Authors & Artists (Part 2)

Below is another batch of pseudo book and CD covers. There will probably be one more group of them after this. Thanks everyone for playing along!

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Head on over to Bubblewench's blog The Blogs of Life if you want to see her adorable cat, Karma giving step by step instructions on how to use a Wii Fit. It's quite amusing. Bubblewench's new CD In The Majority just hit music shops, placing her and her band, Polynomial Long Division at the top of the charts.


"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." ~ Ralph W. Sockman

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Daryl's beautiful photography, clever toons and wonderful writing style is her personal invitation to accompany her Out and About in New York City. Please visit her, and while you're there, congratulate her on her brand new bestseller A Reputation for Subtlety which she penned as Faustine Patton


"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." ~ Isaac Asimov

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Phyllis is a microbiologist whose excellent blog efoodalert.com provides daily information about food safety and recalls around the word. I know why she chose the number 60 - her recent milestone birthday. I guess aging has its downside though, among which is ailing memory. Phyllis gave me a number but didn't specify whether she wanted a book or a CD. Since it's her birthday and she's my cousin, I've decided to give her one of each. Sit back and read through the pages of her gripping novel Deeds Left Undone, written under her pseudonym Ava Moritz.


"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

In her spare time, Phyllis joins the other members of her musical trio Chiasmatic Groove. Last year, they released this collection of mellow tunes on their popular CD Ordinary Days.

"A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Renae Meredith is a new blogger who has dipped her yellow nail-polished toes into the the blogging waters with ease. Please visit her and leave her a comment over at Autumn Leaves. Before you do, leaf through her latest novel Country of the Heart, written under her pseudonym Marjolaine Wibo.


"The family is the country of the heart." ~ Giuseppe Mazzini

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DS has a wonderful blog over at Third-Storey Window. She's a lover of literature whose profile states "Peering out this window is like staring at Alice's Looking Glass; nothing is ever quite what it seems. Thank God it's only the third storey, in case I have to jump..." Why not pop over and give her a visit? Before you do, please have a look inside her latest literary release The Long Run, as penned by Hadiya Srecko.


"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run." ~ Sydney J. Harris

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If you're thinking of trying something new and delicious for dinner tonight, drop by Cheffie-Mom's blog Dishing With Debbie a.k.a. How I Overcooked My Family. She's talented, funny and always amusing. Even her newly-released CD reflects food and eating. Sit back and listen to Birds Might Eat Them by Cheffie/Debbie's family band, Skyritida. (I cheated a bit with this one. I reversed the image so that I had an open area to work with on the left. I also used a second image, that of the bird which I extracted from this image - also reversed.)


"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them." ~ Dr. Martin Henry Fischer

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You're in good company if you are one of Reb visitors over at Sibu Pegasus Power, where her fine photography and occasional mini-rants aways entertain. But lately, Reb has been In Bad Company. That's the title of her new CD released by her rock band Hachinohe Expressway. Give it a listen while you head over to visit her.


"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." ~ George Washington

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UmmFarouq is one of the newer visitors to my blog and the first (that I know of) from Jordan. She writes about her life in the Middle East in her delightful blog Southern Muslimah subtitled "She's More Than A Girl In A Headdress." Please pop by her place for a visit and then pop her band 3D Monster Maze's new CD Treat Us As Equals in the player.


"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." ~ Sir Winston Churchill

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Dianne keeps us entertained with her blog Forks Off the Moment where she often writes about those in the field of entertainment, and proves her fine writing skills with Wordzzle challenges. Pay her a visit after you pick up her new novel Dreams of Thy Youth as penned by Peigi Tecumseh.


"Keep true to the dreams of thy youth." ~ Friedrich von Schiller

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Redbush is truly a fine artist. You can see some of her marvelous paintings over at her blog Redbush's Brambles. While there, congratulate her and her band The Accursed Kings for the release of their new CD, Sleep With the Earth.


"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." ~ Walt Whitman

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Mom to a toddler, and expecting twins this summer, MamaGeek keeps a fine blog called What Works For Us where she shares some of her lovely photography. Make sure you stop by to let her know if you enjoyed her new novel What We Pretend To Be penned as author Innes Levi.


"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." ~ Kurt Vonnegut

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Country Girl is a fabulous photographer who likes to work with textures. She lives in a wonderful old farm house with her husband, and a beautiful Border collie named George. Please visit her at Chronicles of a Country Girl. As Mirthe Terrence, her best-selling novel With Wind and Self Righteousness will enchant you up to the last page.


"Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness." ~ Sir Robert Hutchinson

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I hope you enjoy them. There will be one final groups in a few(ish) days.