Brain Dump

I’ve used Word for decades and had to be careful about spell and grammar check, from the beginning. I learned early on that it is wrong approximately 50% of the time. Then they come along with AI and declare it will make life so much easier! Except you have to continue to check it for accuracy. Not only spelling and grammar but facts and information. Yes, AI has been caught making things up as facts; it lies; it cheats; it steals; it changes information in the middle. It’s sloppy, inaccurate…and yes, it annoys me. I don’t hate those who use it, but I want them to understand it isn’t magical; it’s just fast at flawed, unreliable research.

TBR 2026

36.  Lando (The  series Book 8) by Louis L'Amour western 1873-1879. Brutal and fascinating and not quite what I expected. 

37. Mojave Crossing (The  series Book 9) by Louis L'Amour western 1875-1879. More history! What a journey. Whew. Interesting to see Los Angeles in the early years and love that the modern day locations are given for reference in the footnotes. 

38. Mustang Man (The  series Book 10) by Louis L'Amour western, in the 1875-79. Action packed.

39. The Lonely Men (The  series Book 11) by Louis L'Amour western, 1875-79. Brutal page turner. Funnily enough, one of the television stations played "The Sackett," a mishmash of a couple books, enough to recognize the books but lots of changes. I'm ever fascinated by the bits of facts and history woven into the fiction. 

40. Galloway (The  series Book 12) by Louis L'Amour western. 1875-79. While it's true each book stands alone, together it's quite the saga. 

Just because it made me smile

 

Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ The most important declaration in Christendom is made: He is not dead. He is risen.

~ Jesus conquered death and hell.

~ Jesus resurrects and lives now and forever. 

~ Easter

~ God's grace         

Good Friday

Sunday was a celebration. The Apostles are certain that all they hoped for is coming to pass. On Thursday, at the Passover feast, they discover a traitor is among them. Jesus endures Gethsemane, arrest, flogging, a mockery of a trial, and is crucified. It wasn't supposed to end this way. The Apostles and Followers are in mourning, confused, devastated. How could this happen? How could this be what God intended? 

We have an advantage over those distant Followers. We know Sunday is coming.

Blessing Basket quote

 

Thanks to Donna Keevers Driver for creating this for me.

Ready for Easter?

Celebrate with a story.

The Blessing Basket

The thirteenth novella in the series.

Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where nothing happens, except holidays... and a little romance, if the hero and heroine trust God.

Cici, Candy Crothers, lies to everyone, except her Holiday Diner boss, only because he informed her if she lied to him he'd fire her. She ran away from an ugly past and still worries it might catch up to her. Sharing her nightmares is nowhere on her list of things to do, ever.

Trace Brown left the Army honorably but not unscathed. Anger controls his life, holding him back from pretty much everything, including becoming a chef at Holiday Diner. The diner's head hostess intrigues him, but not enough to risk sharing his day-to-day battle with PTSD.

Nothing can drive God away. His hand is stretched out still. He is always there, waiting...

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Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ Gospel study with friends

~ Celebrations with friends

~ Air conditioning 

~ Palm Sunday with family

~ God's grace          

Brain Dump

AI - Artificial Insemination. AIR - Artificial Information Resource  

TBR 2026

31.  The Warrior Path (The  series Book 3) by Louis L'Amour western set in 1620s. I enjoy all the bits of actual history thrown into the story. The visit to Jamaica and private haven of Port Royal was fascinating. Page turner.

32. Jubal Sackett (The  series Book 4) by Louis L'Amour western set in 1620s. Unlike Dan Brown who includes facts that aren't really facts but more fiction disguised as facts - yes, I looked them up - L'Amour uses facts and explains when they are simply theories based in facts, though some might dismiss the facts as fiction. 

33. Ride the River (The  series Book 5) by Louis L'Amour western, in the 1840s-50s. I had trouble putting it down. Again, the history fascinates me. I also enjoy the little touch of romance. 

34. The Daybreakers (The  series Book 6) by Louis L'Amour western, 1870-72. I'm drawn in and feel like I'm living there. L'Amour has a gift for words. This story also gained extra meaning now that I know a little of my Welsh history. 

35. Sackett (The  series Book 7) by Louis L'Amour western. 1874-75. Again, I love that L'Amour weaves in so many facts. 

REAL 23 March 2026

Too hot for much walking. Physical therapy done. Eating is okay. Sleep is okay some nights not so much other. Nightmares every time I wake up. Vertigo thanks to allergies makes doing much of anything a challenge.