Buddy for David – Novel – Young Adult – Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and CrossLink Publishing …
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- NEW ORLEANS – LOUISIANA – ADVENTURES ON THE ROAD
- WHO IS CAROL ANN RITCHEY – WHY THE CHANGE –
- HOME SWEET HOME – BACK ON OUR LOT AFTER THREE NIGHTS AND FOUR DAYS AWAY – WHERE DID WE GO – TO GIANT RECREATION WORLD – THAT’S AN RV SERVICE CENTER – NOT A RESORT –
- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
- Moving toward Our Next Destination – Driving a Comfortable Distance – Following Our Plan – Reaching Parks We Booked Months Earlier – Three Days to Rest – Three Days that Fly By –
- Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
- Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
- Growing – Learning – Believing – Confidence – Resting – Our Inheritance in Christ –
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Tag Archives: Mother
Being Who Am I – Am I Who I Was Meant to Be – The Answer to the Question Is …
I’ve written a book, but that is not who I am, yet it is part of who I am, because my personal background and experiences are undetectably imbedded into the words of its pages. I can articulate who I am … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Memoir, Thought, Writing Fiction
Tagged Author, Buddy for David, Carol Ann Hoel, Christian novel, Crime Novel, Employee, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Identity, Mother, Novel, Who am I, Who I was meant to be, Wife, Writer
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Remembering a Snowball
Remembering the old days, I choose to focus on good memories, like the day my Aunt Virginia visited us on a snowy afternoon during the holiday season. We were a blended family, two parents and six children, in all. Aunt Virginia was … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged Aunt, Aunt Virginia, blanket of snow, Children, cocktail, cousin, Deer, dining area, dining room, French doors, glass doors, grasshopper, green mint, holiday, holiday season, honorary aunt, Laughing, Laughter, minty, Mother, pristine snowfall, run, Running, Season, Snow, Snowball, snowball fight, Snowballs, snowfall, teenage, teenager, Virginia
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Upcoming Novel – Release by End of This Year
Although Buddy for David (proposed title) stars a Great White Pyrenees, the book is not about a dog. It’s about a boy and his family. It’s about two lawless men that plan to enrich themselves by selling innocent eight-year-old David. It’s about … Continue reading
Posted in Buddy for David, Pets, Thought
Tagged A boy and his dog, Boy, boy and girl, boy and his dog, brother and sister, Buddy, Buddy for David, conclusion, criminals, David, David's world, deputies, Disaster, Dog, eight-year-old, face of disaster, Faith, Father, Fear, five-year-old, Girl, Grandmother, Great White Pyrenees, Hope, human trafficking, innocent, kidnapped, kidnappers, kidnapping, Law enforcement officers, lawless men, love, Mother, officers, Pyrenees, saga, strangers, two young women, Victory, White dog, World, young women
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Mother’s Day Thoughts –
Look at the cross through the eyes of Mary the mother of Jesus – She felt the agony That only mothers know As she watched her beloved Son suffer and die at Calvary Every son or daughter that ever lives … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Calvary, Daughter, Die, Love her, Mary, Mary Mother of Jesus, Mother, Mother of Jesus, Mother's Day, Son, Suffer
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Jesus – You Never Let Go
Baby birds rest in their nest – They don’t fret or worry – Yet a predator may make Them orphans A fawn stands by his mother’s side Nourished – He follows her – But if she dies – the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Baby Birds Nest, Don't Fret or Worry, Fall Asleep, Fawn, Forsaken, Fret, Holds Child, If she Dies, Jesus, Lovingly Holds Child, May Go Away, Mother, Mother's Side, Never Let Go, Nourished, Orphans, Predator, Rest in Jesus, Resting, Resting in Jesus, Resting in Your Salvation, Rocks Babe, Rocks Baby, Salvation, Sleep, We Lie Down, Worry, You Never Let Go
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In Memory of My Mother
If you feel that no one loves you If you feel no one’s on your side If you think everyone’s against you Remember your mother If you need a vote of confidence From someone who thinks you’re grand If … Continue reading
Tribute to Mom
Sweet sixteen and I drove my own 1955 Chevy, not a classic then but maturing, not as shiny as this; but it was all mine. I drove it to school. After school, my job was to care for my 6-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged 1955 Chevy, Auto Accident, Brother, Car, Driving, Fender Bender, friend, Grandmother, Mother, Sister, Sixteen
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Featuring Short Stories…
Click the Short Story Category on the right for your reading pleasure: Letter to Mom, a story about Lauren, a precious young woman struggling to tell her mother in a letter about her relationship that has run into trouble. Her best-friend-for-life, Deb, … Continue reading
Posted in Promotional
Tagged Baby, Birthday, Boots, Boy, Change, Cinderella, Dog, Family, German Shepherd, Gift, Girl, Handicap, Hardship, Letter, love, Mother, Relationship, Short Story
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