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Short and Sweet

Short and Sweet includes 6 short stories and one non-fiction homage to my Irish mother. A special Christmas podcast features poetry and sentiment dedicated to my nephew, Tim, who was born on Christmas Eve. This segues to Trio a trilogy of three books: Ginny, Dinner with Sharon Flynn and Meggie, all primarily set in Ireland and lovingly telling the stories of Ginny and her life.A Promise Kept is a ballad poem about a young woman writer finding her place.Songs of my Father is that—sheet music for

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98.6

Short and Sweet ·

2026/03/16

Send a text My Swansong episode contains 11 favorite poems from newly (finally) published 98.6 book on Amazon. 32 years of observations and emotions assembled for review and, hopefully, entertainment. I’m ending with an old saying, spoken by my teenagers long ago, and repeated here as truth—that’s all she wrote, Baby! P.S. The blue sky, courageous crocus is the hardcover version of 98.6 — The paperback cover features the lotus flower, the bloom of creation.

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The Back 40

Short and Sweet ·

2026/03/09

Send a text The Back 40 introduces the listener to 11 new poems contained in a newly published book, available on Amazon and includes a preface song I wrote for my grandson, Talon. All are intended to give praise and homage to our home, our dear planet Earth.

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Hearts of Shamrock

Short and Sweet ·

2026/03/02

Send a text A collection of some of my favorite poems dedicated to my Irish smilin’ mother who left this planet in 1977, but never left my heart and mind.

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The Play

Short and Sweet ·

2026/02/23

Send a text A savvy Music Director is “instrumental” in helping a community theater cast not only sing well, but also find real meaning in their lives off the stage.

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Songs of my Father

Short and Sweet ·

2026/02/16

Send a text A dedication to my father in a book I wrote including selected poetry and complete sheet music of three of Dad’s songs. I featured I’m Yours and Lonely as a preface for Diamond Eyes, my first episode of Short and Sweet podcast, followed by Shinnyin’ Up a Moonbeam which prefaced A Promise Kept episode and now Highway to Love which prefaces Songs of my Father.

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A Promise Kept

Short and Sweet ·

2026/02/09

Send us a text A Promise Kept is a ballad poem about a young writer who is searching for a farm to restore so she can write in solitude. She encounters a farm that surely needs repair but the old pump works and quenches her thirst. And so begins her quest to buy the farm and her encounter with the elderly owner gives them both new insights to the role of women and the duet of men and women to share the land.

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Meggie

Short and Sweet ·

2026/02/02

Send us a text Meggie, the little red-haired daughter of Ginny and Dan brings a true happy dance to all who know her. She brings an evolution to the human species which replaces the trigger in the brain for addiction and instead brings a clairvoyance to the family and a gratitude for the welcome change.

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Dinner with Sharon Flynn - Chapters 4 and 5

Short and Sweet ·

2026/01/26

Send us a text The answers await in a white and gold photo album given as a birthday gift to Ginny from Sharon, marking all the important events pictorially from beginning to graduation when Ginny moved to Boston with Linda. Shared with Mary and Dan the past becomes the present and the family circle widens with love and forgiveness.

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Dinner with Sharon Flynn - Chapters 2 and 3

Short and Sweet ·

2026/01/19

Send us a text Ginny met with Sharon Flynn and kicked the elephant in the room into the center of their attention with compliments about Sharon’s flaming red hair followed by a torpedo questioin from Sharon to Ginny, asking if her beautiful turquoise eyes we’re from her father or her mother? And so they began unraveling their connections. They quickly agreed to meet at the Rehab Center and talk about how to break this all to Dan.

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Dinner With Sharon Flynn - Chapter 1

Short and Sweet ·

2026/01/12

Send us a text Shortly after Ginny and Dan’s wedding, the call came to Ginny from Sharon Flynn inviting them to dinner at the Queens Pub the following Saturday. Ginny intuitively knew that Sharon knew she was her daughter and while Ginny was relieved, she was also anxious to meet her and concerned how this fact would affect Dan's sobriety.

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Ginny - Chapters 8-14

Short and Sweet ·

2026/01/05

Send us a text As the three month rehab period for Dan is ending, Ginny and Dan begin to plan for their future. Their wedding in August and the invitation list brings a staggering realization to Ginny about her roots whereupon Ireland may truly become Ginny’s mother land too.

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Ginny - Chapters 3-7

Short and Sweet ·

2025/12/29

Send us a text Ginny sets their plan in motion and finds herself on her way to Ireland to meet Dan. At the airport in Dublin Dan proposes and Will, his nephew, gets Ginny’s suitcase and off they go to their new life in Dalkey, a beautiful sea town outside of Dublin. Adjustments are required and now there is a wedding in the offing. Hang on, Ginny, we’re right there with you.

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Ginny - Chapter 2

Short and Sweet ·

2025/12/22

Send us a text Dan proves to Ginny that he’s serious about changing and invites her to Ireland to help him on his journey to sobriety. Ginny tries to take his offer seriously while sorting through her raging emotions.

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Ginny - Chapter 1

Short and Sweet ·

2025/12/15

Send us a text Ginny - Chapter 1 introduces Ginny and her struggles to reaffirm her resolve to not reconcile with her love of 5 years. Things are always subject to change and we will witness her evolution as we journey with her.

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It’s the Gift of Thought That Counts

Short and Sweet ·

2025/12/08

Send us a text A collection of original Christmas card poems sent to family and friends over the course of 25 years and lovingly dedicated to my nephew, Tim, who was born on Christmas Eve, 1968.

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Patty’s Pig

Short and Sweet ·

2025/12/01

Send us a text Patty’s Pig pays homage to my Irish mother and travels back to my childhood memories of her especially on St. Patty’s Day and then introduces Trio, the next book in my podcast, which takes place mostly in Ireland.

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Starlight

Short and Sweet ·

2025/11/24

Send us a text Shelby and Jimmy witness a rotating, bright star while relaxing on a summer night’s porch. Sensing danger they dash in to warn Jimmy’s Mom just as the lights go out. They call the next door neighbor who saw a completely different scene than they did. Truth too can be in the eye of the beholder.

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Max is a Good Name

Short and Sweet ·

2025/11/17

Send us a text Lynn heads north through Massachusetts with her dog, Jennie, to see the fall foliage and try to forget about her breakup with Max. Her journey brings excitement and a change of heart as journeys often do.

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Happy Ending

Short and Sweet ·

2025/11/10

Send us a text Emily travels from Buffalo to New London, CT to her Gram’s house to spend the night before a job interview at 9:30 am only to find herself in the middle of a power outage. Em’s great sense of humor pulls her through some not-so-funny (at the time) circumstances proving all’s well that ends well lol.

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Cactus Flower

Short and Sweet ·

2025/11/03

Send us a text Two “budding” herbalists in a “budding” love relationship meet in AZ. Dan, a native of Tucson and Chenea, a Native American from Connecticut, return to CT for Chenea’s brother’s wedding. A gift to Chenea from her mother symbolizes the power of Mother Nature and the merger of things different in the name of love.

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