The story of Ning, Dog, & Boss Book 1 by Brenda Colbath Good Morning, friends. Today I present Chapter 4 of one of my favorite books. This book is one of the featured books at the LA Times Book Festival at UCLA on April 22 and 23rd. It will also be added to my podcastsContinue reading “Sleep Travelers”
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Sleep Travelers
The Story of Ning, Dog, & Boss Book 1 by Brenda Colbath A child’s imagination is a wonderful thing and must be encouraged. They vividly imagine being the Captain of their Pirate ship, the hero of their adventure, handsome, beautiful, brilliant, and strong. They conquer the world and do anything and everything. The lucky onesContinue reading “Sleep Travelers”
Sleep Travelers
The story of Ning, Dog, & Boss Book 1 Good Morning my friends, let’s continue to share the adventures of “Little Dawnie” and her friends as they meet new friends and have fun! Look for the chapters on my podcasts! Sleep Travelers book will be one of the featured books at the LA Times BookContinue reading “Sleep Travelers”
Sleep Travelers
The story of Ning, Dog, & Boss Book 1 by Brenda Colbath Good Morning, Friends; I hope you are having a good day. I would like to introduce you to some friends of my Dawta in my Children’s Book. This book has been a Labor of Love. Dawnzella is my Dawta and my firstborn andContinue reading “Sleep Travelers”
The End of the Road
by Brenda Colbath Prologue: Imagine if you will, waking up in the Ladies Restroom stall wrapped in a musty blanket, on I-5 in Southern Oregon. You are wearing ragged jeans, flip-flops, a big red t-shirt with a smiley face on the front. You have no memory of how you got there or who you are. Continue reading “The End of the Road”
Immortal Enemies
by Brenda Colbath This book is dedicated to my Husband, Shirl for reading and re-reading this Sexy Si/Fi book again and again after each re-writing. He took my ideas of what I wanted for a cover and produced a finished product by learning Gimp. To my Dawta, Dawnzella for her editing skills, even though sheContinue reading “Immortal Enemies”
Options
Maye West Mysteries Sequel to Murder on Lake Haverly Alone in my office, my chin resting between cupped hands, my eyes closed, I was daydreaming about the good old days. After signing up for Real Estate School, my temporary Real Estate Permit clutched in my hot little hands, I showed up at my new office.Continue reading “Options”
Maye West Mysteries
Book 1: Murder on Lake Haverly Can Maye West, an ethical, ambitious woman, survive the unscrupulous, dishonest, and incompetent Agents and Mortgage Brokers of the Real Estate profession? Women were not wanted or welcomed into that all-male club! Maye West survived in spite of the dirty, underhanded “help” of her fellow realtors! When introduced toContinue reading “Maye West Mysteries”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space
Book 7: Decisions Prologue The Weller family has given me permission to fling them out into space to settle a new planet that is supposed to be “Uninhabited.” Since they arrived, they have met the Dragon Clan, the Others, and the Merpeople! The Dragons are not the firebreathing scaled beast of earth fantasy stories butContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space
Book 5: Wormhole by Brenda Colbath My eternal thanks to the Weller family for allowing me to publish these stories about their families fabled adventures in outer space. Ruby and Nolan adopted us the first day we parked our RV in their driveway in Seattle, Washington for a couple of weeks one summer while visitingContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space
Book:4 The Others My eternal thanks for to Ruby, Nolan, Ty, and Robin Weller for allowing me to publish these stories. It pleases me so much that you like the stories about your fabled adventures in outer space. I loved making the Barbie and G.I. Joe clothes for Ruby and Nolan, but putting you allContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book 3: The Keep
Prologue: Ruby, Nolan, Bonnie, and Shamus tell their parents they are going for a picnic. They meet Donzereli in a secluded spot to be flown up to Donzereli’s home on the backs of dragons. Dr. Allen figures out their little scheme and hitches a ride by bribery. This adventure begins when they arrive at theContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book 3: The Keep”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space
Book 2: Dragon Flight Prologue: The Weller Family; If you have read book 1: The Hatchling, you may skip right to Chapter 1. Ty, Robin, Ruby, and Nolan Weller committed to being part of the exploration and settlement of a newly discovered planet in another Solar system 6 light years from Earth. Ruby and NolanContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space
Book 1: The Science Project By Brenda Colbath Dedication My eternal thanks go to the Weller family for allowing me to publish these stories. This book came about because ideas for Christmas presents for our two young friends Ruby and Nolan were getting harder to find. We have been friends with their family for manyContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space”
Phoenix Small Biz Saturday!
Next weekend I will be at the Hilton Garden Inn at the Small Biz Saturday with other small businesses! The address is Hilton Garden Inn-Happy Valley 1940 W. Pinnacle Peak Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85027. I will have my totes/carry-alls, my 14 books self-published on Amazon, and some surprises. Come on up and meet the 20-plusContinue reading “Phoenix Small Biz Saturday!”
Small Biz Saturday Feburary 25th
It’s always a good day when small businesses are given a chance to showcase their crafts. On Saturday, February 25th, from 11 AM to 7 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn – Happy Valley, 1940 W. Pinnacle Peak Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85027, is just such a day! Small businesses, crafters, service providers, retailers, direct salesContinue reading “Small Biz Saturday Feburary 25th”
Prologue to Options,
the sequel to Maye West Mysteries Book 1 Murder on Lake Haverly Alone in my office, my chin resting between cupped hands, my eyes closed, I was daydreaming about the good old days. After signing up for Real Estate School, my temporary Real Estate Permit clutched in my hot little hands, I showed up atContinue reading “Prologue to Options,”
Murder on Lake Haverly
Can Maye West, an ethical, ambitious woman, survive the unscrupulous, dishonest, and incompetent Agents and Mortgage Brokers of the Real Estate profession? Women were not wanted or welcomed into that all-male club! Maye West survived in spite of the dirty, underhanded “help” of her fellow realtors! When introduced to the crew, she was met with,Continue reading “Murder on Lake Haverly”
Sleep Travelers Book 2 The Amusement Park
Little Dawnie pouted when I said I was busy writing a book. Looking at me with those big brown/green eyes, my heart melted. “Why don’t you tell your friends about my nighttime adventures with my friends, Ning, Dog, and Boss? Our sleep travelers are off on another nighttime adventure. Little Dawnie and her faithful Dog,Continue reading “Sleep Travelers Book 2 The Amusement Park”
Sleep Traveler
Book 1 Ning, Dog, & and Boss I wrote these Sleep Traveler Books because my daughter , Dawnzella, said she could not remember who her three imaginary playmates were, but she remembered their names; Ning, Dog, and Boss! She was such a feisty, happy child playing on her sun porch lined with boxes full ofContinue reading “Sleep Traveler”
Ruby & Nolan’s great Adventures in Space Book 7 “Decisions.”
Our adventurer’s have done it again!
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book:6 Merpeople
Ruby and Nolan are happy to meet a new friend; she is a mermaid! They love the idea of becoming Merpeople temporarily, but what if it is permanent? Three Consortium representatives show up to view the progress of the settlement. The Wormhole can be collapsed temporarily or permanently. Making the trip from Old earth longer!Continue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book:6 Merpeople”
Wormhole
Let’s review the adventures of the Weller kids so far on their adopted planet in another galaxy. They hatch a Dragon, and he becomes their best friend. You’d be okay with your kids having a 10-foot-tall friend that can fly cloaked and uncloaked, strong but gentle as a lamb. Right? Adventure 1. Flying to theContinue reading “Wormhole”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space book 4 The “Others”
This is the continuing story of the adventures and misadventures of our two adolescent kids growing up on a supposedly uninhabited planet in another galaxy! They were responsible for uniting the humans and the dragon community to work together to stop the Consortium from trying to extract payment for “settling” the planet with humans. TheContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space book 4 The “Others””
Ruby & Nolans Great Adventures in Space Book 3 “The Keep”
Ruby, Nolan, Bonnie, and Shamus tell their parents they are going on a picnic. They plan to meet Donzereli and his dragon friends for an exciting dragon flight. Dr. Allen bribes an invitation for the dragon ride! They discover that he is just a big kid! The kid’s unease starts when arrivingContinue reading “Ruby & Nolans Great Adventures in Space Book 3 “The Keep””
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book 2 Dragon Flight
Imagine telling your parents your secret science project resulted in helping hatch a DRAGON! They named him Donzereli after Uncle Dawnzella, their mom’s best friend. Ty and Robin met the baby dragon and were okay with it. Meeting Sunset and Rainbow, his parents, standing over 10 feet tall, was another matter. Think about that forContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventures in Space Book 2 Dragon Flight”
My first book, Ruby and Nolan’s Great Adventure in Space
What would it be like to travel to another planet? In another galaxy? Would you expect the inhabitants to be friendly and look like you? How would you feel if many were not humanoid? Come along with Ruby and Nolan as they meet the inhabitants of their new world. Live their adventures on their newContinue reading “My first book, Ruby and Nolan’s Great Adventure in Space”
I WANNA BE IN MOVIES!
I have been approached by Film Hatch Media with offer to produce my book!
Happiness Engineers
My last foray into the world of blogging, hosting, and frustration! Was a case of me trying to explain in words of one syllable and getting back an explanation of the engineer’s understanding of what I said. The best explanation would be black and white. I explained that when my site was hosted with GoDaddyContinue reading “Happiness Engineers”
Single & Retired Partners: Alert
Forgive me for the unabashed commercial, but Miranda wants to be adopted by new people! We will miss her, but wish her happiness and fun traveling. Hi, my name is Miranda, and when I was young, I was a 6-person RV! After Shirl and Brenda adopted me, I became a two-person RV, and I rewardedContinue reading “Single & Retired Partners: Alert”
I am still here!
I am having fun trying to figure out the why, how, and what else is next! It is a long and ugly explanation, but the short of it is: We had to get away from GoDaddy because it became too expensive for a little guy to have them as my go to company for email,Continue reading “I am still here!”
More dating in the 60s
I’ve got the right era now, and working in the Dexter Shoe Shop was a lively place. It was not a place for Ladies to work. Women with grit made it okay. The men/managers were so sweet to us. Not! You do understand in the 60s, we women workers were not on the same levelContinue reading “More dating in the 60s”
Chocolate Boy and more dating in the 60s
Too old and too late, smart! I have referred to dating in the 80s in other blogs; I was already married and had 2 kids by then; the only dating I did was in the 60s or earlier. I always wanted a horse when living on the farm, but that was an expensive animal, soContinue reading “Chocolate Boy and more dating in the 60s“
Work, Chocolate Boy, and more dating in the 60s
I was welcomed into the Dexter Shoe Shop like any woman was greeted in the 60s! The interview process was not intensive, there was no internet to speak of, and real people interviewed you in a room. I was “trained” to run an industrial overlock machine. This was not rocket science; the training consisted ofContinue reading “Work, Chocolate Boy, and more dating in the 60s”
James
This is the first chapter of the sequel to “The Spirited One,” the first book in this series, hated the ending, and you never know; they might love or hate the ending of this one. I haven’t written the end so let me know what you want. Chapter 1 Jack brings James to work. JamesContinue reading “James”
What else is new?
Today I am listening to a worker cutting a larger hole in my cabinet to put a new countertop range in. It will replace the original stovetop range. You remember! The ones with the plug-in thingys! I am wondering if I will be able to learn how to cook with all four burners working? MyContinue reading “What else is new?”
Friends?
This is all in fun, and no aspersions are meant to anyone’s beliefs! This came to me in a dream, and I couldn’t resist sharing it just for laughs! Knock, Knock, “Hey, hello buddy, long time no see, come on in and sit awhile! Thanks! Jesus, I am sorry it has been so long betweenContinue reading “Friends?”
Do we want to go back to the good old days?
In the good old days, you had an idea of the work you wanted to do, and you worked hard to build your business from the ground up with your hands. Buying and selling new widgets. Repairing them from your garage gradually morphed into a store and putting signage in the huge window. You rentedContinue reading “Do we want to go back to the good old days?”
Happy Thanksgiving!
Just for today, let’s not discuss the bad things happening in the News! Let’s go “Over the river and through the woods” to Grandmother’s house and stuff ourselves with turkey and all the goodies! Only this year, let’s get there early enough to help her chop, peel, and stuff instead of plopping down on herContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
More Dating past the 80s
When I arrived home to the farm, I was exhausted, disappointed, frustrated, and pissed at the world and how it treats women, mainly me! I walked around the farm, depressed and feeling sorry for myself for several months. I was also fighting anemia to the degree that I was taking vitamin B shots weekly. IContinue reading “More Dating past the 80s”
Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventure in Space
Book 2: Dragon Flight How to ride a Dragon Ask Permission Mount on back Hang on Don’t look down There are seven books in this series I wrote for some young friends as Christmas presents. They gave me permission to share them with you. Click on the picture above and you will be taken toContinue reading “Ruby & Nolan’s Great Adventure in Space”
More dating in the 80s and beyond
Pat and I got along quite well until we allowed another girl to room with us until she found other accommodations or got married, whichever came first. She was a little strange, well, a lot strange, and a large framed blonde, blue-eyed woman and meticulous about her appearance. We had only 2 bedrooms, and IContinue reading “More dating in the 80s and beyond”
More dating in the 80s (continued)
The last thing we talked about was “Paying homage to the Porcelain God,” and in case some of you do not know or remember who that was… It was any toilet handy! I have some not so fond memories of the prayers I said to it! Speaking of toilets! Remember last time I told youContinue reading “More dating in the 80s (continued)”
More dating in the 80s
I arrived at the Hartford bus station and took a taxi to the apartment. I had one suitcase and a small carry-on bag, the nice driver carried the bag to the door, and I only paid the fare to my discredit. I didn’t know you should tip. It was kind of fun living in theContinue reading “More dating in the 80s”
Dating in the 60s
Let’s start in 1958, the year I graduated from High School! I started working in Dexter Shoe, sewing the backs of shoes together on an industrial machine. That was an experience by itself. I broke up with my boyfriend of 2 years. Working gave me enough money ($300.00) to pay for having a well drilledContinue reading “Dating in the 60s”
WTF
To all the people out there who have sworn many naughty words and thrown bottles against the wall in frustration. Have you yearned to get your hands on the person or persons that decided that it would be a fun idea to poison other nice people? They put poison in a bottle of what theyContinue reading “WTF”
DNC, this is why you are still waiting for me to donate!
I guess you forgot why there was an overwhelming voter turnout to elect Democrats all down the line. What we wanted from you we are still waiting for! When is ANYTHING going to happen? Admittingly, you did well with the Covid shots! But why are we still working under the rule of 1806? I amContinue reading “DNC, this is why you are still waiting for me to donate!”
More life in the 50s and beyond
Okay, so you know I have been around a while, and I would like to think that I amassed a little wisdom. The truth would probably prove that I still make more mistakes than brilliant decisions. If you have more “Ah, Ha!” moments than Oh S#$% moments, I applaud you, and if you are ploddingContinue reading “More life in the 50s and beyond”
Life in the 40s and a lot further
Last time we talked about Rex and his care for us kids and that the merchants he visited sent him home with bone. One day Rex crawled home after he was hit by a car. The vet came to the house and said he could not fix his injuries. Dad told us that the vetContinue reading “Life in the 40s and a lot further”