Jul 16

SUCCESS MEANS LEARNING TO FAIL

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
The picture above is a view of the Riverside Drive’s Park between West 144th Street and West 142nd Street. The strip park run along Riverside Drive and follows the Hudson River. Parts of the drive mingle with the West Side Highway and so the park overlooks the highway or 12th Avenue. Other parts of the park disappear and reappear further uptown and end somewhere in Inwood. The park still has uniquely antique elements. Note the water fountain, the cobblestone made of bricks, and the old-fashioned street lamps that work. What’s most interesting to me is the way one main road separates into two paths. It reminds me of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. For the past six months, my niece and I have grown particularly close. One reason is that my sister, who was also her mother, died six months ago. I’ve always considered my niece like a daughter and so this was a natural progression of things. Another reason we’ve grown close, I’ve been giving her some advice about jobs. Lately, my suggestions have been geared towards her new promotion. A little more than a year ago, she took a job as an entry level employee with a […]
Jul 09

WHAT DOES PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE MEAN?

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
When I was a kid living in Ohio, I could count on two or three things always happening to me. If it was summertime and school was out, my mother would send my siblings and me outside. We played outside all day after we finished our daily chores which included weeding my mother’s flower garden planted by our house and the large patch of vegetable garden, growing yards away from our lawn. If it was the fall and school was in session, I knew two things. The school’s cafeteria would serve the slimy, nasty-tasting olive-green canned peas I hated. I’d ended up missing lunch recess because the lunchroom teacher believed in the motto “eat everything on your plate” and I didn’t. The second thing that was a guarantee was that I’d start my day just as the other children in my class did, by pledging allegiance. I never thought about the words. I just memorized them. I stood up and faced the American flag hanging in the corner of the classroom every morning. Then I placed my right hand over my heart and repeated the memorized words about the flag and the republic. I knew what a flag was because […]
Jul 06

Green Eyes: Molly & Juliane, a story of war love and redemption

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
GREEN EYES: Molly & Juliane, a story of war, love and redemption. Somewhere in the conflicted Middle East, a badly wounded female transportation driver named Juliane Thomasina (JT) Epps nearly loses a foot and ankle in a rebel attack. As an army corporal, she’s been driving supplies from the local airport to the US Army encampments in the desert and the mountains for two tours of duty. After the attack, she manages to drag her passengers to safety in a nearby cave-like structure and steps on a landmine. Molly Running Deer, an ER Army field nurse, saves JT’s life. JT has lost so much blood, her heart stops. Molly stops the bleeding using a temporary fix until the doctors can operate. Molly develops a connection with JT and goes with her to Germany for additional surgeries to save her calf, ankle and foot. Flash forward many years later, and the two women, their lives now immeasurably different, meet up again by chance in New York City. Will their previous connection bind them together again, or has their mutual attraction faded with the passing time? Find out in Green Eyes: Molly & Juliane, a story of war, love and redemption. Green […]
Jun 25

WHY I WROTE: GREEN EYES: Molly & Juliane, a story of war, love and redemption

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
I have always loved the movies. Since I was a child, my favorite movie types were. In order of favorites, here’s my list: Cowboy Movies War Movies Mystery Movies I loved watching any and every kind of Cowboy Movies. Westerns, they were called back then. I still believed the good guys wore white hats and the bad guys were black hats. That’s how they were easily recognized. The bleak dusty desert backgrounds of the wild west were wonderful to see as well. How the beiges, shades browns and cactus greens contrasted with the bright orange skies at just before sundown. My next favorite type were movies about war. Where the was war never matter to me. I loved the buddy, buddy stuff where tragedies of war brought soldiers together. I admired how the soldiers formed long lasting relationships. In the movies, those deep bonds always lasted longer than the war did. The war buddies stayed dear friends until they passed on. Their families knew each and always liked each other as well. As for mystery movies, I always tried to figure out before the hero did, who-dun-it. I sat there in the movie theater matching wits with him or her. […]
Jun 18

RIB BONES & MY FATHER

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
That’s a photo of my father in 1953 when we lived on Douglas Street which no longer exist as I knew it back then. My mother likes to tell two stories about me. One shows or purports to show how creative with the truth I was at a young age. As for the second of my mother’s tales, I’ll save that one for another time. I think I was five at the time. Apparently, we—meaning my parents, my sister who was seven, my brother who was three and I were enjoying one of my favorite dinner meals. We were seated around the dinner table in the dining room of our old house on Douglas Street. I should say right now, I don’t remember experiencing this tale myself, but I’ve heard the story so often, I could tell it in my sleep. Knowing my mother, the home economics teacher, believed in balanced meals, I’m sure we had string beans, a green salad, a starch—baked potatoes or something like it, meat or fish, milk for us kids and coffee for her and my father. My parents believed social graces at the dinner table. That usually meant my father would ask my mother […]
Jun 11

WHAT DOES PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE MEAN?

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
When I was a kid living in Ohio, I could count on two or three things always happening to me. If it was summertime and school was out, my mother would send my siblings and me outside. We played outside all day after we finished our daily chores which included weeding my mother’s flower garden planted by our house and the large patch of vegetable garden, growing yards away from our lawn. If it was the fall and school was in session, I knew two things. The school’s cafeteria would serve the slimy, nasty-tasting olive-green canned peas I hated. I’d ended up missing lunch recess because the lunchroom teacher believed in the motto “eat everything on your plate” and I didn’t. The second thing that was a guarantee was that I’d start my day just as the other children in my class did, by pledging allegiance. I never thought about the words. I just memorized them. I stood up and faced the American flag hanging in the corner of the classroom every morning. Then I placed my right hand over my heart and repeated the memorized words about the flag and the republic. I knew what a flag was because […]
Jun 01

Green Eyes: Molly & Juliane, a story of war love and redemption

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
GREEN EYES: Molly & Juliane, a story of war, love and redemption. Somewhere in the conflicted Middle East, a badly wounded female transportation driver named Juliane Thomasina (JT) Epps nearly loses a foot and ankle in a rebel attack. As an army corporal, she’s been driving supplies from the local airport to the US Army encampments in the desert and the mountains for two tours of duty. After the attack, she manages to drag her passengers to safety in a nearby cave-like structure and steps on a landmine. Molly Running Deer, an ER Army field nurse, saves JT’s life. JT has lost so much blood, her heart stops. Molly stops the bleeding using a temporary fix until the doctors can operate. Molly develops a connection with JT and goes with her to Germany for additional surgeries to save her calf, ankle and foot. Flash forward many years later, and the two women, their lives now immeasurably different, meet up again by chance in New York City. Will their previous connection bind them together again, or has their mutual attraction faded with the passing time? Find out in Green Eyes: Molly & Juliane, a story of war, love and redemption. Green […]
May 28

Dutch Chocolate5: Somebody To Love Me

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
In the fifth book of the Dutch Chocolate series, Somebody to Love Me, FBI Undercover Agent Zita Fernandez has been depressed since her Aunt Marjorie’s murder six years ago. FBI Special Agent Marsha Sharpe, Zita’s handler, doesn’t know what to do with her. While Zita is working undercover in the field, she’s beginning to make mistakes that could end her life. Neither Special Agent Sharpe nor Agent Fernandez wants to ask for Dutch’s help. Both women are worried that this will take Dutch backwards to an uncomfortable time in her life when she was in love with Zita’s aunt. Can Zita deal with the consequences of her mistakes? More importantly, will she find love despite the setbacks she has suffered? Available now at Kindle and Smashwords. ASIN: B0BSLVJB7X (Kindle Version $3.99) ASIN: B0BSJFZF92 (Print Version $13.99) ISBN-13: 9798374199345(Print Version $13.99) Here are the links for: Dutch Chocolate5: Somebody To Love Me. Kindle USA: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BSLVJB7X Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BSLVJB7X Kindle Print: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BSJFZF92 Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322202 Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/BUzDbmopZhU Connect with BL Wilson at these links: My blog: https://wilsonbluez.com/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/patchworkbluezpress Facebook: https://on.fb.me/1zvTAcl Linked-in: https://linkd.in/1ui0iRu Amazon author page: https://amzn.to/1y7Ncar Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10787497.B_L_Wilson Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilsonbluez Smashwords Interview: https://www.smashwords.com/interview/wilsonbluez Smashwords author Page: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wilsonbluez IAN author web […]
May 21

DUTCH CHOCOLATE4: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
In my fourth novel of the Dutch Chocolate Series, a member of Dutch’s team is in serious trouble. It’s been 18 months since the bears left the farmland Dutch and her crew now jointly own. Dutch and her cousin Bonita gave each member of the crew their own piece of the farmland. Everyone but Nurse Dora Day has built a permanent home on the land they own. Dora is a true city girl. Born and raised in the city, she won’t accept the plot of land Dutch offers because her wife Mattie has no desire to move upstate to the boonies. Mattie is a physical therapist and her clients live in the city. She’s determined not to move upstate. Dora is deeply in love with Mattie and has been for sixteen years they’ve been married. She wants whatever Mattie wants which means they still live in the city. One night, Dutch receives an odd call from Dora who doesn’t sound at all like herself. Dora claims she’s in Riker’s Island hospital which is a part of the city’s corrections system. She’s charged with the murder of her wife Mattie. Dora claims she can’t remember what happened the night of her […]
May 14

DUTCH CHOCOLATE3; Blood Lust

by B.L. in Other 0 comments
In the third action novel of the Dutch Chocolate series, it’s been four years since VP Judith Kerson’s death and Yolanda Riggins, aka Dutch Chocolate, still has a hole in her heart. After an incident with a bear, Dutch goes upstate to check on her cousin and her family. While deciding how to handle the possibility the bear’s mate will go on a rampage, Dutch meets the game warden, a somewhat strange woman, examining the dead male bear. The bear’s mate attacks Dutch and the game warden, but luckily, Dutch’s co-workers kill the female bear in mid-attack. The game warden, Linda Whitehawk, introduces Dutch to the world of poaching, trading and killing illegal exotic game for money that is happening in her own back yard. Linda is a staunch conservationist and finds herself tempering Dutch’s impulsive instinct to hunt the bears and poachers alike to protect her family, and the two bump heads. However, Dutch’s family and friends see love in the air between the pair of opposites. Will Dutch and Linda have a meeting of the minds or will their differences in ideology drive them apart? Find out in Dutch Chocolate3: Blood Lust. Available for now on Kindle and […]
Recent Posts
Most popular, Worth a look, Must read, Related posts, What the experts say, Q & A
Post Views