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Karen Jones Gowen: United States; A traveling Nonny. Foodie. Writer. Exclamation point addict in recovery. With extreme restraint I managed to write this bio without using a single exclamation point.

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Our Guatemala Adventure

"I could see the termites, smell the tamales and hear the foreign sounds. This isn't a lofty memoir with messages of transformation and deep learning, it's a day-to-account of what it was like to literally begin a new life together."

Helena Carr is finally ready to live. But first she's got to wake up from her coma.

"Gowen guides her readers into a world rich with difficulties and limitations, yet leads them through the trials to a wonderfully satisfying ending.... I strongly encourage this book for anyone looking for a unique and uplifting book." --The Road to a Dream

A novel about love, marriage and divorce, not necessarily in that order

"What a wonderful book about enduring love. A truly inspiring book about the trials and tribulations of a marriage. The characters are engrossing and the storylines inspiring."

Actually, this IS your mother's cookbook....

"The best dumplings recipe ever! They actually melt in your mouth light and fuffy! Well written recipes that have stood the test of time. One if my favorite new cook books. So far every recipe is a keeper."

Self-help memoir

How to Eat Like a Normal Person and Still Lose Weight

#2 in my Diamond series "Steel Magnolias with Mormon characters"

"Gowen has an amazing talent for rich and meaningful prose. The moment you open the first page you are captivated by her writing style. Through her narrator she gets into a conversation with you and it feels as though her characters are letting you in on their deepest thoughts and feelings. I was so pleasantly surprised by how deeply I enjoyed this book, it was a real treasure."

Take a peek inside the lives of a real Mormon family

"I just loved the central character, Marcie. She's a young mother, trying to do her best for her family but who often is overwhelmed by life - like the rest of us. I loved the spirituality that is an integral part of this Mormon family's life."

Based on my mother's growing up years on a 1920's Nebraska homestead

“It concerns real life, relatively ordinary activities, drawn with the precision of a Norman Rockwell painting.” ~The Omaha Reader

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Ramblin' with AM

Santa Bearing Gifts #WordlessWednesday - Saw this Santa in a facility we were visiting earlier this month. May you have the gift of joy, companionship and good health this holiday season. Join...
Musings

Do You Remember Fountain Pens? - We enjoy the Pickles comic strip by Brian Crane each morning. I guess because it's geared to seniors like us. I recently saw this strip that shows Earl (...
Dark Thoughts

Christmas Lights Around My Neighborhood - Some of you may remember that I have Agoraphobia and anxiety. I don't go out much at all. But I'm trying to do more and walk a little more. So when my daug...
An English Girl Rambles from 2016 to ....

AROUND AND ABOUT FROM MONDAY 12/9/24 TO SUNDAY, 12-15-24 - Hello Family, Friends and Blogging friends, here is this week’s goings on. Thank you for continuing to let me know how much you enjoy them. As I posted...
jabblog

Time to decorate the tree - Time to decorate the tree . . . at last! The tree in all its naked glory The annual dressing of the tree is taking pla...
Elephant's Child

Words for Wednesday 18.12.2024 - This meme was started by Delores a long time ago. Computer issues led her to bow out for a while. The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words ...
Mirka Muse

SECURING YOUR FILES - Having had complete loss of my desktop(s) not once, not twice, but (gulp) thrice in a period of a year, the matter of preserving one’s work is not a t...
A Yorkshire Memoir

Edwards’ “Harlene” - Another oddity from the side branches of my wife’s unusual family tree. Reuben George Edwards was born Reuben Goldstein, but like many others changed hi...
Days of my Life - Window to My World

Tuesday 4 - Getting Ready for Christmas - *I am joining in today on Tuesday 4 to share my thoughts on Christmas preparation.* *1. **What are you up to in preparation for the holidays?* Just abo...
Insecure Writer's Support Group

Why Substack? - I jumped into Substack without much information about how it worked. I’d become dissatisfied with my WordPress website because it was always breaking ...
Buttercup Counts her Blessings

With Love from 34th Street - With love from Macy's 34th Street I made my annual visit to Macy's week before last and enjoyed the windows as much as ever. I happened to be in the n...
Life by Chocolate: Robyn Alana Engel's Blog

Chico's Historic Bidwell Mansion Fire - Dear Sillies, How are you? While I'm grateful to feel well loved and supported, I'm shocked and heart-achy. You might've seen on the news that Chico's ...
Cranky old man

A Political Comment - *A Political Comment* *The following is the opinion of a cranky old man with virtually no expertise in the topic opined. Opposing opinions are welcom...
Elizabeth Seckman, Author

December IWSG - Complaining about why I can't get this current draft finished is so last month, I am going to concentrate on the positive instead: I have written the st...
Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...

Sculptures - two heads, one mouth ... - These three sculptures fascinated me … then of course various tentacled rabbit holes appeared, let alone my own grey cells with lots of space between,...
Alex J. Cavanaugh

Insecure Writer’s Support Group and January Movie Preview - It’s time for another group posting of the* Insecure Writer’s Support Group!* Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those wh...
The rhythm of Life

- * My sister's love story* Today August 13 is my sister Karen and her husband Bruce's 54th wedding...
Gail M Baugniet - Author

HONOLULU and HAWAII'S STORY Reviews #FridayReads - *HONOLULU* by Alan Brennert This second novel of Mr. Brennert’s Hawai‘i stories begins in Korea, where a young girl, the story’s protagonist, is raised....
Obsessions of a Workaholic

What I Learned from Ice-T, Or, Why My Ex Threatened Me - The Model moved out West. He wrote a book. And he threatened me. He's written a book that he's self-publishing on lulu.com (have any of you heard of that s...
The Happy Whisk

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