Author: aencoker

  • When Grandparenting isn’t Fun

    Impossible, you say. Everyone knows that being a grandparent is a barrel of fun. And yes, it is, until someone gets sick. The Evil Norovirus attacked my granddaughters and me with a vengeance this week, and it took no prisoners. My daughter called me Tuesday and asked me if I could come help her because…

  • From Keeper II: The Storm

         Molly yelled at the lion, waving her arms frantically as she ran toward her car. The lion’s head had pushed through the broken windshield into the car. She could hear its growling and worried what she might find when she reached the car. She pushed herself harder, unconcerned with what might happen to…

  • Keeper II Debut!

    It’s finally here!  The sequel to The Keeper is here! Keeper II: The Storm is now available in ebook and paperback on Amazon. If you like romantic suspense with a Christian slant, if you like animals, if you enjoy zoos, you will love this story of Jolie and her night keeper friends.   What is…

  • Stella: Feelin’ Wella Good (apologies to No Doubt)

    Who’da thought when we picked out this adorable Boston terrier puppy back in March we would end up putting her through risky surgery to save her life?  She seemed so healthy.  Until. Precious puppy! At four months we took our newest family member to the vet for spaying and docking her unusual long tail.  Boston…

  • Moving to the country

    Sometime during my first grade year or between my first and second grade year, we moved to the tiny community of Carroll.  Daddy had taken a job with Snig Milam, a local hay farmer/cattleman, and we rented a house on County Road 420.  Our landlord was Floyd Moseley, so we always called that little house…