Author Team, TJ Boyer & Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer
Every now and then... I am called to write something like this. God calls me. He really does. I don't know who will read this. I hope some of you will. Jonah (4 chapters in the Bible) By Elizabeth Ajamie-Boyer 12-5-2025 God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, a very horrible place… I imagine the… Continue reading Off the Normal Book Track
Two weeks until Thanksgiving (in the USA). I've been pondering, thinking, considering everything I have to be thankful for. Mostly, I'm thankful for Jesus Christ. He died on a cross as a sacrifice of redemption for our sins. For my sins. The concept is beyond grasping. Next I am thankful for my parents who, even… Continue reading “Thankful n’ Thoughtful”
The New Year, 2026 is only ten weeks away. That's crazy talk, isn't it? When we were eighteen and nineteen years old in the 70's, we never even looked into the 2000's. They didn't exist, but now? Now we are twenty-five years in. (gasp) I love our life. We've been through the good, the bad,… Continue reading Moving Forward (Free Chapel)
Wowza! The southwest has been under the gun of the Pacific hurricanes! Two weeks ago, or was it three? We got pummeled here in Phoenix, receiving 5 inches of rain in our rain gauge. Now that being said, the rain was blowing horizontal, so there may have been much more than that. This week/weekend we've… Continue reading Don’t Know Why There’s No Sun Up In the Sky…
I imagine, you're like, what? Well, the truth be told, sometimes I don't know what to write about in my blogs. The same for my books. I have to push aside a manuscript for what seems like days to get new inspiration to move forward. However, today... my inspiration for this blog is our newest… Continue reading You Don’t Know Me! (by Ray Charles)
I'm going off course today. This isn't a travel blog, or a book blog. This blog is about us: TJ & me: I love football. This has only a little to do with my testimony, but this needs to be said. We are heading into football season. Go Cardinals! So... I love football. Although the… Continue reading We Fall Down, We Get Up…
I left off the last blog by telling you (confessing) how whiny I was. Poor TJ. I have to admit, a lot of this was because I was tired. One night when rain was coming at us, I became afraid to close my eyes to sleep. I made a mistake and looked at the weather… Continue reading Drifting Along Like a Tumbling Tumbleweed… Part 2
And now, the end is near. We traveled each and every highway... Not literally, but figuratively, and we did it our way! Wow. We had a great and a not so great trip. Life is the same, right? Some parts are great, and others... well they aren't so great. TJ and I tried to only… Continue reading Drifting Along Like a Tumbling Tumbleweed…
Finally! TJ Boyer & I are proud to announce the arrival of The Man Who Rode Dragons, now on Amazon, for your reading pleasure. This story follows Bill & Larry, who by a peculiarity in the vortex, find themselves in the realm of magical creatures. This is a place where dreams come from. After spending… Continue reading Here! I’m Homeward Bound
Yesterday was Independence Day! Happy birthday to the USA, & also to our personal firecracker, Sonja, our daughter. We had hamburgers & birthday cake. Then when they left (the family) TJ & I hunkered down with our dog, Ruby. I had to give her some Calm medicine, then cover her with a weighted blanket so… Continue reading Come Fly With Me (& TJ)
Thanks for the title, Shania Twain! We went to Montana to see Granddaughter #1, taking Granddaughter #2 with us. They are half sisters. We also saw our friend, Barb McNey, whom some of you know from when we all worked together at General Dynamics. We walked with Barb along the Bitterroot River in Hamilton, Montana.… Continue reading Honey, I’m Home & I Had a Hard Day
(I'm going away with my friends (in two weeks)) I can hardly wait. TJ & I are taking Princess #2 to see Princess #1 in Montana. I can hardly wait. We haven't seen her and Prince Charming for about a year and a half. I think. Princess #2 misses Princess #1. A lot. Prince Charming… Continue reading Come Saturday Morning…
I'm not a big partier. More like a person who likes peaceful routine. I do enjoy family get togethers, but afterwards, I need quiet to re-energize. With regards to being a partier, I haven't always been this way. I am, after all, and ENFJ-A personality. I am the protagonist/antagonist person. But since the cancer, quiet… Continue reading Ooh, I’m Drivin’ My Life Away
We finished out Spring events with a bang. Going to Cottonwood for the Verde Valley Comic Expo is a blast every year. They haven't updated the website for the new photos, yet, but I'm sure they will soon. We had a wonderful time. Ruby Sue came as Under Dog. She was very well behaved, sitting… Continue reading I’ve Been Everywhere (Man)
We had a fabulous, successful time at the Tombstone Festival of Western Books, last Friday! I wish some of you had been able to make the trip. I want to thank Doug Hocking for inviting us the last two years. The big photo is the Chiricahua Mountains where Cochise's stronghold was. Because Tombstone is almost… Continue reading I’m a Traveling (Wo)man…
The clouds are unlikely anytime soon, but I am praying daily for God to let the rain come down abundantly... sometime soon would be great. That being said, TJ & I have an event this Sunday! AND the event is in Chandler. Also, it's inside! Chandler Library Local Authors Event: 22 S Delaware Street, Chandler, AZ… Continue reading I’ve Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day!
I usually post generic blogs but my heart wants to sing about how merciful God is. Psalm 8 speaks about how great the heavens that God created, are. Even in Phoenix, when I look up at the stars... the planets... I realize something greater than I is at work. My whole being wants to praise… Continue reading How Great Though Art
The year is over tomorrow night. The wind blows memories across my mind. So many things have passed us by this year. We have new things happening as we go forward in time. A lot of good memories. Some bad memories, but this year, TJ and I got off pretty much unscathed. We were healthy.… Continue reading The Wind Blows Memories
I love this featured photo. I used to have this lovely wreath, all tinsel and balls. But as time wears out our bodies, so time does to our stuff. The Bible says Jesus told His disciples, in Matthew 19-20, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where… Continue reading I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
Have I ever told you how much I love Arizona? This state is beautiful. You can drive from Mexico at the southern end, to Utah at the northern end. The time would take about eight hours. In the south, the deserts reign, wild from the border up to around Prescott or Payson. The mountains climb… Continue reading The Heat is On – Aye, Arizona!
I love that song. My Dad used to sing all these old songs when I was a kid. My voice isn't the best, but I still sang along. We all did. Dad, Mom, me, and the barfing kid. Dad would take us on road trips for a few hours. We would drive into the desert,… Continue reading All of Me, Why Not Take All of Me?
I love the autumn. I love the colors, the cool weather, the excitement of the holidays coming up. I am able to go outdoors during the day without feeling as if my skin is searing off in the nuclear sunshine of Phoenix. Many, many people love the heat, but not I. I want weather where… Continue reading When Will I See You Again
Hi! Did you all know that the song Down in the Valley has another name? Apparently, because the last verse references Birmingham jail, the song's secondary name is just that. Birmingham Jail. Those are the kinds of fun things you'll learn as you read along with me. Trivia. You'll be the Trivial Pursuit champion learning… Continue reading Valley So Low…
This blog has some interesting (to me) issues having to do with what do I keep and what do I throw away. I am not a typical hoarder who keeps everything. I have some small piles, here and there, of things I go through periodically. I purge. But here are some things I keep: I… Continue reading Down in the Valley
TJ and I do Trap, Neuter, and Release (TNR) on the feral cats in our neighborhood. I thought I'd mention this, because we end up on the release end of our ferals with about sixteen of them in our yard. We have this routine each day: wake up, feed animals, take the dogs for a… Continue reading Blue Skies Smiling at Me!
I'm bragging a little, today. I got a lovely email from a woman in the UK. She bought my Memories of War series. She told me ... well this is what she said in her email: I just wanted to drop a quick note to say how much I loved your Memories of War series.… Continue reading You Put the Song in My Heart
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
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)
Several years ago, I started a new story. Then I stopped writing said story. Then my sister, Susan Wingate said, "You should write a story about..." Her topic was what I had begun years before. Needless to say, I reviewed, reworked, re-edited that manuscript. I have to say, this story is unlike anything I've written… Continue reading New Book! Squee!
Hello! So the bad news is spring doesn't begin until March 19th. The good news is Phoenix Spring has begun with temps in the 70s! Yah, it's a thing in the southwest. I am only hoping the weather ramps up slowly because I love the 60's and 70's, but I loathe actual hot weather. We've… Continue reading Spring Isn’t Here
Happy New Year! May God bless and keep you throughout the entire year and beyond. This scripture, Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am going to do something new,Now it will spring up; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert, is my scripture verse for this… Continue reading A Hazy Shade of Winter
I have always wanted to go to Israel and Lebanon. I suppose now isn't the time, though. With the terrorists attacking, holding hostages, and assaulting women and children, I need to stay out of there. But someday. Someday, there will be peace for a minute. I will go walk where Jesus walked. Did you know… Continue reading Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
Fall weather finally arrived in Phoenix the last two weeks. Our doors are open all day except when our neighbors leave their diesel truck running in their driveway, or someone is smoking at their house. Regardless, we can stop running the air conditioner! The electric bills are descending! Hooray! We don't get a lot of… Continue reading Leaves that are Green
This title is so appropriate for Phoenix. I know, I know. The weather is hot where you are, as well. But Phoenix at 115* to 119*, is hardly bearable, and for the whole month of July. Additionally, the monsoon has been a non-soon. Again. That being said, a lot of the State of AZ got… Continue reading Hot Town, Summer in the City…
Good morning, my friends and family! Do you all realize we're almost halfway through the "summer" months? I know actual summer begins June 20 and ends September 20, but most folks consider summer as June, July, August... We're waiting hopefully for the monsoons to arrive. TJ and I are finishing up details on his book,… Continue reading The Dog Days
The typical hot weather of Phoenix took it's ever-loving time getting here. But did that make me unhappy? NO! The temps remained at or under 100* until the actual summer solstice. Now we await the wind shift that brings the monsoon season to the desert. I love the monsoon season. Yes, the weather remains hot,… Continue reading No Cure for the Summertime Blues
So much time passes between blogs. I wish I was dedicated to writing weekly [on here]. TJ and I manage to write almost each day on our books. I'm not sure what story he's working on right now. I, however, am editing his Lost at Sea book. This story is adventure, mobster, and mystery, sort… Continue reading Until You Find Your Dream
Life take interesting turns. As Bugs says, "it's very interesting." Last summer, TJ's heart tests weren't great. The docs said his ejection fraction (EJ) dangerously low. A defibrillator placement was suggested. The defibrillator would shock his heart back to work in the event of a new heart attack, giving us time to call emergency services… Continue reading Follow God’s Rainbow
Mirror Gate Chronicles 