Blueberry Cafe is Number 1

Eva-Schubert-on-right;-publisher-Nicola-Bartels-on-left--reduced-for-webMy book is number 1 on Germany’s mass market best-seller list! I’m pinching myself to make sure this is real, but I know it is because my editor there, Eva Schubert, has been tracking the book’s progress ever since

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Making a Scene

Jardin-a-Giverny-Claude-Monet-reduced-for-blogWhen I was a child and I found myself in a museum, I’d start fantasizing about walking into the paintings, as the characters in Mary Poppins did when they jumped into the sidewalk art that Bert, the Chimney Sweep, created. I

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Thank You, Jim

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I met the author, Jim Patterson, and his wife, Sue, a number of years ago when our children were young and began attending school together. Sue and I became friends after being room mothers at school,

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Irresistible Blueberry Muffins

Baking-Blueberry-Muffins---reduced-for-Blog2.Here’s a simple recipe that makes great blueberry muffins:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3/4 cup whole milk
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