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author of Since You Went Away, Chat, Connect, Crash, & Live ’Til I Die

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2022 is turning out to be the Year of Fun, Friends, & Family. In April we took a road trip to Pullman, Michigan to hang out at Rusty Rocket Brewing, founded in 2020 by one of my best friends from high school, Lisa, and her husband Tim. Lisa & Tim rehabbed an old YMCA camp on Upper Scott Lake and turned it into a craft brewery and event space. They donate a large portion of the proceeds from the brewery to the community of Pullman where they live. Tim brews the beer on-site and if you’re lucky enough to visit Rusty Rocket you’ll get a personal tour of the brewery by Tim himself. We are so proud of Lisa & Tim! Rusty Rocket is open by appointment only so visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RRBbeers/ or their website http://www.rustyrocketbrewing.com/ to set up a time to sample some tasty brews and hang out with the friendliest brewers you’ll ever meet.

I sure hope they keep the KC Hearts around for a while. I love coming across them when I’m walking around town. Seeing my city fly the pride flags also made my heart smile ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🏳️‍🌈

“The earth laughs in flowers.” —Emerson

Another flight, another new book to take my mind off my fear of flying. I loved Daisy Jones and the Six by @tjenkinsreid and am already loving this one, just 50 pages in. Also, when traveling it is perfectly acceptable to have Honest honey green tea & peanut M&Ms for breakfast.

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As a Nancy myself how could I resist a book called The Nancys? Tippy Chan is an 11-year old living in a small town in New Zealand. She’s being taken care of by her Uncle Pike and his boyfriend Devon while her mom is away on a cruise when Tippy’s teacher is found gruesomely murdered. As fans of Nancy Drew mysteries, Tippy and her Uncle Pike and Devon form a club called The Nancys to help solve the case because the local police sure don’t seem interested in finding the real killer. Author @rwrmcdonald creates a fun adventure with themes of grief, homophobia, fitting in, family ties, and friendship mixed in with lighthearted moments of saucy banter between Uncle Pike & Devon. I enjoyed reading the local slang with bits about small-town life in New Zealand. There’s a follow-up novel called Nancy Business featuring the same beloved characters.

Thanks to Sahel @sahelsworld for another super fun IG Live where we chatted about my Since You Went Away series. Sahel and I talked about everything from how I got the idea for the series to character development to which scenes in the book are based on my real-life experiences as a military spouse.

How lucky am I to have readers like Sahel @sahelsworld, who take the time to write such thoughtful reviews of Part One: Winter of my Since You Went Away series 💙

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