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​Hi everyone!
After four months, I am back in New Jersey. We left in the snow and returned in the rain. For those who don't know, Peter and I leave on New Year's Day for Florida. Pete was the recreation director at the Perry KOA, and I was his "wing" woman. For the arrival, we were greeted with a week of sun and 80-degree weather. That didn't last long. For most of January, like most other places, it was abnormally cold, even dropping to 17 degrees one night. Oh, and it snowed. But life goes on, and so did we. 
Above are a few pictures from our time there.
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May is a busy month for me. First up. I joined other authors at Brook Hollow Winery for the annual Day of Wine Romance and More. 
Then, on May 14th, it will be my 32nd Anniversary.
On the 30th, my birthday will roll around again.

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D. V. reviews
Abby's Gift.
by
Kim Janine Ligon
 
Janet Marshall knows what it was like to live in the social service system. Except for the people in her life, she may have become another statistic. Finding her way home to the small town and a new way of life, she still fights the nightmares of her younger years.
Then one day she receives a call from an old friend, and a new nightmare begins, only this one is more deadly. In one day, she becomes a mother, a suspect, and a possible victim.
I highly recommend this story, which brings together a small town, clean, heartwarming, inspirational, and family‑centered fiction.
The story can be appreciated as it unravels, bringing together endearing secondary characters and a whodunit-and-where-is-it plot that spans several years.
Fans of Karen Kingsbury and Debbie Macomber will enjoy Abby’s Gift.

For more information or to preorder your copy today
https://mybook.to/AbbysGift 

I was gifted this book as an ARC reader.

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The trees are bursting into green,
      The violets into blue,
While here and there, in golden sheen,
The dandelion's crest is seen
To peep the spears of grass between,
      Impearled in morning dew...
~Mary E. Erwin Hobbs (1841–1890), "May

Until next time, Be Happy, Be Kind, Be Adventurous.