Locals can shop for signed Christmas gifts at La Cholla and Tucson Mall stores. Written by Karla Trippe, When the Birds Stopped Singing is a magical realism story about Caroline Howard, a young girl who experiences a traumatic childhood. In the forests of Colorado, she meets Serena, a wood nymph. Secretly, she instructs Caroline in…
Karla Trippe Wood nymph Serena indirectly senses her connection with Caroline Howard who belongs to a typical church-going and God-fearing family but actually is dominated by its two-faced patriarch Bill Howard whose prominent feature of drinking escapades envelops the entire family with abuse, denial, and heartache. In her just-released book, When the Birds Stopped Singing,…
James P. O’Brien Most of SaddleBrooke’s residents are retired, but here is a book to pass on to family and friends, It’s Monday Morning: “There Are People in My Office Working…and I’m Not One of Them” (Realities of Retirement). Jim O’Brien, SaddleBrooke resident, has just completed a 2nd edition of this “how to” book on…