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Most of us don’t even know our own world! Indian Paintbrush in Spring- Near Klickitat,WA

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

Most of us don't enven know our own world! Indian Paintbrush in Spring- Near Klickitat,WA

Ever wonder what lie would be like if you had as much time as most aboriginal peoples and you were not tied up with “what shall blog” or “what shall I put on” or “who should I text?”
Well, get out of the house and walk in the fields, smell the flowers, look at the creation around you. It’s just as interesting as those keen pictures on Avatar of a new world. Most of us never do this enough to learn even a tenth of the plants and animals around us in our own home vicinity. Wake up! Smell the flowers! (Oops, almost forgot almost that Indian Paintbrush don’t really have an odor, they’re parasitic on some other plants.

What’s Up Doc? It’s How you view the world that makes it appear as it does!

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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What's Up Doc? It's How you view the world that makes it appear as it does!

Here is a cute little Praying Mantis baby scanning the world from a unique view perspective. Remember as you go through life that the lemonade you have may not be what you want, but perhaps it’s not just because you squeezed the wrong lemons and forgot the sugar. It may be because you have the wrong viewpoint for what you are observing. Try a different location or a different pair of colored glasses for a while!

Guest Post: Alyssa Cooper

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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Sounds creepy enough to attract a really good following!

ARMAND ROSAMILIA

The Motel Room, a modern twist on the classic ghost story. Only $0.99!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JHV0U9E

Since his death, our Narrator has been trapped in a motel room, watching the comings and goings of his nightly guests. The strangers never stay more than a night or two, and they never pay him any mind. Then one morning, a maid turns her head and the two lock eyes – the first time he has been seen since his death. Only then does he begin to discover the true power behind his ghostly form.

Alyssa Cooper was first published at the age of eighteen, and is the author of three traditionally published books, Salvation, Benjamin, and Cold Breath of Life. The Motel Room is her first foray into the wide world of self publishing. Look for her second self published title, Whispering Peak, coming soon!

http://alyssacooper.ca/

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Sand Between my Toes! Kindle Countdown – Beachcomber Seashells of the Caribbean!

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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Thinking about the squeak of sand between my toes on a beach in Curacao or Florida or Barbados makes me shiver with delight just thinking about all the new shells that have washed up and will be washed up in the coming months with the rough seas along those coasts. Wow! Another year ahead of collecting shells whether it’s along the Oregon, California Coasts or down in the warm tropics! What a great hobby to enjoy, and now it’s even easier with a Kindle Version of a book that will allow you to classify quickly and easily right on the beach with a few taps of your fingers! Beachcomber Seashells of the Caribbean is just that sort of book, developed by a Biologist, Computer, Teacher, Whizz! It preforms up to snuff and refers you straight to 6 other references that you might already own in order to get more in-depth information on your specimen! Get it now and be ready for your next great Caribbean holiday!

Civil War Buffs! Kindle Countdown Sale on “Rough Enough”!

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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Don’t forget to check out how “Rough Enough” has risen on the sales charts this past 24 hours. The sale is still on and well worth the buy for all you Civil War Buffs and Professors who are trying to follow these soldiers from the end of the war into the Frontier Era. Richard Clow’s diary and letters to his sisters flesh out some areas of the enlisted man’s life that have been given short shrift by the officers. What do you really know about: conditions in the holding camps before soldiers shipped out? Or the conditions on the transport ships that carried hundreds of soldiers from Boston and elsewhere to the South? Or what the enlisted men did for three months following Lee’s?

Find out some of the answers to these questions and more with a copy of “Rough Enough” on your Kindle or other e=book.

April Madness! “Beachcomber Sea Shells of the Caribbean” – starting Kindle Countdown Sale 24 April, 2014!

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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The Beaches of the Caribbean and Florida are breezy and warm this time of the year and this is the ideal time to stroll the shores of your favorite island and pick up those beautiful and timeless treasures, the seas shells! So take along your Kindle with a copy of “Beachcomber Sea Shells of the Caribbean, and use the best set of pictorial keys on the market to classify and learn about that beauty you just picked up. Here’s a book suitable for the beginner, the student in the classroom and the advanced Conchologist. The 99 cent sale begins at 8AM on the 24th of April and, No Fooling, you’ll get the best deals on this book for the next week as we count down the 7 days to get back up to full Kindle price by the end of the month. Tell everybody you know about this great opportunity!

Kindle Countdown for “Rough Enough” begins at 8AM April 24!!>))

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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Get your best buys on my Civil War book, “Rough Enough” beginning with 99 cent Kindle Countdown sale starting April 24!

“Rough Enough” will hold you enthralled with Richard Clow’s letters to his sisters as he fights at Petersburg during the final bloody days of the Civil War. You will then be transported to the frontier forts of Montana where he battles against the Montana cold and the best light mounted Infantry of the world, Sitting Bull’s Sioux. Follow him to rough and ready Deadwood at the time of Wild Bill’s demise as he strikes it rich in the gold fields. Re-blog this to your friends who will enjoy a new personality from the Civil Wart to the Frontier.

Out of the SLUMP! Updating Amazon! Hawk-Wing Conch!

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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At long last I seem to be out of the SLUMP! Wow! I never knew how much time and energy having a small dog could take, and how much energy a 14 week old Welsh Terrier could have! I happen to be a very distractible person and a jet propelled chewer of computer and mouse cords can really drive one to the wall, not to mention the sewing room to replace those chewable little buttons that seem to hold the sofa cushions together.

So today has been a success – updating my information for “Beachcomber Seashells of the Caribbean” on my author page for Amazon as well as putting in four hours of mowing fields and burning my big winter burn pile. I think I’ll sleep well tonight!

Here’s a nice photo of a Hawk-Wing Conch of the Family Strombidae, Strombus raminus (Gmelin, 1791) found from Florida to Brazil and similar to one mentioned in my book.

Check it out!

A Man of many talents making a difference: Julian Lennon

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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A Man of many talents making a difference: Julian Lennon.

The Art Forger: by Barbara A. Sahpiro: Oh! What a Glorious Occupation!

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Richard H. McBee Jr.

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Barbara A. Shapiro’s Novel “The Art Forger” Takes you where few have gone with a twist for mystery, love and adventure in art!

If you want to read a work that is right up there with the “Thomas Crown Affair” (book and film) then you need to read this book! Barbara Shapiro has done us a service by taking the history and techniques of art forgery and spinning them around Clair Roth, a “want to be” artist who just can’t find her niche. Then the inspiration of doing what she does best, comes to the forefront when her expertise as a copier of Degas paintings is needed to make a copy of what appears to be a fake Degas to her, yet has been the center of attraction at the Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston for nearly a century until it was stolen.

Now Clair becomes embroiled in the mystery of the stolen painting “After the Bath” by Degas coupled with the secretive love life of Isabel Stewart Gardener and her will which destroyed all but a few links to he long ago affair with the great painter Degas.

You’ll walk away from this book wanting to know more about the Dutch forger Han van Meegeren who was required to repaint a forgery to prove that he should not be executed for selling a Dutch national treasure to the Nazis during WWII. You’ll think about buying that special big oven to bake your paintings in at 248 degrees to speed up your oil paint layering and your own forging process. You will fall in love with girl who is seeking her true calling in life and talent and the man she truly loves.

Buy it! Read it!