TJ Wilde Trilogy · Duxbridge Mysteries · Jennifer McCaffrey Mysteries
On my last trip to southern California, part work for Full Sail and part graduation trip for my niece, we went whale watching. I desperately wanted to see Blue Whales, but they eluded us that day. It was still a great day to whale watch on a small 8-person boat.
Someone shared this with me tonight and I was so moved by it, I needed to share it. You really need to click on full screen to experience the beauty of this drone footage.
The rewrites for Full Sail – the third book in the TJ Wilde Trilogy – are completed and this draft feels solid enough to send off to the editor. It will be sad to say goodbye to TJ, but there are so many other stories waiting to be told.
I know many of us are struggling right now. Please take care of yourselves, look out for your neighbors and remember, we will prevail.
As January comes to a close I am closing in on the final rewrites. Then it’s time for the editor. I can see the end of the road.
I had a some chuck and decided the cold weather needed something hearty. I hadn’t made Ropa Vieja in a while, so that what it became. I also cooked up a bunch of rice and black beans to serve with it. Perfect for a very cold weekend.
If you don’t want to use chuck, you can use pork shoulder or chicken breasts.
From 2023:
Big family doings this weekend, so I needed an easy recipe that everyone could serve themselves. This fits the bill.
Ropa Vieja is one of my favorite items on a local Mexican restaurant menu. I almost always have it in a salad in a tortilla bowl. So of course I had to figure out how to replicate it at home.
I have tortilla bowl molds and make them for lunch salads all the time. Although you don’t need them, use this method here.
Now to up my game with some tasty ropa vieja.
It has been a ridiculous few weeks. Busy with all sorts of things, both fun and work related. I’ve been steady in the progress on the final rewrites of Full Sail. With that wrapping up, the Duxbridge Mysteries gets notes and plot scribbles when I need a break.
This fun fact came up in the town I’ve used as my model for Duxbridge:
Annie DeMoranville 