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Last night, my family held a candlelight vigil in honor of my uncle Daniel Webster, who passed away five days ago. I did not attend because I could not mentally take it yesterday. Instead, I started writing about him and I want to share some memories here. Thinking about Uncle Daniel last night prompted me… Continue reading RIP Uncle Daniel
Today has been a hard day for me. I completed all of the necessary tasks. Everyone was fed, everyone is clean, and nothing caught on fire. I got all of my work done. Everything is done that HAS to be done. But something has been off all day. It is June 8th, TEN days away… Continue reading Today I Tried But I Failed
In my life, I have lost many people, but none so close to me as my father. I thought I was prepared to say goodbye. I thought I'd had enough time ahead of the loss to be mentally ready to lose him. I was wrong. So very wrong. When I was a child, I sat… Continue reading The Weight of Grief
I've moved on to #5 in the Christmas Tree Ranch series. I love this series so much! Everything about these books is like a warm winter hug. I'm also reading #3 in the Digital Dating series. These books are so adorable and cute. I have been devouring them in a day. My non-fiction book is… Continue reading What I’m Reading
Over the last few years, I have had a handful of publications. I thought now would be a good time to do a publication round-up and gather all of the links into one post for readers to dive into. “Down the Country Road” Short Story- https://penmenreview.com/down-the-country-road/ This is my first published piece. Here we have… Continue reading Publication Round-Up
I hope everyone had a happy holiday season and a wonderful new year! In my house, we spent the holiday weeks suffering from the flu. It was terrible and made for a super unpleasant holiday. The Christmas holiday was also a very depressing time for me this year, given the broken nature of my home… Continue reading Happy New Year!
Today's the day when we MUST make our voices heard. I don't care if both sides of the political atmosphere are garbage. This is the day when you decide who takes the least from you. It's sad that this is what politics are in this country, yet the sad reality doesn't stop the gears from… Continue reading I Voted!
I've been debating whether I would participate in NaNoWriMo this year or not. For those not familiar, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea is to write an entire 50,000-word novel in one month, 1667 words per day. I've participated for the last two years and have not been successful. However, I loved… Continue reading NaNoWriMo and GO!
Happy November, readers! Today is the official publication day for A Covid Christmas Story! Below are the links for the book Landing page for most retailers: https://books2read.com/u/3nX2l9 Amazon Order Page: https://smile.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ACathy+Marie+Bown&s=relevancerank&text=Cathy+Marie+Bown&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 Please note if you order from Amazon, I am charging $19.99 for the book. There are already booksellers who have bought copies and are reselling them… Continue reading It’s Publication Day!
I've failed to keep up with my fall uploads here, so let's do a fun Pumpkin Patch Photo Dump! Just a pumpkin lovin' selfie! Above is my granddaughter playing around. Below are my boys having some fun with the apple cannons. My youngest boy trying to pick the perfect pumpkin... And next up...some fun on… Continue reading Pumpkin Patch Fun!
Cathy Marie Bown 