Snitched, Snatched is a cozy fantasy. If you’ve never tried fantasy, and don’t want to commit a lot of time or money, now is your chance to see what it is all about. If you love fantasy already, well, here you go.

Feel free to tell your friends, family and random strangers in the street.

And remember, even though Amazon shows it as a Spanish edition, both the English and Spanish are in the same book.

As for the commercials, apparently only beer, movies and car companies can afford commercial time anymore. There were a couple commercials in the second half that were mildly interesting, but I must say that changing a beer bottle to blue does not qualify as cutting edge advertising. It doesn’t qualify as cutting edge anything. It wasn’t even worth a yawn. The use of Elton John in a Pepsi commercial didn’t do much to convince me either. He did wear some wicked gold heels, however, and I was impressed that he could manage to tromp across the room in them. I missed most of the Matthew Broderick commercial although it seemed to be one of the better ones. It took me too long to realize it was Matthew Broderick to start paying attention to the commercial. I mean, it looked just like him only…well, older!

As a writer, I found the Chevy apocalypse particularly off-key. Assuming those trucks did survive, where did they get gas to run them? Hmmm? Does the Chevy CEO want to comment on this gas-guzzling phenomenon? I’d have been more impressed with one carry solar panels around in the bed. Or maybe a little windmill to keep it going because I didn’t happen to see any working gas station in that commercial.

I also missed the Betty White commercial and would have liked to see that. She’s good in almost any role.

Oh–and the Doritos commercials did nothing for me. I didn’t think snap-boomeranging a baby to get Doritos made any sense. It was silly. As for Go-daddy, I wish those would just go away. They lack imagination and class.

Any I missed that you loved?

Chicken Curry
Deviled Eggs
Cheese wraps

Here’s the recipe for Deviled Eggs:

There are lots of deviled egg recipes out there. I took all my favorite ingredients for deviled eggs and made my own.

6 hard boiled eggs (immerse in cold water and heat until boiling. Boil for at least 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let sit for another 5 to 10 minutes in the hot water. Peel.)

1 strip of chopped, cooked bacon (preferably from a butcher shop that has center cut, double smoked bacon)
1 tablespoon finely minced onion
2 tablespoons finely minced celery
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Miracle Whip
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Mix the bacon, onion, celery, mayonnaise and Miracle whip in a bowl. Add the cooked egg yolks and mash together well. Drop the mix with a teaspoon into the eggs and sprinkle with paprika.

Check out this close-up of the bee. Look closely. That yellow next to her body–that’s the pollen Miss. Bee has collected. If you watch a bee closely, you can see them gather the pollen with their front appendages and push it onto their back legs. When they are loaded up, they fly back to their hive.

Yes, I spend a lot of time watching these fascinating creatures fly and push pollen. It’s so amazing to me. Sometimes when they leave the tree, you can tell a difference in the way they fly (lower and slower) because they are weighted down by the pollen. Their legs look a lot like this when pollinating cucumber plants–they arrive with brown legs and leave with bright yellow ones, one back leg on each side of their body full of their harvest.

Go little Bees! Welcome to spring and stop by my garden anytime!

No flowers from this year’s seeds are up. The bluebonnets are starting to appear (the plants, not the actual flowers.) If we get rain a couple more times, it will be a beautiful spring. I need to have husband mow because if the California poppy seeds sprout, I’m not going to want him mowing back there. Won’t he be surprised.

The onions are coming along. They are starting to look more like onions and a few of the green onions that I planted two weeks ago are up. I transplanted them (no matter how well I spread them, they all float to a single spot and come up there.)

Keeping fingers crossed and everything well-watered!!!

I’ve added the fantasy short story, Snitched, Snatched to the program. You can borrow it for free (borrowing must be done direct from your Kindle device and you must be an Amazon Prime Member). Snitched, Snatched is in English first and then translated to Spanish:

When a spell goes wrong, can Zoe unwind it before it’s too late?

Black-Tie Bingo, a duo of shorts, is also in the program. In Black-Tie Dance you’ll find an undercover caper that sends an agent running for his life, dangling from a windowsill and visiting the morgue. Let’s hope he makes it out of there alive.

Bingo: Not your ordinary deal with the devil.

These stories are exclusive to Amazon for 90 days. If you aren’t an Amazon prime member, the stories only cost 99 cents, but if you are a member and haven’t yet borrowed anything this month, they are quick, fun reads.

It is not possible to get a recipe out from under a feral cat without collateral damage, just in case you were wondering.

And in other news, Michelle Scott has a new cover for Straight to Hell. I LOVE the improvement. Remember the book is cozy/noir. There’s definitely a dark side, but I’m looking forward to book two where I just KNOW Lilith is going to win her battles with the stupid devil who thinks she would make a good succubus. Lilith and I do not agree with the stupid devil.

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Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She’s Dead

Hat tip to Northern Lin for letting us know! EDIT: DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS IF YOU DON’T WANT SPOILERS!!! SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT!

I also came across this classic that I just loved when I was young: Anne of Green Gables (formatted for the Kindle.) I think it is out of copyright (in public domain) so you can probably find sites where it’s free, but here it is formatted from Amazon for a dollar!