The Happy Meemaw

This week on The Happy Meemaw Reads podcast, I was so happy to meet Author Chris Grooms and talk about his love of fantasy writing, and his world of Gaiand and its hero, Wulf Blackhawk. Chris had a great time sharing his love of fantasy with his sons, and eventually his ideas found their way to books we can all enjoy. I met Chris at the Stafford BookFest last fall, and I'm so grateful to the organizations that are creating platforms for readers to meet writers and learn about the great works...

I was born and raised in Southern Illinois and was enthralled with Virginia when the Navy brought us here many years ago. As we'd traverse I-64 through the state, I'd think how lucky Virginians are to live in such a beautiful state. When we settled east of Fredericksburg after my husband retired, we loved that our permanent location was a couple of hours from the mountainsand from Virginia Beach, and in the cradle of much of American history. And just around the corner from our home is the...

On this month's Meemaw Music Monday, I'm joined again by my friend (and former pen pal) Julie Pietryla and chatting with us from Texas, my friend Kathy Nicol, new to the podcast and a huge influence on my childhood musical influences. We are talking about our top five songs by iconic rock group and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Chicago. It was actually Kathy's late brother Floyd that pulled us both onto the Chicago bandwagon. Julie grew up near the city of Chicago and given that all of...