Local author EJ MacPhee to his readers and Ed McLaughlin to everyone else was born in Western New York State. He has a bachelor’s degree (Syracuse), a master’s degree (Oregon State University), and a doctorate (Stephen F. Austin State University), all in the wood engineering, science and forestry fields. He is married to his college sweetheart Kathy for more than 55…
Carly and Charly As SaddleBrooke authors, we set out on an animal-on-animal adventure in our latest work, Let’s Go Horseback Riding. This sixth book in the series tells the story of how we found a stable and appropriate-size horses for cats. We are quite short, after all. After first exploring Clydesdales and Friesians, we quickly…
Stuart Watkins The Oct. 1 meeting of the SaddleBrooke Writers’ Group meeting involved 13 members who presented their poems, short stories, and books in the process of being published. President Patricia Freemont Smith announced that election for officers for the new year are welcomed. She told of the decision to donate to the planting of trees…
Scenes from the Valley, self-published by the author, narrates standalone stories on her journey in reaching the top of the highly competitive business world of the Silicon Valley. The book tells the real story of why more women haven’t made it to the upper echelon of management. As what started out to be a book to…
Stuart Watkins He wrote her a love letter Etched in Daytona Beach The tide gradually washed it away The love letter she never saw Never received Never read Vanished
Stuart Watkins There is something magical about plucking fruit from a tree or picking strawberries, grapes and such from vines little seeds in the ground to food on the table just magical to me
Stuart Watkins A lemon slice plucked from your tree floats on the top of my ice water supported by cubes underneath as my lips draw in a sip of tangy water thinking of you Random thoughts come and go with no direction some have a bitter-sweet tang some dance on butterfly wings some start, fade,…
Carly and Charly Never ones to rest on our laurels (whatever those are), we were ready to take on a new, fast-paced feline adventure: Pickleball. After learning to play tennis, we thought—why not? This fourth book in The Adventures of Carly and Charly series takes us out on the pickleball courts in style and with lots of…
Stuart Watkins Patricia Smith read instructions on the “Dove Egg Hunt,” that the guests were invited to participate in before the potluck started. After the hunt for pieces of paper, which had snippets of past writings of the members, the fun began. Each member read the poem he or she had found, and the guests…
Renee Mazin Ladies, it’s summertime! Wouldn’t you like a girl trip with a best friend, or lunch, or maybe just to hang out by the pool for fun? Meet some gals who want to be your pal. We are celebrating women authors who write about women. They deserve recognition for the characters they create in…