Fun Holiday Musings

Lets all celebrate National French Fry Day with a fun look at the history, popularity, and many delicious ways to enjoy everyone’s favorite crispy potato treat. From curly fries and waffle fries to loaded fries, dipping sauces, homemade batches, and fry-themed parties, this blog shares tasty ideas, fun facts, and inspiration for making the day extra golden and crispy. So no matter how you enjoy your fries lets all share our favorite ways and eat some fries on this day. Enjoy

In honor of today, M. G. wrote this blog to include a warm mix of personal memories, food appreciation, and simple ways to enjoy blueberries. She begins by connecting the holiday to a treasured childhood memory of visiting her grandmother’s blueberry patch showing that blueberries are more than just a fruit; they are tied to family, summer, and happy moments shared with grandchildren. There are many delicious ways blueberries can be used. So today enjoy blueberries how ever y

This blog celebrates America’s 250th birthday by reflecting on freedom, opportunity, hard work, and the legacy left by the founding fathers. It also shares my personal gratitude for the chances I have had to build a career, pursue writing, and connect with readers through the Dorchester Sisters novels, children’s books, and future stories still to come. I hope you take the time today to celebrate with friends and family. Enjoy some fireworks and maybe watch a parade. I am pro

This blog is a Social Media Day celebration focused on how social media brings together readers, authors, reviewers, and book lovers. It highlights share book recommendations, quotes, reviews, and favorite tropes, connect authors with readers more easily than before the internet, celebrate writing moments like drafts, releases, cover reveals, and character obsessions, and keeps stories alive through group chats, comments, posts, and late-night “you have to read this” messages

This character blog gives readers a glimpse into the lives of Kileah, Sabrina, and Jennifer on the afternoon before Jennifer’s wedding to Gregorio Uberti. Each pair reflects a different woman, a different rhythm, and a different view of the world. Kileah is practical and spirited, Jennifer is modern and elegant, and Sabrina is sentimental and classic. M. G. captures the sisters who raise up iced coffees in celebration of themselves, their bond, and great sunglasses from every

This blog celebrates National Sunglasses Day through a personal look at one of the most practical and stylish accessories around. M. G. shares her lifelong love of sunglasses, including a collection of both prescription and non-prescription pairs used with and without contact lenses. Sunglasses are more than just a fashion statement they are useful, protective, expressive, and deeply tied to both personal style and history. Today go show off your favorite pair or maybe find a

Happy National Kissing Day! As a romantic suspense writer, I know the kiss is one of storytelling’s most important emotional beats. But beyond the page, kissing carries meaning at every stage of life from a child’s first sweet kiss to teenage romance, adult intimacy, comfort, greeting, and connection. No matter our age, a kiss remains one of the most universal ways we express love. So today go out and celebrate. Give your friends a kiss on the cheek or kiss your significant o

Happy Father's Day!! We all love and appreciate all the father's out there and the moms who act like dads. In this character blog we have both the Dorchester family and the Palmer Family getting together like every they do every year. The only changes to who is there is if one or the other dads are absent do to work. When they get together the dads grill and the wives set the table while all the kids gather and watch the grandchildren. This year at the BBQ Quinton makes a big

This is a Character Blog. Karen and Georgia are getting together to enjoy iced tea on iced tea day. Georgia and Karen discuss the fact that two of their kids married each other and that as you find out in the Father's Day Character blog that posts June 21, 2026 that Kileah and Quinton are expecting twins! The women who have been best friends for more than 30 years are now officially tied together by marraige and not by just choice anymore! If you haven't read Fossils yet be s

Today is National Flip Flop Day and Matt is surveying a sandal display while thinking about the past. No matter what kind of flip flop you own or prefer today you should wear them out. Maybe you go to the beach for a swim or spend the day relaxing and reading it doesn't matter just have agreat day in your favorite pair of flip flops. You can also go out and buy more sandals today. Whether you love a cheap pair or an expensive pair today is the day to celebrate the almighty fl

It is national flip flop day. Today we look at the ever present flip flop and the many different styles they come in. You can get a cheap pair at the dollar store or walmart or you can get a more expensive pair at any shoe store or on amazon. You can get the tong type or with straps and they can be flat or wedges. There is no right or wrong flip flop. So in honor of today get out your favorite pair and wear them or go to the store and get a new pair. Maybe even wear them to t

Today we celebrate children. On national children's day take the time out to enjoy your children or grandchildren. You can still celebrate today if you don't have children by taking friends or family children to the park or watching a movie with them or reading to them. There are many things you can do with children. You can read, watch movies, go to children's museums, trampoline parks, the regular parks, or just go on a walk. It doesn't matter what you do just make sure you

It is national chocolate ice cream day! The very early beginings of ice cream like treats trace all the way back to China around 200 BCE. While these treats show up around then the true ice cream chocolate doesn't make an appearance until after Christopher Columbus moves to America. There are many different ways to eat chocolate ice cream. You can eat it with a cone, in a bowl, or with treats. So on this great day and the many following days of summer eat chocolate ice cream

It's National Chocolate Chip Day! Today is a day to celebrate by eating chocolate chip cookies. Whether you bake the cookies, buy some cookies, receive cookies from a friend or loved one, or just eat some chocolate chips we hope you enjoy them today. The chocolate chip cookie came about from Ruth Wakefield who made the cookies and then created a cookbook and also gave the recipe to Nestle Toll House. So today enjoy cookies or just the chips by yourself or which a friend or fa

Today May 13th is Brunch Lunch Day. This is a day for eating Breakfast for Lunch or just eating a quick meal between breakfast and lunch. This day started way back in 1895 and has continued throughout time. A lot of families have used this as a gathering day to see each other and reconnect. If you have never eaten brunch I highly recommend trying it at least once who knows you may find you like it. So whether you like to do brunch as a family or as an outing with friends enjo

Happy Mother's Day! I have written a character blog showing a scene between Karen Dorchester, Georgia Palmer, and Connie Michelson. Connie is briefly mentioned in Antiquities A Dorchester Sister Novel from her Husband Kieth who is the pilot of the Dorchesters Security Services private plane. We get a glimpse of how the three women are connected and a peek at the stories that are still unfolding in the Dorchester Family Legacy Series. So in honor of today have a great and enj

This year like so few years since the 1950s had a historical moment. Astronauts went back to the moon for a moon landing. Since we have started space exploration we have had many ups and downs. We have landed on the moon and fixed the Hubble Telescope and we have also suffered a few loses along the way. But today is National Astronaut Day and we should celebrate it and all the accomplishments we have made along the space exploration path. Remember those who were lose and cele

Happy National Truffle Day! Did you know that the truffle can come in two forms. You can get it as a delicacy or as chocolate. The truffle is very versatile and can be very yummy. You can use truffles in cooking to add flavor or in baking. If you have someone in your life or even if its just for you go out and get you some chocolate truffles. You can use chocolate truffles on desserts or cooking. I hope you spend your day sharing how you use or like truffles with your friends

Jennifer, Kileah & Sabrina Dorchester meet for a sisterly shopping and catch-up day for International Coffee Day. * CHARACTER BLOG SERIES by M. G. Lorraine As Kileah, Jennifer and Sabrina Dorchester stole an unusual sisterly moment for coffee, the conversation went straight to things they loved; each of them had very different preferences. They had each stayed after Kileah and Quinton‘s wedding. It was only been a few days with family time at home in Nebraska, but it was nice

The smiles of children playing together, laughing while out with friends, gathering at barbecues, riding bikes, splashing in the pool; all the smiles of summer, just the thought brings a smile to my own face. "The world needs more smiles now." comments M. G. Lorraine in her M. G.'s Journal Blog. See more about how to connect with National Smile Day and why smiling is so good for you in this heartfelt direction from M. G. Lorraine.