Welcome to SGL again, friends! Things have been happening so here we are again, with some newsy-news.
To start off with my debut novel that came out in February 21st… first, how has it already been almost four months since it came out!? I have a website that, while it’s rather plain right now, it’ll improve as time goes on, but there’s info about Amelia, the series and me! Amelia is available in four local bookstores, Oliver Books, Big Story Bend, Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe and Roundabout Books. It has been so surreal to go into bookstores and see my own book there! I’m so thankful for each of those shops that carry Amelia.
I have gotten some lovely reviews about it, and would love to have more! You can find it on Goodreads and Amazon. Thank you so much!
I’ve been working on the next installment, Georgia, and that is going well. Lots of figuring out of timeline and researching the most random facts from the 1900s!
For Aunt Lolo’s Amigurumi, I’ve been busy crocheting again, finally finished the crochet-along that I started way back in October!
I just love how they came out, and the color scheme of it all. I’ve also made an amigurumi Newsie doll for a local performing arts company, for their silent auction coming up.
I’m planning on making another ‘Jack Kelly’ doll, he just came out so cute!
The books I’m wanting to read this year… I’ve been trying to focus on my shelf of books that I’ve not read. Just a few examples to get me going:
original Star Wars books – read the Han Solo Adventures, review for book 1, here.
10 Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander – currently reading
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar
Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs
Chaim Potok books
Of Gold and Shadows by Michelle Griep (released 2024) – Read, here’s the review!
Prequel: The Adamah Series by Nick Michael (re-read)
The Octonumi by Trevor Alan Foris (re-read)
This past weekend I planted my vegetable garden and so far it’s surviving these days of 90 odd degree weather. It’s just a little plot with potatoes, pumpkin and beets for now. The peony and rose bushes have bloomed, the snapdragons finally are starting to, and three of our trees in the orchard have fruit on them!
Hubby and I replaced the battery in my 1968 VW Bug, so now I just have to wait for the weather to drop (significantly) so I can drive it again.
That’s all for now, Laura
the start of a good life 