Will You Welcome Beltane 2024?

Beltane is a Celtic word for what most Americans call 'MAY DAY.'  In the Northern hemisphere where I live, it is celebrated April 30 through May 1 2024. 

Most people consider May Day an ancient European festival. I am not sure if anyone in the United States will gather flowers to decorate a May Pole, or crown a May Queen, or dance around an actual May Pole, but it sure looks like fun.

If you would rather sit on your porch and read one of my many books, here are a few...

Find all buy links HERE and enjoy your day,

Nancy Lee Badger

Read Audio Books for EARTH DAY 2024

Why waste paper when you can listen to my books? This April 22, 2024 is Earth Day. I remember the first one in 1970 (54 years ago!) There was no such thing as books you could read on a phone. Although paper from trees is renewable, try the convenience of listening to my stories.

I released My Honorable Highlander in its Audio version years ago. It has been very successful. Find the Audio Book at:

   Amazon    Audible 

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Now, I have found distributors of other books such as...

Rescuing Christmas; It might not be the season for it, but the story is one I love and set in Vermont, a state where one of my sons lives. As a former EMT and firefighter, while living in nearby New Hampshire, the story is very dear to me.

                                                    Find the Audio Book at:

APPLE    Overdrive 

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With Every Heartbeat is the first of 5 books in my Opportunity Falls series. 

Find the Audio Book at:

Amazon    Audible

But if you prefer Ebooks or Print Books, check out all my titles HERE 

Happy Earth Day, Nancy Lee Badger

I Discovered a Baking Scot... Coinneach MacLeod

I had heard about Coinneach MacLeod, mostly because I automatically 'click' concerning other authors... especially Scottish authors. Imagine my surprise when my son returned from the Ashville (NC) Celtic Festival and presented me with an autographed copy of his book The Hebridean Baker.

I immediately added flags to the pages of recipes I felt I might be able to create. It will take some doing to covert a few things (such as caster sugar, treacle, and bicarbonate of soda) but the author has a page showing conversions. My son bought himself an autographed copy of The Hebridean Baker at Home. Here's to baking with a homespun Scottish flare!

About the author (taken from his book): International bestselling author Coinneach MacLeod was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis, the most northerly of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland ... Sharing his adventures along with his partner Peter and their Westie pup Seores, Coinneach's aim is to bring the best of the Scottish islands to a worldwide audience. You can find him at hebrideanbaker.com

My husband has a birthday coming soon so I will choose one or two recipes to try. Giving that we are both of Scottish descent, I am thrilled to read and reread my book while I find time to create more of my own books.

Nancy Lee Badger

Daffodils? Can Spring be Far Behind?

My husband called out to me... "Something wonderful has happened in our yard!" This was a few days before Valentine's Day 2024. Daffodils had bloomed! We have been watching snow storms on the news and our own morning temperatures have been in the 30's, but life goes on.

He cut a few and we delivered them to my mom so she could enjoy them for Valentine's Day. What inspires me is that these plants came with the house and have been slowly multiplying over the last sixteen years since we left New Hampshire and bought our lovely home in Raleigh, North Carolina. Until the weather is a little bit warmer, do what I do...

Spring is on the way. I have plans to replace a dripping faucet, paint some worn trim, replace knobs on my old kitchen cabinets, and fill more boxes to donate away to worthy groups. What will you do when you realize the days are getting longer?

As a woman who faced many medical issues

 in the previous year, take my advice: 

DO NOT WASTE A MINUTE!

Nancy Lee Badger, Author

Already Groundhog Day? Where did January go?

 

It does not matter if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not. Enjoy the coming of Spring. Days are getting longer! Here, in Raleigh North Carolina, I was surprised that the sun has been shining and the temperature was in the 60's this week.

His Prediction for 2024: "An early spring awaits us!" because he did not see his shadow.

Now, if you live in the chilly north or along the very wet California coast, just wait... the weather HAS to get better! And if your February and March prove dull, cold, and dreary and you are still stuck inside...READ BOOKS! 

Find all my Buy Links HERE

In Loving Memory of my dad

Robert F. Beegle

June 1, 1925 - Feb 2 2019 

A New Year, A New Way of Writing

 

While I take time off from writing my next book, I am diving into my family genealogy. I am still searching for that percentage of me that Ancestry.com claims is from Scotland. In the meantime, I am shredding old papers, packing up items to donate, and sharing Proverbs. Comments welcome!

"Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves."--Anonymous Scotsman

Happy New Year!

Nancy Lee Badger