You're never too old to be a child. This is a nonfiction account of the dreams of a couple to visit one hundred countries. They never gave up even though they were both octogenarians. This book is about reaching their goal, going beyond, and having wonderful adventures in the process.
Sarah Cooley has come home to Last Chance, New Mexico, for one reason--because it doesn't change. After an engagement gone bad with a man who wanted to change everything about her, Sarah is more than ready for the town whose motto may as well be, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Chris Reed, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to spark some change in the little town. As the new owner of the Dip 'n' Dine, he's shaking things up to draw folks from all over the Southwest into his restaurant. As it turns out, the winds of change are blowing into Last Chance--just not in the ways that Sarah or Chris might expect. With the same evocative writing and fascinating characters that won fans for her debut novel, Cathleen Armstrong invites readers back to Last Chance for a soul-searching, romantic story of two people navigating the twists and turns of small-town life.
There was a preacher who once said, In todays world, we need to keep a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. In this particular book, the authors main source of information was the Word of God, as it had been in all of his other books; however, it was uncanny how it kept connecting with current events of 2012 and early 2013: from the summer Olympics to the fall presidential election, or the drought in the Midwest to the results of the Super Bowl. He also thought of a Bible reference with a similar thought: Jesus said, in Matthew 13:52 (NIV), every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old. The truths in the Scriptures have stood the test of time for thousands of years, and the old still shines brightly in our modern and sophisticated world. But they have new applications that we need now as much as Moses and Elijah needed them back then. (Perhaps this was why those godly men appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration, to talk with Jesus about the importance of His mission of mercy here among us, that would fulfill all of their hopes and dreams.) Then, in the authors own life, experiences that he had and lessons that he learned forty years ago have a connection with breaking news stories of today.
Beth Waterford has been struggling to rebuild her life around her riding friends and her family since her husbands sudden death. She is content for the most part until the other man she might have married forty years ago unexpectedly comes courting. Should she choose to abandon her hard won peace to risk a new life with an old love that disappointed her in the past? Reluctantly, she reaches out, finds herself in love again, fighting his daughter who will not accept a woman in her fathers life and her own uncertainties. The honeymoon is planned but the groom disappears. His daughter says he is dead. Beths psychic friend insists he is not. How hard will she fight to find the truth?
These marvelous, stimulating games for the mind include geometric paradoxes, cube and color arrangement puzzles, calendar paradoxes, much more. Detailed solutions prepare readers for puzzles of even greater complexity.
Crooked Keys: Truths, Lies and Alibis is a continuation of Hidden Compass: Hunting the Shadows Beneath and Eclectic Journey: Excerpts and Epitaph. These poems speak of life stages and interruptions, ciphers, and oftentimes cryptic perceptions which serve as a collection of the authors insights, reflections and experiences.
His elder daughter was all he—and a number of other men—found they wanted in a woman, and Lily soon learned to use her good looks and lively personality to the best advantage. But she was also hard-working and practical and, in her lifetime, held down a number of jobs which, in those times, women were not expected to be able to do. Was it a good life? Depends on what is meant by ‘good.’ Looking back, Lily would probably say there were plenty of good times, and more than a few regrets. But at least she lived it to the full. In every way. Here is her story.
After a 30-year career in New Mexico, it was time for a change, but what to do next? That was the dilemma. Jo was seeking something unknown and unnamed until she found her way to Africa, a place where she could live out her dream of adventure and travel. Remembering Africa: Moments in Time is the author's memoir of the two years she lived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, while teaching at an International School with students and teachers from many different countries. Through her personal stories, she portrays both the humor and struggle of daily life in Dar and working at the International School there. She provides a window for the reader to share her travel adventures to the exotic island of Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, and safari adventures into the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, etc. Jo was enchanted with the land and people of this amazing continent, and she recorded events from those memorable years in a journal. When she returned to the states, the memories of her life in Africa lingered and begged to be shared. Remembering Africa had to be written. The poem "Moments in Time", written by Jo, was inspired by her experiences while living and working in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.