Author Team, TJ Boyer & Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer
She isn't 5'2" yet... But she's the sweetest child. Elektra. Plus that silly dog, Ruby Sue. This photo reminds me of another with Elektra's sister, Simone. I have to push a photo of them together because they are super similar. Simone walking another of my cocker spaniels... 20 years ago. As soon as I do… Continue reading Five Foot Two…
Is a very fine house. We are all relieved to be home, yet at the same time, I wish we were still traveling. The trip was fun, stressful, and the granddaughter asked if we were home yet about forty times on the way home. She was a treasure, though. This was her very first trip.… Continue reading Our House
Resting isn't something that TJ and I are used to. At home, we do housework, walk the dogs, feed the animals, write the books, etc. Plus afternoons are spent homeschooling the little girl. Evenings are spent with dinner and quiet time. BUT when you're traveling, everything is different. We have half the stuff to do.… Continue reading I’m a Traveling (Wo)man Pt. 2
We are traveling a lot, but we are stopped in Friday Harbor, WA for the time being we'll be here for a week. Sadly we will go back to Phoenix after this. That being said, the traveling time is 3 days, including nights, on the road to get here. The RV Park in Ely, NV… Continue reading I’m a Traveling (wo)man…
God willing, tomorrow TJ and I will be heading out on our drive-about. We will be visiting my sister, Susan Wingate, also an author, at her home in Washington State. We will load up the trailer, pack up the doggo, and head out in the morning. This post will be short, but I will be… Continue reading Going Down That Long Lonesome Highway!
Happy Monday! We've almost passed July. Two of my grandkids have birthdays this week. The bigger one will be 19 years old. The littler one will be 9. I am sort of stunned by this fact. I don't feel like the grandparent of an almost 30 year old. That one's birthday is October. Three grands.… Continue reading If You Don’t Know Me by Now…
There used to be be this little toggle on WordPress blogs. You could choose to publish your posts at the top of your page. But in the genius minds of software folks, they've moved the option to someplace next to impossible to find. Apparently, you have to publish the article first, before you can assign… Continue reading Please, WordPress, Make My Life Harder
Monsoons in the desert. Again. They are a marvelous thing. The air gets sultry, hot. Taking a breath is difficult. As the day wanes, the wind begins rushing across the desert. The dust rises from the dreadfully dry ground. A haboob. Or a dust storm if you're old fashioned. The rain usually follows. Thunder roars,… Continue reading Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling
Hi, everyone! Yes, I still blog on TJ's and my website, the Mirror Gate Chronicles! I'm also using Substack to reach more people. You can join Substack for free. Then you can follow me and TJ through all our antics. I am hoping to hear our trailer is all fixed up next week. Then all… Continue reading Pack Up All My Cares…and woe
Right at this moment, I'm having a small issue with WordPress. You used to tell them to put your blog at the top of your page by clicking a box. They've changed the language so there's a toggle called sticky. You toggle it on to keep your blog at the top of your page. Good… Continue reading Hot Fun in the Summer Time
Today is June 1, 2024. The temperature is over 100* at noon. Kill me now. These temps make me sluggish, headachy, and grouchy. I am completely unmotivated to write this blog. No rain is likely for a month. This is my really sad face: In the meantime, TJ and I are coming up on the… Continue reading Hot Town, Summer in the City
TJ and I are Christians. That being said, we aren't perfect people who are never mean and who never speak out in anger. We occasionally use language/words unbecoming our calling... Even with one another. But as the Doobie Brothers once sang: I don't care what they say! Jesus is just all right with me. Everyone… Continue reading I Don’t Care What They Say!
There are songs I love. So many songs. When I was a teenager, I would write lyrics into my diary, or onto my school notebooks. Pages and pages of song lyrics. Don't for a minute believe they were my own songs, though. They were the Beatles, the Bee Gees, the Monkeys, and others that for… Continue reading I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
The Mirror Gate Chronicles Team finished another successful event at the Verde Valley Comic Expo, yesterday! We had a great time, schmoozed with other authors and artists, and sold a few books! We are thankful to the Verde Valley Library for having this event! The monies generated (from the event) go to reading for children… Continue reading I do Believe That a Change Is Gonna Do Me Good
So, book events are like, what did we learn this time? At the Tombstone Western Writers event we learned to make sure certain things in the new trailer still work. Like the refrigerator and the heater. Because wow, was the weather ever cold, rainy, and windy down there. Thursday and Friday were bitterly cold, mostly… Continue reading Here Comes the Sun (in the Valley of the Sun)
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