In recent years, Grand Rapids, Michigan has hosted a wonderful celebration each fall called ArtPrize. Artists from all over the world display their art all throughout the city. Natives and tourists alike are invited to explore the city and vote for their favorite pieces. This past year, my cousin Ryan submitted a bronze sculpture called [...]
Motor City Shakedown by D. E. Johnson Published by: Minotaur Books Published on: September 2011 Page Count: 352 Genre: Noir Crime Fiction My Reading Format: Hardcover review copy sent to me by the publisher so that I could participate in the book tour. Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook Today it is my great pleasure to be [...]
When I first discovered Dana Precious and learned that she grew up in Muskegon, MI, I knew had to get in touch with her. I wanted to know how growing up in Michigan impacted her writing and she graciously agreed to write a guest post for The Literate Housewife Review. When asked about how growing [...]
I passed by my nightstand this morning and fully took in the stack of books there waiting for me. The other day I kind of stacked up what’s to come and seeing it this morning made me want to write a post about them. I did a little research (because I’m meme challenged) and discovered [...]
I finally got my pictures back from my trip to D.C. earlier this month. I wish that I could say they were worth the wait, but they were most definitely not. I forgot to bring the digital camera with me, but was “lucky” enough to have an unused, cheap disposable camera I got at a [...]
While I was in Washington D.C. last week I was contacted by a firm working with Mutual of Omaha‘s aha moment tour. They found my blog, read my About page, and asked me to share my aha moment with them over the weekend while the aha moment team was in Roanoke. I was flabbergasted to [...]
What a beautiful day we’re having today in Roanoke, VA. Fat, wet flakes of snow are falling so fast at times that Emma keeps saying, “It’s a blizzard!” I don’t know about that, but we’ve gotten between 2 and 3 inches of snow here thus far today. When I look out of the window, I [...]
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