Where does truly begin, and where will it take us? Everyone starts somewhere. When will we reach the halfway point (the 50 yard line)? Just maybe, we have passed it. Unlike those who play football, we can’t see our own fifty-yard line. We know that it is out there somewhere, but where? Have we passed it, or are we approaching it? Or, just possibly, are we standing on it? These are questions that may never be answered. Our parents make plans and dream dreams for us, and, we in turn, make plan for our children. However, God has His plans for us as well. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Life does have a beginning and an end where there is a homecoming. EVERYONE is essential in God’s plan.

The environment thriller, Black Menace, is like the Lord of the Rings meets Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of NOW. The difference is the protagonist lives in an apocalyptic world and is a bird, a moorhen, a small black duck-like wading bird with a red beak reaching to his forehead. Moorhens barely fly and mate for life. As a young bird, Mik is traumatized after his family is devoured by an alligator. He suffers loneliness and depression which leads to cocky arrogance. His obnoxious behavior causes him to discount advice from a tall friendly limpkin, Coal, about traveling north where Mik experiences a frightening encounter in the Dark Marsh.

Many predators assault Mik on the lake. The worst is Greybeard, an evil great blue heron who rules a flock of large muscovy ducks by threatening to eat their chicks. Unbeknownst to greybeard, he is under the spell of the wicked Black Menace. Mik is befriended by a great white heron, the Sage, the victor of The Battle of the Dark Marsh. A battle the Sage almost lost but for the last-minute intervention of two large clans of moorhens. Owing a debt to Mik’s family, the Sage helps Mik survive, grow and move to the south end of the lake by passing under an ancient and perilous Wide Bridge being guarded by Greybeard’s Muscovy minions.

Upon reaching the south, the mischievous moorhen, Mik, finds himself at odds with its inhabitants, especially female moorhens, one of the inducements used by the Sage to move him south. Eventually, Mik meets Bek, a strong-willed female moorhen with no intention of getting involved with a ruffian runt from north of the Wide Bridge. In order to mate the pair, the Sage teaches them mindfulness, a practice he learned from the Ancient One, a great white heron living on an island in the Great Salt Sea. After being taught mindfulness, Mik and Bek reconcile their differences, mate, and start a family. The pair soon learns it is not easy raising a brood to maturity surrounded by predators and especially with Greybeard constantly on the prowl.

Greybeard’s intentions are to control the lake. As punishment for allowing Mik to escape under the Wide Bridge, he eats the commander’s chicks, drowns him in the Dark Marsh, and appoints, Juul, as the New Commander of the muscovy army. At the same time, he forces, Zignoid, an Ibis, to spy on the south end of the lake.

Skirmishes occur between the muscovy army and the birds in the south, including a raid led by Mik, where he learns Greybeard’s plans. Unfortunately, Greybeard’s spy, Zignoid, learns Mik’s plans. In the meantime, the Sage flies to visit the Ancient One on his island where the old bird is dying. Learning from his spy that the Sage is gone, Greybeard tells Juul to lunch a surprise attack on the south, leading to the Great War of the Wide Bridge. With the Sage missing, Mik is persuaded by Coal and Bek to take command of the southern army. In the war, Mik destroys Greybeard’s minion army with extra help from ospreys and egrets.

The Sage returns and discovers the spy is Zignoid, who admits that the Black Menace controls Greybeard. Zignoid helps Mik, Bek, and the south bird army to demolish the Black Menace, push him through channels to the salt sea, and certain death. Greybeard is captured by Mik, Bek, and the Sage. He then is led into exile on the Ancient One’s deserted island in the Great Salt Sea. Mik and Bek raise another family to maturity and the cycle of life begins again.

MAN-DAR of Atlantis is the first book in a trilogy about the adventures of MAN-DAR. It begins in present time with Manny Silva traveling to Central America to locate proof of Atlantis in the Mayan pyramids. Manny becomes ill, and in a delusional state, he enters an adventure as MAN-DAR.

This takes readers to another time and place, with Manny, now as MAN-DAR, flying an airship to rescue a barbarian Princess who is being held by the evil High Priest of Inanna. With the help of his slave and local peasants, MAN-DAR reaches the underworld and rescues the barbarian. The High Priest follows MAN-DAR out of the underworld with an unearthly army, but MAN-DAR causes their demise. MAN-DAR escapes across the Forbidden Causeway to Atlantis with his slave, whom he promises to set free, and the barbarian he has fallen in love with.

Most doctors are now treating symptoms, not patients. They use drugs which, many times have horrible side effects. There are many cures used for hundreds or, even, thousands of years, that are purposely passed by to sell you these drugs. Medical schools provide almost no training in nutrition and supplements so that our doctors know as little as possible about keeping us healthy. When has your doctor ever looked into your diet? Healthy patients don’t make big profits. How can it be that our government promotes bribery(lobbies) of most of the departments and representatives that were put there to protect US? The Covid debacle was controlled by politicians, not anyone qualified and it was amass with corruption and dishonesty, especially from the media.
What can we do about this uncontrolled dilemma? Forget politics when you vote and find, as best you can, the most honest candidate who is committed to our welfare, not the dollar.

What is the Cutlery Family up to now? It’s winter, cold and snow blankets the ground. Yet, the Cutlery family is still busy indoors. This winter, Little Chewz has friends over for an afternoon of crafts, outdoor fun and recipes. When a French winter festival is slated for a celebration in town, the whole family decides it’s time for an outing. With so much to do during the winter, the Cutlery family continues to enjoy food, friends and exploring French culture through the festival. This rhyming picture book is the second in the Cutlery Family series. Recipes and crafts are included. Join the Cutlery family in this story of winter activities and sharing cultures

I) Premise Statement: This book is about being the best volunteer that God would like you to be, by being faithful, being a servant and helping others.

II) Willing to learn Something New, Working with Younger and Older People.

III) Showing No Favoritism and never be a-feared to Ask Questions and learning when to Say No.

For thirty-three years, Beverly K. Plauché lived on her own, and she was very independent. She was married and had one child. The important thing to remember was that she was independent of God. She didn’t even know what she was missing. She thought she believed in God, but she did what she wanted when she wanted. She prayed to God. Sometimes her prayers were answered, but that special relationship with God just wasn’t there. She had quite a few good things happen in her life, but the best was yet to come. She divorced her first husband. She had a need and didn’t even know what it was. Remember that she wasn’t saved yet, but since she believed in God, she prayed that she would meet a man who would sit with her in church. The very next Sunday, that’s exactly what happened. She met Don Plauché. Wow! She had fifteen-year-old and six-month-old daughters. Don had never been married. It didn’t look like they fit, but God had a different story. God and Don really changed her life. Her heart was changed. She started thinking differently about things in her life. It didn’t happen overnight. It was a slow process, but the end results are marvelous. She actually started asking God for his direction before she did something. It was hard at first to let God do it his way, but once she made that decision, it was like she was on autopilot. What a way to go!