This is the eleventh appearance at BMR for today’s author, which means he’s been here since the beginning. I recently read his featured book and, although the description may not strike…

“So, Twiggy, what are you going to play with?” “Not sure. This pizza box looks fun.” “I guess not, huh?” “No. I’m going to take a look over there.&#8…

Welcome to the first day of Bad Moon Rising! I seems like we just wrapped up the 10th anniversary, and here we are starting year eleven – woohoo! The weather has finally cooled, leaves are fa…

The Ber months are here along with cooler weather – finally! My October watchlist of horror movies awaits, a Charlie Brown Halloween display sits prominently on my living room table, and a Ha…

This week marks the anniversary of the first hot air balloon launch in Versailles, France, in 1783. Since this was the beginning of man’s desire to fly, you must go. Please take this list wi…

Hi everyone, its Robbie Cheadle here today with an Art Flash post on LatinosUSA – English Edition. Today, I’m delighted to introduce Dawn Pisturino, poet and author, who has recently pu…

Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle with you today and I’m sharing my review of Alex Craigie’s new short story and poetry collect, Hopes, Fears, and Reality: Stories, Poems and Perso…

It’s almost here – Bad Moon Rising starts this week! Our weather finally cooled off and feels more like fall, and over the weekend I spent two beautiful afternoons on the patio working …

Some songs heal. Some songs hold you. Some songs carry us. A Country Album of Love, Strength, & Song, which takes the listener on a journey through life in all it's rawness & beauty.

Today’s good news comes from Vogue magazine and was sent to me by a reporter-at-large, Noelle Granger Meet the Women Leading Norway’s Seaweed Revolution By Stephanie Gavan It’s still dark as …

“Tempeste. What are you doing over there?” “I’m thinking there was some kind of wild animal that came through here.” “Wild animal? What kind of wild animal?&#822…

Thursday, September 17, 2026 Hello, everyone.   Today I’m announcing my own little book.  It’s my latest non-fiction “Speak” book.  I started it a couple of years ago, with …

Friends, I’m here today to talk about the joys of tissue paper. If you’re not attacking it, rolling around in it, and sleeping on top of it, what are you even doing with your life? Teri…

Saturday, September 12, 2026 Hello, everyone.   I’m trying to finish up my new novelette, and if I can make it, finish an old non-fiction slang dictionary that I put aside last September.  So…

Happy Fall! I’m excited to share that my new Christmas story comes out on November 1st, and it’s now available for preorder. When There’s Only a Christmas Wish BLURB Can a Christm…

Dog lovers take notice – we have a new Free Little Library in our neighborhood, but it’s not the kind you may be familiar with. Take a look at this Dog Stick Library! Isn’t it the…

This post was published on September 9th, 2019. Since we still take elevators, I think it might be useful Top Ten Things Not to Do in an Elevator 10 If you are in an elevator after inspecting the i…

How many of you are morning people? Teri isn’t. She doesn’t care to converse much until at least an hour after she gets up. I also prefer slower mornings. I eat my breakfast, patrol the…

Today’s good news story comes from the BBC and was sent to me by our world-at-large reporter, Noelle Granger.  Thanks, Noelle Rare duck breeding success gives hope for species Emily Johns, Ch…

More humour from Malcolm Allen and watch out for that predictive text! My thanks to Malcolm for excellent foraging and we hope you are leaving with a smile on your face. About Malcolm Allen The aut…

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Wedding Favor by Sharon M. Peterson. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I absolutely loved it. I laughed, I cried and everything i…

“What is that thing, Twiggy?” “It’s a window Bot.” A window bot? What kind of crazy is that?” “Dad-kind of crazy. He’s tired of paying to have window…

‘This isn’t all our lives are going to be. It’s the darkness before the dawn, that’s all.’ The SFV-1 virus leaves its victims with no instinct other than the need to k…

Today, I randomly opened Eternal Road – The final stop to page 111. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word nearest my finger is “Wringer,” which is our prompt. Wringer …

Two Sundays ago, I binged Inside Man, a limited series on Netflix, but the ending left a major dangling thread. The four-part series explores how ordinary, moral people can make panicked decisions …

Since August marks the anniversary of the first income tax’s establishment in 1861, I thought it would be fun to travel back and take in the atmosphere of what must have been an eventf…

I recently took a two week blogging break for very good reasons. First, Son #1 was here for the weekend. Our DIL couldn’t come, but if you read Bond’s post HERE you know Sora fit it int…

This has been a good week. My humans are home, and no neighbor cats (looking at you, Lexington) interrupted my patio time. Word around the house is football season is upon us, and that means extra …

Before we cover the good news today, let’s not forget the innocent people who lost their lives at the hands of fanatic Islamists on September 11, 2001- twenty-five years ago. I planned not to…

“So why are some toys out in the backyard?” “Dad tossed them out here. He said it is cool enough to play in the yard.” “I don’t remember giving anyone permission…

I love discovering authors who write compelling stories. A cousin from Calgary suggested I read Finding Flora by Elinor Florence; a story that takes place in Alberta during the homesteading days. I…

Saturday, September 5, 2026 Hello, all. Back in 2016 Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland got stuck in my mind.  The world around me seemed to have gone topsy-turvy and down…

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Hello, all.  It’s already Thursday for some of my readers, so I’m hitting the publish button for this post.  Also, since I’m among the worst haters of…

I’m so excited to see this one come up today. I’ve known that Teri was reading it for quite a while. Jump over to her site and check it out.

Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle here with you today with my September post in the Animal Photography section on LatinosUSA – English Edition. This month I am featuring photographs of Creatures tha…

Destiny and Jace are blue‑collar nobodies with a strange weekend hunting for cryptids and conspiracies. They’re perfectly prepared for the wrong problem. Because when they accidentally uncove…

Hi, gang. 👋🏼Craig with you once again. I know what some of you are thinking. Horror is its own speculative genre, so why is it reduced to an Expansion Pack? I agree with you, and substitute your re…

If you’ve dropped by over the past several years for Bad Moon Rising, you’ve seen author Iseult Murphy here many times (and she’s scheduled this year for October 7th). Today I&#82…

Today’s story comes from the Times of India and was sent to me by Reporter-at-large Noelle Granger. Thanks Noelle Meet Roy Kim, the 13-year-old Oregon student who designed a chamber that turn…

If you missed my last post from two weeks ago, Teri was going out of town and leaving me in the care of Mike, who locked me outside on the screened porch overnight the last time she was gone. He re…

I read a lot. I joined Goodreads in 2013 and since it started tracking me in 2014, I’ve read 745 books. :) I found some nuggets in the books I read in August. Hope you enjoy my thoughts on th…

“Twiggy. Why don’t we go outside?” “It’s over 100 degrees (40+C); that’s why.” “I guess that’s a little too much for Frenchies.” “Y…

Here are the books I read in August that were four- or five-star reads! The First Unicorn, Miracle on Wonder Island: A Faith-Based Fantasy Adventure for Ages 8–12 Inspired by Biblical Truth By Kath…

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Hi, everyone.  This Wednesday is a mix of old and new “whatnots.”  Starting with this awesome new photo above from Dan Antion, that he took in honor of my Aug…

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Welcome, all.  The Scoobies are lazy on this hot August day, but I told them there was a nap-time story in it for them if they helped with this installment of Dan Antion&…

Today’s good news story comes from AS USA Online Sports Newspaper and was sent in by special reporter. Thousands of Christmas trees have been dropped from helicopters in the US since 1990. 36…

Last weekend the oldest son was here for a couple days. If you’ve been hanging out here for a while, you know what that means. He brought ill-tempered Sora, my arch nemesis. It’s been a…

“So Twiggy. What are those lights on the wall?” “That’s the sun shining through the upper windows.” “Upper windows? Are you sure. Look like open doors to me.&#82…

It’s kill or be killed in this heart-pounding apocalyptic horror. The first book in a new series, If We Survive the Night combines the ruthless zombie perils of The Last of Us with the every-…

Wednesday, August 13, 2026 Hello, everyone.  Last week, I mentioned that throughout August I’ll be sharing about Brother Love: A Crossroad.  (Click here for that post because it will tell you…