26
September
2006
Big Earl’s Greasy Eats was renamed yesterday when it became the site of a film crew shooting a movie with two of my favorite actors, Donald Sutherland and Dermot Mulroney. When I first heard, and living just over the mountain and aross the way, I told Tiffany we should drive over and check it out. She was less than enthusiastic, and I’d been sick for days, so we didn’t go.
However, later when the image of one her favorite actors flashed on the TV news screen, she bemoaned her decision. I don’t believe the actor whose image was portrayed was part of the cast, but I used it as an “I told you so” moment. I could have used the opportunity to write an article…grrrr. Next time…
Posted: Cowboy Chat
14
September
2006
Rattlesnakes…
In case I failed to mention it. About a week and a half ago now, two of our dogs were bitten by a single rattler. The snake came to them and invaded their territory while they were in their pen. My husband got in the habit of penning them during the day while he went to work while I was in Ohio.
And he put a very pale, beige carpet in the house. It matches the Navaho White on the walls. So to keep control, he took them down to the pen, which BTW has a doggie door into the 30 x 40 garage.
The dogs are big and rowdy so we didn’t think too much when they started to bark like crazy. We’re at the end of a dirt road at the edge of civilization and we thought maybe someone had come down the road and gotten lost. The road accommodates a single car at a time and no where to turn around.
Anyway, it turned out to be a rattler. Actually it was the second one to visit that week. The other was waiting just outside the door in the morning for my husband.
Now, both dogs have recovered and I can talk about it. It was Bobi’s (long O) second bite and he seemed to have built up immunity. Hinsa received her first bite. She’d been smart enough to avoid them to that point. She’s getting old and it broke my heart to see her swollen and bleeding and hurting.
I could’ve taken them to the vet, but it cost about $1,500 the first time with Bobi. When Jet was bitten, we didn’t take her and she recovered faster. Same with Jade, but she got it in the foot instead of the nose, so I didn’t count her quick recovery in the equation. So we made the decision to give them pain killers, antibiotics and hold their paws until they were through it. Bo actually was back to normal in three days. It took Hinsa a week.
The rattlesnakes, however, are driving me nuts!
Posted: Cowboy Chat
13
September
2006
Cave Creek Cowboy
Author: Brit Blaise
Publisher: Amber Quill Press
Available At: Amber Quill Press
Publishing Date: June 1, 2005
Genre: Erotica: Contemporary/Western
Format: Ebook download in PDF/HTML/LIT
Price: $3.00
ISBN: 1-59279-377-0
Author Email/Website: www.Britblaise.com
Reviewer: Aline de Chevigny
Rating: 8.7 Gargoyles
Holly Turner left home at nineteen, leaving chaos and heartbreak behind her. It was the most horrible mistake of her life. She’d left Ridge and moved to the city to begin her modeling career. But modeling wasn’t the only reason she left nor was it the most important. And only Ridge’s best friend Tam, the man he believed she’d cheated on him with, knew the whole truth.
Ridge was not happy to hear that Holly was back in town and missing. Of all the people Sam could have called to help find her, he wished it hadn’t been him. He still had feelings for Holly, always had. He wasn’t he could forgive her for what she’d done. Would learning the truth make any difference?
Cave Creek Cowboy by Brit Blaise is an erotic western. In my mind Ridge is the ultimate, sexy and kind hero. You can feel his pain when he sets eyes on Holly again, remembering her betrayal. You also feel for Holly when she fights with herself about telling him the truth or keeping him safe from further harm. A definite enjoyable read.
Posted: Cowboy Chat, Book Reviews
1
September
2006
4 ½ Unicorns
Ten years ago, Holly shattered Ridge when she slept with his best friend, bragged about it and then left to become a model in New York, never to be seen again – until now. She has returned home to Cave Creek, following the death of her grandfather. Does she still have feelings for Ridge? Did the events ten years past really pan out, as she would have Ridge believe?
Ridge’s heart has always belonged to Holly, even though she hurt him really badly. Even his attempt at marriage failed because there were effectively three people in the marriage, sharing his thoughts and his bed – himself, his wife, Billie Jo, and Holly. Having been hurt so badly by her, why is it that he still responds to her as he always has? Why is he unable to feel any lasting anger towards her for the great pain she caused him? Why does he want to try for a second chance with her?
Ms Blaise has interwoven an unexpected but poignant aspect to this tale. I began to suspect that all was not as it seemed fairly early on in the story, gaining an inkling of why Holly had left and hurt Ridge so badly all those years ago towards the middle of the story. When my suspicions were confirmed, I felt a sharp pang of sorrow for Holly for what she had done to try to protect Ridge, the man she loves with all her heart, when they were still teenagers.
Ms Blaise has introduced and very successfully handled a very delicate issue, which rarely finds a mention in a romance novel, and for this she is to be congratulated. The sex the characters engage in, both present and past, are fairly detailed and very inventive. Who knew a horse could be used in such a way? Also, please note there is a voyeuristic scene involving Holly and a threesome at an abandoned property on Holly’s grounds, which is detailed and sets the scene for the following tale, Another Cave Creek Cowboy. I really recommend you read this, how much I simply cannot express. As for myself, I hope to soon be able to get my hands on more men, uhh… romances, from Cave Creek.
Angel from Enchanted in Romance
Posted: Book Reviews
1
September
2006
I’ve been following the Josh and Riva story line on Guiding Light with interest, not only because I’ve watched them for years, but because Ridge and Holly went through a similar thing in the first Cave Creek Cowboy. Holly was young, but cancer ran in her family. She watched her mother die of breast cancer and she didn’t want Ridge to suffer like her father had.
Ten years later, she comes home. I don’t think she intended to take up where she and Ridge left off so many years earlier, but she couldn’t stop loving him. Sometimes, people make the wrong decision for all the right reasons.
Posted: Cowboy Chat
