![]() ![]() Thanks for joining us on this rollercoaster ride of wtf-ery. We made it through all five of these movies! Related: Get Great Selection of New & Classic Movies with the Lifetime Movie Club via Prime Video Channels!: Her final moments were sad, especially knowing everything her death set in motion. Luke picked up a stray like it was nothing. Praise be! They showed the southern charm and hillbilly sweetness. If she had a son, their relationship would probably have been oedipal What is with men starting new families like it's nothing?įeeding Jillian's ego is exhausting, and the worst thing for everyone was Jillian having a daughter. If Jillian drew that creepy ass mural on my wall I would've committed her.ĭue to the restraining order and her father not having rights, he just never talked to Leigh again? That sucks. Tony was a raging narcissist obsessed with Leigh and Heaven, but he had moments where it seemed his concern for his brother was genuine. That battle with pneumonia nearly cost him his life, and the only stable person in the house left while he was sleeping. Heaven finds a new life at her estranged grandparents' exquisite Boston mansion, but even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten. Tiny Tony Tatterton was so small, young, and creepy. ![]()
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That is the lesson that sent me into exile and now sets me free again.’ Brida is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. That was the lesson it took me so many years to learn. I will always remember now that love is liberty. I understood everything I needed to know, and I love you more than all the women I have ever known, more than I loved the woman who, quite unwittingly, exiled me to the forest. You came to free me from the slavery I myself had created, to tell me that I was free to return to the world and to the things of the world. Then you came, and I understood all of this. Knowing that you existed was my one reason for continuing to live.’ Knowing that my Soulmate would come one day, I devoted myself to learning the Tradition of the Sun. You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith. ![]() That you will never be mine, and that is why I will never lose you. ![]() ![]() ![]() How did you do research for this historical time frame? This takes place along the Missouri River. Toni: I used to love the Oregon Trail video game. As an author, the idea of a young woman making her way across the country was too hard to resist. From then on, I loved the idea of pioneering. I was fascinated by the miniature covered wagons (I have one in my TV room). ![]() ![]() We visited Knott’s Berry Farm and one of their displays was an interactive map of the Oregon Trail. Lisa: When I was in grade four, my family drove eighteen hundred miles to California. It seems Fool’s Notion is ripe with romance! Where did you get the idea for this story? Toni: Welcome, Lisa! Thank you for stopping by Soulfully Romantic today. Grab a cup of tea (or coffee) and meet Lisa! She’s stopped by to talk about her historical novel, Fool’s Notion? Have you read it? If not, now’s a good time to learn more. Today I’m kicking off the week with an interview with the lovely Lisa J. You'll be sure to learn some things you didn't know before! Sit awhile a read my interview with Toni Shiloh author of Returning Home. ![]() |