For those who are fathers, or who have fathers, I wish you a very happy father's day. Karen and I are remembering our own fathers, now passed. My father wanted the best for me and my sibs. He didn't always know what the best was, and it pained him when I didn't move in the directions he thought I should, but he meant well. I'm a father myself and I think I understand my father's situation a lot better now than I did at the time. He was a long way from perfect, but he meant well and generally did well, too--mostly.

Another scorcher here in Texas. I usually mow the lawn on Sundays but we went out for breakfast and by the time we got back, it was too hot. So, I decided to mow tomorrow. Right now, I'm wishing I'd gone ahead and done the mowing today. Oh, well.

I'm reading RIDES A DREAD LEGION by Raymond E. Feist.

I'm going to make THE CARPATHIAN SHADOWS #1 the www.BooksForABuck.com. Deep in Transylvania is a castle reputed to be haunted by the ghost of Lord Erdsley. Exactly why he haunts, and who he haunts, is lost in myth. But a group of tourist discovers that something is definitely going on. Dark fantasy--only $3.99. Available in HTML, Adobe Acrobat PDF, eReader, Mobipocket and Microsoft Reader formats. Here's the link: http://www.booksforabuck.com/sfpages/sf_07/carpatian_shadows_vol1.html

Here's the cover (cover design by Karen Leabo):

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