Stuart Watkins Published a Children’s Book Mommy, Read Us a Story was revised in 2023 from the original version published in 2013. This book contains poems written to be read to children. Color photos are included with suggestions and ideas for parents and children to create stories and poems of their own. Some of the pictures…
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Features, April 2022
Judge Peter L. Spinetta Wrote ‘The Call’
Stuart Watkins Peter L. Spinetta, retired judge, SaddleBrooke resident, has written a thriller that I had to read straight through because it was that captivating. Yes, The Call is fictional, but the story is based on his many court cases and issues he has faced while presiding over trials. The case is about a man accused…
Features, January 2022
“How I Married Michele” by Resident Gary Gildner
Rebecca Sharpe Author Gary Gildner, who now lives in SaddleBrooke, has added How I Married Michele, a collection of personal essays, to his biography. Recipient of the National Magazine Award for Fiction, the Robert Frost Fellowship, plus many other prizes in fiction, poetry, and memoir, Gildner has gathered together 15 essays published over three decades…
Features, January 2022
Feline Authors Embark on Exciting Water Adventure
Carly and Charly After the successful launch of the Adventures of Carly and Charly series with How It All Began, we have taken it to the next level with a boating adventure. Yep, cats out on the water. Who would have guessed? In Let’s Go Boating, we hit the docks in full gear with life jackets, shades,…
Features, July 2020
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SaddleBrooke Author’s Emergency Kit for Finding Common Ground Diana Steinke Psychologist and SaddleBrooke author Dr. Andrea Molberg spent her career resolving conflicts, evaluating job candidates, developing leaders, teaching people skills, and helping people get along at work and at home. Never did she think about applying those tools to the political world—until now. Designed to…
Features, February 2020
Resident Authors: “Sidetracks: 40 True Stories of Hunting and Fishing on Paths Less Traveled”
Joan Holman Gary Oberg wasn’t expecting to have a bestseller when his book was published last year. Much to Gary’s surprise, his debut book Sidetracks: 40 True Stories of Hunting and Fishing on Paths Less Traveled has been getting great reviews and has become a bestseller consistently ranking as one of Amazon’s Top 100 Bestsellers in…
Features, February 2020
Resident Authors: “Neptune’s Daughters: History’s Most Notorious Women Pirates.”
Barbara Marriott SaddleBrooke author Barbara Marriott has set ten cunning, wily women out to sea to plunder and raid in Neptune’s Daughters: History’s Most Notorious Women Pirates. Almost every era was threatened by these women pirates and their surly, vicious crews. As early as 1200 and until the late 1930s, waters were made unsafe by their attacks.…
Features, November 2019
Resident Author: New book by a SaddleBrooke author
Patricia Kay Scott All last winter, I worked with Kay Sullivan, a SaddleBrooke artist, and William Utley, a military historian and friend, to produce Fort Niagara: The Key to the Inland Oceans and the French Movement to Dominate North America. This book should interest SaddleBrooke residents, especially those who moved here from the Great Lakes…
Features, May 2019
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Local author offers a candid, fun approach to retirement planning Life can be messy, especially after retirement, but it can also be fun and funny! Outskirts Publications has announced the latest, highly-anticipated book from entertaining author Becky Kueker, A Classic in Clown Shoes. This sometimes painful, emotional roller coaster ride will leave you laughing with…