 2014 Too late she realizes Kersey has a dark and murderous past… Publication Date: August 23, 2014 Genre: Historical Romance When Lucinda Martin York and George Arnold leave Diggers Flat during a rainstorm, the Sacramento and American rivers crest, causing a deluge of epic proportions that engulfs the town of… Continue Reading
New Clairvaux 2013 Primativo Release Tasting Ronda Bowen, September 8, 2014 Yesterday, we headed over to the tasting room at New Clairvaux Vineyards to check out their new wine releases. We hadn’t been for a while thanks to me being pregnant with baby girl, and we wwere excited to see what they had going on. We tasted six wines while there,… Continue Reading
Out of the Park Baseball 15 Game Review and Rafflecopter Giveaway Ronda Bowen, September 7, 2014 Wining Husband, Tiger Boy, and I are all huge baseball fans. It’s kind of fun in our household because there are two different teams we root for. My husband is a huge Seattle Mariners fan, and Tiger boy and I cheer for the Oakland Athletics. It can get kind of… Continue Reading
Wining Around the Web on September 6, 2014 Ronda Bowen, September 6, 2014 The kids are back in school, fall crafts are in full-bloom, and in some areas of the country, people are switching out their summer sundresses for fall tights. There’s a lot going on right now around the Internet. Baseball is in full swing (look for my review of a fun… Continue Reading
Finding an Afterschool Routine Ronda Bowen, September 5, 2014 Leaving homework, dinner schedules, and bedtimes to chance has a tendency to create chaos and frustration during possibly the only family time of the day. Establishing a routine does not have to mean never allowing for flexibility, but it gives parents and children alike the feeling of comfort that comes… Continue Reading
Fat Boy Lasagna Ronda Bowen, September 4, 2014 We have a cat, Stripes, whose nickname is “Fat Boy.” This lasagna is named for him, because, if like Garfield he ate lasagna, well, he’d be even fatter than he is. Stripes was Tiger Boy’s 11th birthday present along with Lady. Tiger Boy just turned 16 a couple weeks ago, and… Continue Reading
Tasting Notes: A Collection of California Wine and Cheese Ronda Bowen, September 3, 2014 *These notes are from a tasting in March, 2013 at Creekside Cellars. While Creekside Cellars is no longer open, these wines can be found at a variety of places. I have a stack of tasting notes I will be sharing over the coming weeks from tastings held at this wonderful… Continue Reading
Thoughts on the McCall’s Fall 2014 Pattern Releases Ronda Bowen, September 2, 2014 So, the fall patterns were released by McCall’s last week, and I feel the need to comment on them. As with Butterick’s fall 2014 line, there were some hits and misses. Some of the patterns I really, really wanted to like but just can’t. Like, for instance, M7025, which should… Continue Reading
Operation: Genocide Book Blast & Giveaway $25 for an Amazon/B&N Gift Card Ronda Bowen, September 1, 2014 An inhuman agenda… A clandestine organization… And the killing isn’t over yet… Publication Date: September 2013 Genre: Thriller/Murder Mystery An inhuman agenda… In 1982, Annette Pretorius lives a life of privilege afforded to those of European descent in South Africa, but when her husband is murdered, she discovers a… Continue Reading