Musing Moments

  Thank you to #NetGalley for this book to read!!! What a surprise it was, a fun read with a bit of everything in it! The main character, Catherine Saunders is working on her PhD in archeology. Her advisor is a real stick in the mud. All she has left for completion is her dissertation. She must translate the final section of graphics on a Mayan artifact vase to finish it. But things go horribly awry when she goes on a trip with her college, Stanford, as an advisor.  The vase is stolen from the lab of her research associate. Without it, she is doomed. So, no holds are barred; she'll do whatever it takes to retrieve that vase. Along for the ride is her best buddy, Nick. He is a fellow graduate student in her field of study and becomes a love interest as he has had a secret crush on her. The author did a really good job of making this story entertaining. It has a bit of everything; there's literally something for everybody. I loved the information touched on in the backdrop o...

 I want to change places. I want to do it now, as clearly my age shows. I want to look like I did when I was younger. I want to have a spring in my step.  I loved it when folks stopped talking when I walked in the room and valued me.  Transport me to another body, one with less years! I’d enjoy being catered to and getting special things simply because I am loved.    I want to be able to have my hair and nails done regularly.   I want loved on again!                                                              Yes, I want to be my dog!

  I’ve had it! I am taking off.  I am not wasting time packing because it will delay me.  I overpack anyways so why not just go as I am now, what I have on in this moment?  The daily grind is unnerving. My news stream is either biased news or indifference articles of peoples’ needs unmet. Going away makes it easy to stash my phone and get back to good stuff. I need the freedom of a trip with no set plan, no agenda but immerse myself in newness. I’m traveling alone, running away! Yup, I open my new book.

  I want to change places. I want to do it now, as clearly my age shows. I want to look like I did when I was younger. I want to have a spring in my step.   I loved it when folks stopped talking when I walked in the room and valued me.   Transport me to another body, one with less years! I’d enjoy being catered to and getting special things simply because I am loved.     I want to be able to have my hair and nails done regularly.   I want loved on again! Yes, I want to be my dog!

  Shout out to #NetGalley and #PoisonedPenPress for the opportunity to review this book! This story takes off on the very first page of the novel. Immediately we are introduced to six young woman that are friends and acquaintances living in San Francisco. The setting of them each dolled up and sitting at a high class restaurant felt almost like a moment from the show Sex and The City.  They share text chains and meet up  at upscale restaurants for a catch-up meals and drinks. This seems to be the norm with these ladies, most who met back in college days.  The feeling of innocence of the group quickly leaves though when one of the woman Caitlin is in the bathroom distressed.  As another lady Mallory walks in, she is handed off  a tube of lipstick and the story takes off from there!  The main character Mallory begins assessing all the clues and it seems to do nothing more than create more questions and possibilities, a hallmark of a good mystery...

  Out with the old and in with the new.  Isn’t that the model mission statement for innovation?  Advancements take new energy, thought processes and creative abilities to make changes materialize into doable solutions. We need young eager people to bring this in massive waves to our country and guess what?  They are here! As I attended two weekends in a row of high school graduations, these thoughts were circulating in my mind.   Seeing over 700 seniors graduating from two large high schools in the country, one in TN and one in KY, the numbers of opportunities for growth for us are all around us. We have so much potential as a nation because of these young people. They are coming into the work force, some directly joining and others will be in the pool post-graduation education.   3.8-3.9 million students are graduating in 2026 at a time when our country needs their innovative thinking. We need their ability to think outside the box.   Old systems ...