Carol's Notebook

I want to thank Theresa Jones for taking a page in my notebook today to share some thoughts on marriage. Too Old to Get Married? The aforementioned question hardly ever bothers men.  But when women turn 30, and there is no ring to adorn their left hand, some become a little uneasy.  When the biological clock starts ticking and viable prospects start to dwindle, the question of whether or not it will ever happen begins to loom in the mind of some and send them into panic mode.  At the risk of sounding old fashioned, I am going to go against the status quo and suggest that they should be concerned.  I don’t say this because I think that marriage doesn’t occur after age 30.  I just believe that society, as a whole, needs to reassess the “right time” to get married. With every generation, comes an adjustment in beliefs and values.  This all so true with marriage, but have the generational shifts...

Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today's letter is F. This one is straight off my shelf, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. At the end of the post, I'll be giving you a chance to win the ARC, if this one interests you. Fragment by Warren Fahy In this powerhouse of suspense, scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they’ve seen before . . . an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards. The time is now. The place is the Trident, a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV show Sealife. Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director dying for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders—and the ultimate test of survival begins . . . For when they reach the island’s shores, scientists are...

Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! My teaser: The dragon images were intense, visceral. He recalled the frgid mountain air slicing him, the wind whipping by as he clung to the leathery scales of the dragon's back. -pg. 71,  Lucan by Susan Kearney Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....

Thanks to J. R. Hauptman for taking a page in my notebook today to tell us a little about the joys of Florida.   Kickin’ Back in Florida  --Guest Blogger J.R. Hauptman, author of THE TARGET   In the Pike’s Peak region of Colorado, we don’t often suffer the “Dog Days” of August.  Almost every year, about the tenth day of that month we seem to have a major shift of the weather pattern.  It came this year on a day that seemed warm but far above the divide, we could see the high cirrus clouds revealing the jet stream winds that would soon carry the arctic air of Fall and Winter. Autumn slips up on us here in the Rockies.  The last three weeks of August flash by in a blur and the next you know, it’s the week after Labor Day and only three more weeks to the equinox.  Now is the time for football, the World Series, hunting season and the brilliant beauty of...