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May 2023 Newsletter Reprint – Announcement, cookies, and more!
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo, and WELCOME BACK to my Untamed, Unexpected, Unforgettable World. In Melbourne, Florida, Spring wraps our trees with leaves and baby squirrels dance in golden sunshine in the northern hemisphere, while south of the equator, autumn’s fingers gently stroke flowers, plants, leaves and lawns, whispering promises of a winter of rest. I’ve always thought April in South Africa the best month of all. The skies are endlessly blue and the beating sun has moved towards the Tropic of Cancer, leaving perfectly moderate temperatures by day and nights with just enough nip in the air to remind us that we’re vital and alive. Kick off your shoes…
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March/April 2023 Newsletter Reprint – What do Pittbulls & Dung Beetles Have in Common?
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo. So thrilled you’re joining me on my camo jeep for a safari. I have so MUCH to share, so settle into your comfy seat and get ready for some divine animals and a bit of introspection. Every month when preparing my newsletter, I think of one word that will capture the essence of what I want to share. This month it’s TENACITY. As many of you know, I am a realtor as well as a writer. I’ve been in real estate for thirty years, practicing in VA, IL, TX and twenty of those years I’ve spent in FL. I love what I do and the…
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February 2023 Newsletter Reprint – Shine Bright Like a Diamond
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo, and welcome to my Untamed, Unexpected, Unforgettable World! I’ve just dulled down my camo jeep for you on the outside but the inside is shiny and inviting. My objective on this safari is to avoid attracting animals to the jeep – that could be fatal – so we keep it low-key to absorb as much of the wild animal sanctuary as possible, without being noticed. But on the inside? Well, my jeep is bursting with cool stuff to make you comfortable and give you the most fabulous of safaris. Makes me think of a book. How many glossy covers have I picked up, imagining the perfect…
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Book Signing: Hello Again Books in Cocoa Village, FL!!
Huge THANK YOU! to everyone who came out for my book signing at Hello Again Books in Cocoa Village, FL, on February 11th. I had a fabulous time seeing familiar faces and meeting new people! Enjoy some pictures of the day – and if you missed the announcement for the book signing, make sure to Sign up for my Club Untamed Newsletter and never miss the news! ~~~~~ Support of Treasured Friends & New Friends Found at Hello Again Books Book Signing. Special thanks to Gill King and Patrick Mullen who drove all the way from Ft. Lauderdale just for autographs. What a joy to meet you both! \ …
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January 2023 Newsletter Reprint – Meet the author, and her muse
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo, Keiti, and welcome back to my camo-painted jeep, and if you’ve recently joined Club Untamed, a double heartwarming ‘hello.’ Thrilled to have you aboard for our monthly safari! While we’re gearing up to learn new things about animals we might be lucky enough to see on our trip today, I want to share the theme for my prequel and 5 book series. Time Flies is a hybrid of genres including time travel, paranormal, midlife romance and even some historical fiction. The common theme running through all the books is: You do have a second chance to make a first impression! This lends itself to…
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November/December 2022 Newsletter Reprint – Ho Ho Ho HOT NEWS!
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo and a hearty welcome back to my camo jeep! Ho-Ho-Ho it’s nearly Christmastime! And 2023! Time surely flies… which brings me to my HOT news! I’ve just had my cover design completed for Book 1 of my series which will launch in 2023. It’s soooo exciting. I’m swooning and I’m dizzy with vibrant color and pretty words. Series name is: Time Flies and Book 1 is Timeless Pirouette. Can’t wait to share it with you… but I must, because I’m planning something pretty cool! But our safari is not about me today (ha!) but about you. Our camo jeep is heading north into the…
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October 2022 Newsletter Reprint – New Confident YOU!
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo and welcome back to my camo-colored jeep for a trip on the wild side. Stow your baggage safely under you seat… and fasten your seatbelts…WAIT! Sorry! Sorry! I am so buried in my WIP (Work in Progress) about South African Airways airhostesses from the 80s, we nearly ventured higher than intended :o) Lovely to have you here. Please sit back, relax and let’s take a look at our wild, wide world and all its wonders. One of the themes in my Flights of the Heart series, is confidence, or in my protagonist’s case, the lack of it – before she turns it around. There is…
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September 2022 Newsletter Reprint – A Quiet Reflection
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo and welcome back to my camo jeep. So good to have you spend a minute or two with me and our imaginations. The camo jeep could double as a magic carpet. We won’t see rooftops, but we’ll get a birds-eye-view of nature’s gift – animals in their own environment. Thank you for this stunning photograph, @beverlyjoubert. Over 30 years, filmmakers and Nat Geo Explorers at Large Beverly and Dereck Joubert have dedicated their lives to halting the decline of big cats in the wild. Thanks to conservation efforts like the Jouberts’, big cat populations have boomed. Our deepest thanks, Jouberts’! And as we watch these…
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August 2022 Newsletter Reprint – Home is Where the Heart is…
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo, and welcome aboard my camo jeep. So very good to have you close again. It’s always my delight to share my adventures with you. As we cruise through this majestic game reserve where dusk holds fast to lavender and orange skies, let’s keep an eye out for the sleeping-places animals call ‘home’. Want to know more about the complex burrows and chambers of adorable meerkats? Read “Zebra” and learn from Papin how these adorable animals protect, work and survive together in their underground burrows. Look high up to the top of the cliffs to precarious precipices. There massive eagles’ nests balance in impossibly high places.…
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July 2022 Newsletter Reprint – Age is a State of Mind, not a State of Being
Read Previous Newsletter Reprints Helloooooooooo Again. Always a joy to have you back in my world. Aging has been on my mind since Athol and I recently had birthdays. I’ve come to the conclusion you are only as old as you think you are. I reckon we can learn a whole lot about handling age from Mother Earth. So, lean back, relax, and get ready for some au-natural tips to keep you youthful, as we have fun in the sun on our safari! Ahhhh, let’s slow down to watch a herd of elephant. Some forage while youngsters frolic in a mud bath and the rest look on, their expressive, giant…