Marsha Ingrao's Blog

This week, I’m taking a mini-break from Over a Cuppa today to do something a bit different. But, here’s a quick Sunday Stills color gray & brown/Shadow Squares/Cell Pic Sunday Challenge fix before I tell you what I’m doing. All the dogs Are brown, and the Seats are gray. I’m not cheating. Kalev had lots […]

Do you think that parents or loved ones should interfere when they feel that they can change the point of view of their family, or let them make their own choices?

Each Wednesday, I share my week’s highlights over my morning cuppa coffee. The posts link to several photo and writing challenges. Blogging challenges expand my thinking about my Word of the Year, EMBRACING, and the world around me. Happy Belated Veterans’ Day Before I start, there might not be any family dramas, were it not […]

A One-Day Photo Challenge One of our former blogging colleagues, Cee Neuner, would be having her 65th birthday today Sadly, she passed away in March. Dan Antion, our other blogging triplet of a different age, and I want to honor Cee on our birthdays, November 7th, through our blogs. So, if you are someone who […]

Amanda in Ireland is the eleventh book in the Amanda travel series, but it was the first one that I read. This book offered Amanda another opportunity for young Amanda to engage in police work in a new country. What sane person would not want to spend a week in Ireland

Diane stared out the window of her spacious home overlooking a meticulous park in the suburbs. As she contemplated her life, she sipped the finest wine from a well-stocked cellar. 

Miriam Hurdle shared, “His wife said, ‘A week ago this past Sunday, (October 5, 2025) Trent went out for a run. He came back, sat on the porch, and never got back up.’ His wife said he went very quickly and didn’t seem to suffer.” To leave a message for Trent’s family, use this Legacy […]

This anthology of short Christmas-season stories transports readers across the centuries to meet a variety of characters in crisis. From a broken relationship in 1986 to a stalled elevator in 1972, Finn has done her research to give her readers an enjoyable yet somewhat realistic read. I say somewhat because, as the title states, there is a touch of magic throughout all the stories. 

Benuel was a beardless Amishman. Which just means he was a bachelor. Unwed, and most likely he was going to stay that way. He was one of the typical

In the book,They Call Me Mom, I expected a light-hearted, feel-good book with lots of funny stories about what happened during his teaching career. It’s not every man who is called Mom - even in the teacher world.