TIME FOR THE LOST by Chess Desalls

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Calla's disappearance leads her family and friends to suspect that she’s lost. In a desperate attempt to find her, Valcas seeks help from a man he betrayed. A new search begins, one that sounds promising, even if it forces Valcas to confront his past.
The travel team reunites for a mission they never saw coming: a journey to a world caught between life and death, and hidden within the deepest recesses of time. Ivory rediscovers a friend and Ray learns the meaning behind his tattoo. But the connections they make between travelers and the lost may twist the core of the Time and Space Travel Agency inside out.
Time for the Lost is the third installment in The Call to Search Everywhen serial series.

Catch up with Calla and Valcas' adventure before the third book releases in February 2016!

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About the Author
Chess Desalls is the author of the YA time travel series, The Call to Search Everywhen. She's a longtime reader of fantasy and sci-fi novels, particularly classics and young adult fiction. Her non-fiction writing has led to academic and industry publications. She’s also a contributing editor for her local writing club’s monthly newsletter. The California Writers Club, South Bay branch, has awarded two of Chess’ stories first place for best short fiction. When she's not reading or writing, she enjoys traveling and trying to stay in tune on her flute.

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Free Today!

Dear Gentle Readers,

Waiting for Richard, kindle format, is free today at

http://tinyurl.com/m6njc9b

It is number 6 in the Kindle Women's Adventure Bestsellers List. If you're looking for a romantic adventure story with an older, feisty female lead, you'll like Waiting for Richard.

It is also available in paperback on Amazon.com.

Hugs,

Carol

Queen Catherine of Braganza, A Sculpture by Audrey Flack

Dear Gentle Readers,

The Butler Institute of American Art has acquired a new breathtaking beauty. It is one giant plaster sculpture of a woman, Queen Catherine of Braganza, a creation of American sculptor Audrey Flack. 

And even though she is big, she has 
a delicate beauty about her, her lovely 
spiral curls, her long, slender fingers
delicately grasping her alabaster sphere, the elegant flow of her beautiful gown, with one shoe pointing out, about to step off the pedestal.

From the Butler's New Acquisitions Article:

Flack’s 10-foot high plaster sculpture is an homage to Queen Catherine of Braganza, and is part of a series of sculptures by the artist based upon that theme. (The borough of Queens, NY, was named for the Portuguese-born monarch who later became Queen of England after her marriage to Charles II in 1620.)

The plaster statue features a steel and reinforced steel armature, and is presented standing on a half-dome base. An unusual element of Flack’s sculpture is an LED lighted globe that the subject holds in her left hand.

This plaster work was the prototype for a 13-foot bronze sculpture—a commission awarded to the artist by Lisbon, Portugal. The sculpture was a gift to the Butler by the artist, and is installed in the Beecher Center’s Novak Gallery, Youngstown.

Stop in and see this gorgeous lady at Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH 44502, Phone 330.743.1107, or online at www.butlerart.com.

Hugs,
Carol

Death's Helper by Shanna Moncuse

Heartwarming Story of a Grief Angel

By Carol Ann Kauffman on October 30, 2015

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This is the story of Hana, a sweet, sensitive girl who helps people cope in their darkest hour. It's a gentle and heartwarming tale with good, solid characters. I recommend this short story to any person, young or old, who has suffered a loss.

Buy Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Helper-Shanna-Moncuse-ebook/dp/B016SS6MMC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447167218&sr=1-1&keywords=death%27s+helper

YMRA's 2015 Model Train Open House

Dear Gentle Readers,

Yesterday we went to the Youngstown Model Railway Association's 2015 Annual Model Train Open House in Austintown, OH, and it was fantastic!

If you have little ones, or if you just love trains like I do (and don't call me Sheldon), don't miss this show.

Step into the building at the corner of Raccoon Rd. and Four Mile Run in Austintown and let yourself be transported back in time, to an era when this part of northeast Ohio was booming, when cars were absolutely beautiful and they didn't all look alike, when the area mills were up and running full-tilt, when our residents had decent paying jobs and we were all downtown shopping! 

The hours of hard work and dedication to keeping the memory of our rich railroad history alive and chugging down the track is one of the goals of the Youngstown Model Railroad Association.

This annual show also runs Nov. 14 and 15 and Dec. 5 and 6, from noon until 6:00 and is the best train show in the area with two large floors of elaborately set-up moving train displays, complete with smoke and lights and a video-cam display were you can feel you are on that big yellow Union Pacific barreling down the track! There are snacks available on the lower level, a scavenger hunt, and even an occasional derailment.  

Admission for children eleven and under with an adult is free, with a $4.00 per person donation for adults. 

Impress your grandchildren! Take them to the train show.

The GPS address is 751 N. Four Mile Run Rd., Youngstown, OH 44515. They also have a great website: www.ymra.org

Hugs,
Carol