About Me

Hello world.

I am a Baby Boomer who is trying to find my place in the world. So who isn't?

Thanks Squidoo for giving me a place in your universe.

Who Am I?: The Best Mickie Blair Site Ever

Just for information. It could be fun to see what winds up here on this page. I am a USAF officer's brat. I did not travel as much as some of my other military childhood friends, but I moved enough. I did graduate from Burkburnett High School, but I...

Summer Reading Recommendations--GREAT LIST

Being over 50 (yes, I am classic Boomer), I sometimes have trouble remembering what books I have read or listened to in the past. I attribute this lapse to the computer-like nature of my brain. If a file has not been used recently or used often, my b...

My 2008 Summer Reading List and Wanna Reads -- Plus My Reviews

On this lens, you will find: 1. What I am currently reading 2. What audio books are in my cue 3. What is on my nightstand waiting to be read 4. Wanna reads and my reserve list at the library 5. My thoughts (review) of what I have finished reading. I...

1966 Wagner High School Yearbook: The Best-Poem-Written-in-a-Yearbook Ever

One of my dearest high school friends wrote this poem in my yearbook. I cannot say that it was written especially for me. You see, my dad was transferred the beginning of May '66 and I was not there to personally get my friends to auto...

a closet for my lenses

I need a place to store my stuff. Here it is. A container for all my lenses to hang out together on Squidoo. Don't forget, I can fix your broken book. Thanks for coming by.

What Do My Talladega Superspeedway Dollars and Author Sharyn McCrumb Have In Common?

Six Degrees of Separation (or Kevin Bacon - whatever)!  Dale, Sr. touched (or was close to) my Talladega Superspeedway dollars and Sharyn McCrumb's creative genius! In this lens I will tell you how I got the $$$ - hey! NASCAR history! Ways y...

Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

Evanovich is near the top of her numbers game in this latest Stephanie Plumb novel. Are you ready for Granma Mazur as an online gamer with the moniker of Scorch? What about Lula as Bounty Hunting 'Ho? How about Stephanie as a Smurf? Fun and easy...

Adrian McKinty and Lee Child -- Best Selling Fiction Authors

Both Lee Child and Adrian McKinty have an honored place in my little red wagon full of great reading. Thought Lee Child is the better known of the two, I put them both at the top of the heap in their shared fiction genre.  These two authors,...

The Best Fiction Readers Site Ever

I am a picky reader. I really cannot read badly written fiction and will attempt to tell you in honest terms about what I have read. By the way, Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell is not her best. To save you the trouble and wasted time reading it...

Audio Book Review: L.A.Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker

Hi and thanks for stopping by. On this lens you will find various reviews of the audio book L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker. I downloaded this audio from my public library website. At the present time, you cannot put these downloads on an iPod o...

XOXO etc....To Squidoo!

Just the facts about what Squidoo has done for me!

Book Repair Video Showcase

I want to do my part to help the preserve the environment. I want the Earth to still be livable for my grandbabies. So, PLEASE Repair the Books on YOUR shelves. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T LOOK LIKE THE BOOK PICTURED HERE!. At least try to make it look good....

Book Repairs: To Repair or Replace? That is the Question.

Hopefully, my lens will help you decide if you want to trash your book, repair it yourself, or pay someone to fix it. This lens is my contribution to the environment and the efforts to go green. Deciding to fix a book is quite like choosing if you s...

Reviews of the Novel Down River by John Hart

Thanks for stopping by. Below you will find several reviews of the novel Down River by John Hart. Some of these reviews come from book review sites, professional magazines, or Book Review Blog. You will also find a synopsis of Down River. I have re...

NASCAR Fiction by Sharyn McCrumb

Last year, I was searching the stacks in my local library for a new book to read. I remembered meeting Sharyn McCrumb years ago at a writer's conference and quite enjoyed her. She also writes a decent mystery--which is my favorite genre. So I ambled...

Our Christmas Circus: The Best Christmas-Video Ever

This year we tried to make a good picture for our Annual Grandkid Christmas Photo Card. We have 5 grandchildren under 4 years of age. It was such chaos, that I quit making photos and just filmed it. I edited the film, put in resulting photos, added m...

NOTHING TO LOSE by Lee Child - A Jack Reacher Novel

I have just finished the newest novel in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series Nothing to Lose. Reacher was in the middle of a journey from extreme NE Maine to extreme SW California. A diagonal journey. In the beginning, I was loving it. By the last parag...

Lee Child Author Extraordinaire!

My local library has a service called "Book Your Favorites". This service allows one to choose their favorite author or authors and automatically be put on the reserve list for any new book this author publishes. Lee Child is one of mine. I never ha...

CLASSIC SOUTHERN NOVEL - Down River - by John Hart

Thanks for stopping by. Below you will find several reviews of the novel Down River by John Hart. Some of these reviews come from book review sites, professional magazines, or Book Review Blog. You will also find a synopsis of Down River. I have re...

Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Video Showcase

Welcome Race Fans! My husband is all about racing. Therefore, I became "all about racing". I am no authority on NASCAR, IMSA, Formula One, or anything else. I just hear and see a lot of cars (or Karts--as in go karts). It is amazing and scary how m...