Category: SundayVibes

Happy National Black Cat Day! Years ago we made a bargain with our daughter: Get good grades and you can get a cat. She honored her part of the bargain so we did as well. The local shelter didn’t have any kittens we could adopt so we called another shelter who said, “Yes, we have a kitten, but she’s a black cat.” That didn’t bother us and we headed to get her. When we arrived, the shelter worker showed us into a large room where the cats could roam free as they didn’t believe in keeping them in cages. My daughter walked into the center of the room and this little black kitten came right up and starting winding around her legs. It was love at first sight and I hoped that this was the little kitten. It was! As we were filling out the adoption papers, the shelter worker mentioned that black cats are hard to adopt because of fears about black cats. We loved our little black cat that we named Osiris. She was with us for 17 years before she passed. What about you? Do you have a black cat? Share your photos if you do! P.S. I have not written a book with a cat. I really must remedy that in the future! But if you love books with dogs, please check out the South Beach Security K-9 Division series at https://amzn.to/3Kt2G5Q.

We had a lovely day at the Belmar Beach Book Fair yesterday at the lovely Taylor Pavilion! What a beautiful location to combine some of my favorite things: the beach, books, my daughter, little baby Axel, and my friends and neighbors. Thank you to everyone who came by and supported this wonderful event run by the Belmar Public Library. It was great to spend time with you and talk about books. If you couldn’t get there, no fear. You can grab copies of any of my books at various online booksellers and use my contact page to reach me for an autographed bookplate for your books!

It’s hard to believe that summer has flown by and it’s the first day of fall! Along my neck of the Jersey Shore, it’s Local Summer and it’s been glorious. We’ve had some 80-degree days, but most days are in the comfortable 70s dipping down to refreshing nights in the 60s. Plus lots of sun and very little rain. I’ve had to water the garden a lot since I have a last bumper crop of tomatoes I’ve shared with neighbors and my daughter. I hope your end of summer is going well and that fall treats you well too! P.S. If you love stories set at the shore, check out the At the Shore box set which is specially priced at 99 cents. Grab your copy today at https://amzn.to/3ztutBg.

It’s National Banana Split Day and who doesn’t love a good banana split! It’s been forever since I’ve had one but with the end of summer drawing close so quickly, it may be time to hop on over to the local ice cream shop and grab one. My favorite part of the banana split was having hot fudge on the strawberry ice cream. It’s one of my favorite combos although I’ve got a new favorite ice cream now thanks to Callie’s Creamery in Neptune City, NJ! They’ve got a fabulous chocolate peanut butter ice cream. If you’re in the area, please drop by and support a local small business. That gives me an idea! What about a book about an ice cream shop owner? What do you think?

If I’m a new to author you might wonder about my books and what I bring for you to enjoy. I’ve written in various genres but one of my favs is romantic suspense and I have a number of books in that genre. What I’ll bring you is heartwarming romance and heart-pounding suspense with characters that you’ll fall in love with! My romantic suspense books have everything from ancient Aztec relics to several K-9 romances. You can even download DECOY TRAINING for free if you have Kindle Unlimited! Please take a moment to check them out at https://amzn.to/3YQmrNk.

A couple of months ago we had a fantastic workshop by the fabulous Siera London! My daughter was so inspired that she decided to hire her book cover designer to create a new profile picture for me to use on my social media and I LOVE IT! Samantha Ann sent this wonderful artist one of her favorite pictures of me and here’s the awesome result. What do you think? I’ll be off later to visit the Ax Man (Axel’s new nickname) and I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

Today I’m sharing some photos of the midsummer flowers gracing my garden. Others are still holding strong, like the regular hydrangeas and echinacea. But now it’s time for hollyhocks, butterfly bushes, Black-eyed Susan, phlox, Angelonia, Limelight hydrangeas, and so many more. There are also lots of tomatoes, eggplants, basil and thyme but the parsley has not done well at all. Maybe because the swallowtail butterfly caterpillars ate it? That has me hoping to see some of those butterflies soon! Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Sunday!