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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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An English Girl Rambles from 2016 to ....

SATURDAY MORNING AT THE BIRD FEEDER - SORT OF... - And then she woke up with all that noisy bird chatter! And so it goes on a Saturday Morning at the Bird Feeder and indeed, a little noisier than usual. ...
jabblog

Dot and carry - Dot and carry *Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons* Some of the expressions I use are rather archaic, I fear. My son once asked me why I used ‘half a d...
Musings

Baking Soda in Lemonade? Really? - We do have a Myer (Hawaiian type) lemon tree that does produce quite a bit of lemons. We don't use it much. It was planted because (believe it or not) mo...
Ramblin' with AM

Skies of Late September #SkywatchFriday - Today, a variety pack of recent skies in the Southern Tier of New York, mostly from the past week. Peaceful park, Tuesday morning. Trouble brewing, late T...
Dark Thoughts

What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy? - What's your favorite Halloween candy?What is now or was when you were a kid? Mine was always chocolate. I can't imagine anyone not loving chocolate, but ...
Days of my Life - Window to My World

Twenty Questions and Wednesday Hodgepodge - *1. Where were you born?* I was born in the beautiful state of Colorado, Denver to be exact. *2. How many siblings do you have and what is your birth or...
Buttercup Counts her Blessings

Apples, Honey and Prayers for Peace - Tonight Jewish people around the world will welcome 5785, and tomorrow as is the custom I will share apples and honey with my family of friends that ...
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Elizabeth Seckman, Author

October IWSG - Want to know more, find them on Facebook I am going to skip discussion of my insecurities this month. Watching the ravages of Hurricane Helen on the sou...
Gail M Baugniet - Author

#IWSG Ghost Stories for October - Insecure Writer's Support Group: IWSG Sign-up (insecurewriterssupportgroup.com) Welcome to IWSG Day. The goal of this blog hop is to share and encourage...
Insecure Writer's Support Group

Ghost in The IWSG Day Machine - Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fi...
Alex J. Cavanaugh

Insecure Writer’s Support Group, Ghost Stories, and October 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...
Elephant's Child

Words for Wednesday 2/10/2024 - 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 Wor...
Mirka Muse

“PAST IS PROLOGUE” - Editors, I’m told, don’t like prologues. A story needs to start in the present. Prologue forces us readers to scroll back before we’re allowed to k...
A Yorkshire Memoir

Penistone - New Month Old Post: first posted 26th June, 2018. *All books can be indecent books* *Though recent books are bolder,* *For filth, I'm glad to say, is in* ...
Positive Letters ... inspirational stories ...

Hickory Dickory Dock – Exeter Cathedral … - We had a prompt (Upstairs Downstairs) for our reading group … and to my surprise … no-one thought about the famous tv series 'Upstairs Downstairs' for...
Cranky old man

Blogging In The Wind - *Blogging In The Wind* *I thought I had quit this blog thing as the venue has mostly gone the way of the eight-track tape, CDs, and DVDs, but somet...
The rhythm of Life

- * My sister's love story* Today August 13 is my sister Karen and her husband Bruce's 54th wedding...
Obsessions of a Workaholic

The Life I Could Have Lived - I blocked my middle school crush on Facebook. My high school crush came out of the closet. My college crush became Lady Gaga's dog walker and got shot. M...

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