In the charming village of Cobblestone, the bakery on the corner looks like any other — striped awning, golden loaves in the window, the scent of fresh bread floating down the cobblestone streets.

But Mabel is no ordinary baker.

When the village falls silent and the moon is high, she unlocks her door, lights the ovens, and begins her secret work. She kneads comfort into every dough, shapes courage into sun cookies, and brushes hope onto warm buttered rolls. Then, while the rest of the town sleeps, she slips through the quiet streets delivering her midnight magic to anyone haunted by bad dreams.

Honey buns that soothe restless minds.
Sugar cookies shaped like the sun that chase away the dark.
Warm rolls with melting butter that wrap troubled hearts in peace.

Because some bakers feed the body.
Mabel feeds the soul.

A heartwarming, gently magical tale about the quiet power of kindness, the healing that happens in the middle of the night, and the extraordinary woman who makes sure no one in Cobblestone has to face their nightmares alone. a great children's book to read at night

Young men vanish. Their names go nowhere.
Until Detective Renata Cieslak starts asking the questions no one else will.

She sees the pattern. She finds more names. She finds a suspect.
Four years later, she finds the killer. The Open Secreta gripping work of fiction inspired by the true crimes of John Wayne Gacy. Some secrets hide in plain sight.

Memories are made of moments.
One golden summer, a mother and her daughters walk the shoreline, barefoot and laughing, hunting for treasure. Not gold or jewels, but soft, frosted pieces of sea glass, tumbled smooth by the ocean and kissed by the sun.
Each piece they find becomes more than a pretty fragment. Together they transform those sea-glass treasures into beautiful pendants and earrings — jewelry that holds the laughter, the salt air, the quiet talks, and the unbreakable bond of that summer. Jewelry that can be worn, cherished, and passed down for generations.
Sea Glass Summer is a heartwarming celebration of family, creativity, and the magic that happens when ordinary moments become lifelong keepsakes. Perfect for mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and anyone who believe the best treasures are the ones we make together.
Dive into a story that will make you want to walk the beach, collect a little piece of the sea, and create something beautiful that lasts forever.SeaGlass Summer

When did it all begin?
The Raven’s Curse.
Were the stories true, or were they carefully woven into the forgetting?
The Founding Stone is the only thing that still remembers.
Will it ever be set free?
The Raven’s Founding is where everything started
The birth of the curse and the birth of Ravenwood Academy.
Go back to the beginning.
Unearth what really happened.
And finally learn why.The Raven's Founding

Today Mary and I saluted our Veteran's Mike Worden came on the show as a guest. You can get his newest book A Marine's Vietnam Journal now. live on Amazon

• A True Semper Fi Story — Brotherhood, sacrifice, and the real cost of war told with honesty and heart.
• Drawn from a Real Combat Journal — One Marine’s unfiltered account of 13 months with the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.
• A Powerful Addition to Any Collection — Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Vietnam War through the eyes of the men who lived it.
• Brotherhood, Sacrifice, and the Cost of War — Told with Honesty and Heart
  
  The war in Vietnam was ramping up. The French had left. America was the cleanup crew.
  A young man named Michael T. Worden became a Marine. His tour of duty took him into 13 months of combat with the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines. He faced a jungle filled with snakes, leeches, and disease. He saw things no human should ever see. He lost friends. He lost brothers in arms.
  Through it all, he kept a journal. This is his truth. This is his story. This is his history.A Marine's Vietnam Journal

Some journeys never end. They just change tracks.

From a basement full of dreams… to the real rails with the next generation.

She still remembers the soft click of the rails and the gentle chuff of the little green steam engine.
Down in her father’s basement, the world was infinite. Mountains rose from plywood, tunnels swallowed trains whole, and every curve held a new adventure. Side by side, father and daughter rode those rails of the imagination, explorers of a kingdom built with love and tiny brass wheels.

Decades later, the little girl has silver in her hair.
Now she stands at the edge of real tracks, hand-in-hand with her own granddaughter, watching a full-size green steam locomotive thunder toward them. The same color. The same magic. Only bigger.

The adventures didn’t stop.
They just grew.

Some of the best gifts we give our children (and their children) aren’t wrapped.
They’re the ones that keep rolling forward, memory to memory, heart to heart.

Start a new chapter. Create the memories that will last a lifetime.
Discover the green steam engine that still runs on wonder.

Pre- order for Kindle available now My Train Adventures with Daddy

• A True Semper Fi Story — Brotherhood, sacrifice, and the real cost of war told with honesty and heart.
• Drawn from a Real Combat Journal — One Marine’s unfiltered account of 13 months with the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.
• A Powerful Addition to Any Collection — Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Vietnam War through the eyes of the men who lived it.
• Brotherhood, Sacrifice, and the Cost of War — Told with Honesty and HeA Marine's Vietnam Journalart
  
  The war in Vietnam was ramping up. The French had left. America was the cleanup crew.
  A young man named Michael T. Worden became a Marine. His tour of duty took him into 13 months of combat with the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines. He faced a jungle filled with snakes, leeches, and disease. He saw things no human should ever see. He lost friends. He lost brothers in arms.
  Through it all, he kept a journal. This is his truth. This is his story. This is his history.

In a grey village a boy with a paper lantern heart changed everything.
He thought he was alone. He was wrong.
When he finally embraced his difference, the other children found their light too.
This is the story that will make you believe your own light is enough.The Boy with the Paper Lantern