I remember reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring many years ago and was influenced by it to avoid using any pesticides in my garden in order to preserve Mother Earth. But that book also kindled in me a desire to try and help the environment in whatever small ways I could. I try to recycle and shut off lights when not necessary. We reuse plastic bags so that they are not single-use and I try to remember taking reusable bags for the grocery store. I think my biggest help has been using my Sodastream which lets me avoid having lots of soda bottles to recycle and also keeps me from putting fake sweeteners in my body. I also try to upcycle as many things as I can, like making a hall tree from a door that was headed for garbage if I didn’t use it. I like to think my little bit helps. How about you? What things do you do to help the environment?
My Fabulous Author Life
You may wonder what I do when I’m not busy writing. Well, I try to do lots of things, including spending time with my bestie – my daughter. So besides things like gardening, we often do some fun things like visiting the Sloomoo Institute to get slimed, the Peabody Essex Musem in Salem, and lots of other fun places. Why? Because in the immortal words of Cyndi Lauper
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Hope you have a nice weekend and please don’t forget to check out The Family She Never Met and Decoy Training, my two latest releases. Also check out Deadly Chase, a free read now available at Harlequin.com.
Happy April Fool’s Day!
Happy April’s Fool Day! Having a little fun with you and the K-9 hero from Decoy Training. Decoy Training is available now at https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/decoy-training/. Don’t forget to check out the free read Deadly Chase, a prequel to the K-9s on Patrol series and join me and my friends for a release party April 5 right on this fan page!
Video Premiere for Decoy Training
I had a blast writing Decoy Training! It was so much fun to learn all about training dogs and to weave that into the story of two wounded people who are thrown together when danger lands on their doorstep. Decoy Training is the first book in the K-9s on Patrol Series. There will be six books in the series and each is a standalone story with an uplifting ending! Even better, you can read a prequel and meet all the characters in Deadly Chase, a free read at Harlequin.com.
Video Premiere
Happy happy Friday!
TGIF! It’s Friday and I’m looking forward to the weekend. I need to get in a blast of writing, but I’m also excited about spending some time with my daughter. Hubby got me a gift card to a local tea shop for Christmas and we’re going to do a High Tea on Saturday. Pictures to follow! As for today’s photo model, isn’t he a cute pup? My fur baby is a cat, but if I were to have a dog, a beagle might be high on the list. A beagle is definitely #1 on hubby’s list. But I’d also consider having either a pit bull or an adorable corgy. How about you? Do you have a fur baby?
P.S. – If you love dogs, look for Decoy Training in late March and a free read — Deadly Chase – starting on March 19!
Sharing a Funny to Start the Weekend
I’ve been doing some clean-up including on my computer and ran across this old photo. Why not start the weekend with some fun? I hope you all have a great weekend. If you get a chance, please take a moment to check out my new release The Family She Never Met, a “swoon-worthy romance” according to Publishers Weekly.
Making Friday Fun with Skillet Pizza
After a long week, you deserve a break. For hubby and me, Friday nights are our night to relax by either ordering in or going out to support one of our local restaurants. Pizza is one of our go-to’s when ordering in, but occasionally we make the pizza ourselves. I can’t claim this recipe as my own since I saw it on America’s Test Kitchen, but I was a little dubious when I saw them make it and had to try it out myself. The one thing I didn’t like was the sauce. A lot of people don’t cook their sauce, but I found it needed a lot more flavor and using a thicker cooked sauce would have done it. If you try this recipe, please let me know how you liked it!
P.S. – If you like this recipe and want to check out others, you can download Recipes for the Romantic Soul for free on Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/3H1XzWQ or in the Cook’s Treat section on the website.