tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206549692024-02-19T19:57:34.047-06:00Helen, the Crazy Cat LadyThis blog will offer a wee tidbit of my writing, and a link to where it may be obtained, as well as news and maybe a few little fun bits every here and there.helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-38741949026133128882013-11-17T21:22:00.000-06:002013-11-17T21:22:22.434-06:00<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Two new books released this month. Both are extra special to me, as the stories were written for my darling granddaughters, and will be their birthday/Christmas gifts.</b></span><br />
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helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-71657842663712311902013-02-11T12:35:00.002-06:002013-02-11T12:35:57.815-06:00<span style="color: blue;"><b>Not only is He Will Restore available on Amazon.com, as well as for order in your local bookstore, but until Wednesday, February 13, 2013, it is FREE for Kindle download at Amazon.com</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Yes, every book purchased goes towards my vote count. So please, buy. Vote early. Vote often.</b></span>helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-10361165231238693832011-12-06T10:18:00.000-06:002011-12-06T10:18:43.647-06:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The winter issue of I Love Cats came out this week. I have not just one, but two articles in this edition. One, Caramel Cat, is the story of Farouk and his battle with a gourmet caramel candy. The second, Dangerous Hard Words, is again about Farouk, but this time quite serious, and talks about his battle with a tick-borne disease. He was a sick kitty for a very long time, but he recovered and went on to kill more caramels and to ride on shoulders playing 'Carrot' [half cat and half parrot].</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I Love Cats magazine picked up my story 'Christmas Fudge' today, about adventures in being a cat foster mother. </span>helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-60114544427328336542011-07-21T12:34:00.000-05:002011-07-21T12:34:21.713-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Urban Arts and Antiques article on the Murfreesboro Show has been filed, along with a dozen or so pictures. It was a good show, with lots of fun stuff. And the place was filthy with men! There were football players fresh off the field in various stages of undress littering the hallways. All in all, a good day.</span>helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-35235186356462233772011-07-16T23:29:00.000-05:002011-07-16T23:29:32.986-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>I spent the day covering the 44th annual antique show at MTSU in Murfreesboro. Well, that took about 3 hours. The rest of the day was spent getting hopelessly lost and driving around Rutherford County trying to figure out how to get to Nashville. After two hours of wrong turns, I realized, you can't get there from here.</b></span>helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-38294636506654045692011-07-11T10:39:00.000-05:002011-07-11T10:39:48.883-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/american-pickers-and-antique-archaeology-comes-to-nashville/">Urban Arts & Antiques</a> wasted no time in getting my article on the opening of Antique Archaeology.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Saturday, I'm covering the<a href="http://murfreesboroantiqueshow.com/"> 44th Annual Antique Show</a> in Murfreesboro, TN. It is on the grounds of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) so it will be indoors. Heaven bless air conditioning in July in the South.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>At that price, you can get them for your friends for their holiday gifts. What better to give Granny Creeps or Aunt Sissy for Christmas than a book with lots of blood, gore and miscellaneous misdeeds. </b></span>helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-66430159881266576652011-07-04T21:55:00.000-05:002011-07-04T21:55:45.796-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ff_uEsFV37nORTtHjHSVMa7-2VIjTsJ6tQqOhxVbEhK5Jxakk2vqzMMMF80Pt-E0z-TX-CRmH4s5lmZ7DJG9TZwYwOkXNJzGcavZYvjsDpIOBAtURHor3aeKJ2NpKrvFOUnItw/s1600/flora+dora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ff_uEsFV37nORTtHjHSVMa7-2VIjTsJ6tQqOhxVbEhK5Jxakk2vqzMMMF80Pt-E0z-TX-CRmH4s5lmZ7DJG9TZwYwOkXNJzGcavZYvjsDpIOBAtURHor3aeKJ2NpKrvFOUnItw/s320/flora+dora.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I had the best morning. I spent it at Antique Archaeology in Nashville. They just opened their new shop on Clinton Street, and it rocked out! You don't have to buy anything to go there. Just go. </span>helenchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18291613159830976536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20654969.post-86670941796637787462011-07-03T21:18:00.000-05:002011-07-03T21:18:05.106-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTRrYynNr3Kjv3CLQXnJVV7HQkk6xuLyDlTqTOZP6ppvutLX2AWH1FkNy2b4Mi_I6SVO1s65bCsA-PI0JPxnGfa4OKcsW7uJWpZMYPMe-HjbQTCRLkz7XrI_hXDHiJGI4K98_mA/s1600/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTRrYynNr3Kjv3CLQXnJVV7HQkk6xuLyDlTqTOZP6ppvutLX2AWH1FkNy2b4Mi_I6SVO1s65bCsA-PI0JPxnGfa4OKcsW7uJWpZMYPMe-HjbQTCRLkz7XrI_hXDHiJGI4K98_mA/s320/cover.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Presenting <i>da da ta dah!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The new cover art for </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Adventures of a Crazy Cat Lady</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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