Don “D.J.” Pitsiladis
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Fresh from the Casa! A short horror story with emotions.
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Short Story Review: ‘Ushers’ by Joe Hill
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! When it comes to escaping death, people usually attribute it to something like luck or a guardian angel watching over them. What if they are both right, but…
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Fresh from the Casa! A story of redemption for the manic Harley Quinn.
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Harley Quinn Volume 1: No Good Deed’ by Stephanie Phillips, Riley Rossmo, Laura Braga, and Jay Leisten
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! It looks like winter decided to stay just a little longer here in North Dakota. As I write this, I’m looking out the window at fluffy snow and wind gusts up …
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/graphic-novel-review-harley-quinn-volume-1-no-good-deed-by-stephanie-phillips-riley-rossmo-laura-braga-and-jay-leisten/
8 days ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A novel about people who actually devour books.
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Book Review: ‘The Book Eaters’ by Sunyi Dean
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! When someone consumes a book, most people will know that you either are reading it or listening to an audio version. One doesn’t normally think of actually e…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/book-review-the-book-eaters-by-sunyi-dean/
14 days ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Latest updates and a new G.Willey painting you'll love.
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Update – February 2026
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! Another month has come and gone. It seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating Christmas and the New Year. Here in North Dakota, we’ve gone from seve…
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21 days ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A movie showing the horrors of domestic abuse and the woman who rose out of it.
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Movie Review: ‘Finding Nicole’
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! Last month I did a review of a short story about domestic violence on the high seas. This month, we have a more modern story for the movie review, but one I…
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29 days ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A graphic novel review of the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool!
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Deadpool: The Complete Collection, Volume 3’ by Daniel Way, Bong Dazo, and Sheldon Vella
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! I’m a big comic book fan. I used to collect Spiderman, and any of the X-Men related titles when I was younger. While I haven’t collected in a long time, I d…
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about 1 month ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A book review about an assassin who realizes her leader is not the great man she once thought.
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Book Review: ‘Pivot’ by L.C. Barlow
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! I’ve always had a fascination with cults. Just to be clear, I was never interested enough to join one, just curious enough to figure out the attraction to o…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/book-review-pivot-by-l-c-barlow/
about 1 month ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Updates on 2026 projects!
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Update – January 2026
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! Apologies for missing last week’s blog post. It has been a hectic beginning of the year, and not just because of everything happening in the news. Hopefully…
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about 2 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Terror on the high seas.
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Short Story Review: ‘Hell Is No Fiery Pit’ By Mackenzie Hurlbert
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! This week, we’ll be looking at a short story from Undertaker Books. It shines a light on domestic abuse back in a time when society saw it as a husband’s ri…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/short-story-review-hell-is-no-fiery-pit-by-mackenzie-hurlbert/
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Fresh from the Casa! A little late, but worth the wait. A noir graphic novel for your enjoyment.
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2 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! An action packed review on the future reality T.V. and bug hunts!
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Book Review: ‘Holovid Hero’ by David M. Pearce
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! Happy New Year to one and all! Yesterday I gave a rundown of how 2025 went and my plans for 2026. If you haven’t read it, check it out here. Today, we get ba…
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3 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A look back at 2025 and planning for 2026!
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December 2025 Update: A Year in Review and Future Plans
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! What a year 2025 has been. There have been some high points and low points, and I wanted to take a quick look back at them and reveal my plans for the comin…
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3 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Holiday greetings!
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Happy Holidays!!!
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! We at the Casa and Shawnda’s Artwork want to wish everyone a Happy Holidays. We’ll be back next week with a look back at the year and plans for next year. U…
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3 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A short and sweet holiday story.
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Short Story Review: ‘A Christmas Tarot Reading’ by Colleen McManus Hein
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! We are now a week away from Christmas, which means there is last-minute shopping going on. I’m sure everyone has at least one person who they don’t have a gi…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/short-story-review-a-christmas-tarot-reading-by-colleen-mcmanus-hein/
3 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A twisted Batman tale review!
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Graphic Novel: ‘The Batman Who Laughs’
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! I’ve mentioned before how much of a big Batman fan I am. He’s someone who doesn’t have any superhuman abilities aside from dogged determination, lots of trai…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/graphic-novel-the-batman-who-laughs/
3 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A thriller for the chilly weather.
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Book Review: ‘The Remington Crucible’ by Andrew Scott Jackson
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving weekend. While I didn’t have the kids for the actual holiday, they were here over the weekend, so it was a good, albei…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/book-review-the-remington-crucible-by-andrew-scott-jackson/
4 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Thanksgiving wishes and story updates.
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Update — November 2025
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! This will be a quick update since today is Thanksgiving here in the U.S. I have been busy working on edits for the short story collection, and it is going ou…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/update-november-2025/
4 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A horror tale from the craziest day of the year!
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Movie Review: ‘Black Friday’
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! It’s that time of year in the U.S. where holiday traditions like spending time with family or watching football and parades on television are the norm. Anoth…
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4 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! If you thought your school was a prison, this review is for you.
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Shadowplay: Midnight School’ by Sam Fonseca
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! There is a time in every high school student’s life when they view school not as a place of learning, but as some form of torturous prison. What if there was…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/graphic-novel-review-shadowplay-midnight-school-by-sam-fonseca/
4 months ago
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Some shots of the Northern Lights from Willow City, ND
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Fresh from the Casa! A review of human spirit in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Book Review: ‘The Before and The After’ by Catherine Sequeira
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! I’ve always found post-apocalyptic stories interesting, if for nothing else than to see how people adapt to the world collapsing around them. Regardless if t…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/book-review-the-before-and-the-after-by-catherine-sequeira/
4 months ago
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We watched Screamboat last night and loved it. It felt like watching a slasher Cat in the Hat. If you like humor with your murder and mayhem, check it out. Much better than I expected it to be.
5 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Updates, new G. Willie art, and a short story excerpt about a store robbery gone wrong.
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Update — October 2025
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! Where has this year gone? It seemed like almost yesterday we were just starting the year out, and now we are on the verge of the holiday season. This begins …
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/update-october-2025/
5 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A short story review about a killer tree!
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Short Story Review: ‘Jackknife’ by Joe Hill
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! Since this month has an extra week to it, I was trying to figure out what to share this week, and wanted to share some recent work. Unfortunately, all of my …
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/short-story-review-jackknife-by-joe-hill/
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Season finale and Halloween Special! 256 is live! Feat
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Fresh from the Casa! A classic graphic novel about love, loss, and revenge!
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘The Crow Special Edition’ by James O’Barr
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! It’s Halloween month, which means revisiting some of my favorite Halloween traditions. I’ve watched ‘Garfield’s Halloween Special’, ‘Mr. Boogedy’, and ‘The N…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/graphic-novel-review-the-crow-special-edition-by-james-obarr/
5 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A double feature movie review!
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Movie Review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! It is fully Halloween season, and with me turning fifty-years-old this year, I wanted to get a little taste of nostalgia while checking out some of the newer…
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5 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A new review of ‘The Nothing’, a short story collection.
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Book Review: ‘The Nothing’ by Lauren Davis
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! It’s no secret that I’m a fan of short stories, either individually wrapped or as parts of a collection or anthology. They are always there when you don’t ha…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/book-review-the-nothing-by-lauren-davis/
6 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Updates and part 2 of a Jack the Ripper time travel story!
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Update — September 2025
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! It’s hard to believe that we are finally coming into the holiday season this year, starting, of course, with my favorite holiday, Halloween. Before we know …
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
254 live! Come explore music horror with us.
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Fresh from the Casa! A graphic novel of a literary classic.
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury, adapted by Tim Hamilton
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! While most people associate comic books and graphic novels with superheroes, zombies, or zany antics of teenagers and animals, it doesn’t cover the full scop…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/graphic-novel-review-fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury-adapted-by-tim-hamilton/
6 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Remembrance for those lost 24 years ago today.
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September 11
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa. We at the Casa and Shawnda’s Artwork want to take this somber time to remember those lost 24 years ago today. Hug your loved ones extra tight and tell …
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
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First game of the season. Let’s go Steelers!!!
6 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A woman joins a support group to find her sister's killer, and finds more than she bargained for.
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Book Review: ‘Serial Killer Support Group’ by Saratoga Schaefer
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! What would you do if someone close to you was murdered? Would you trust the police to handle things, or would you do everything you could to find the killer…
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7 months ago
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1st draft of Zombie Seeds (working title) is officially done! It is the first novel I’ve completed in a few years.
7 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A new painting from Shawnda's artwork, the monthly behind the menu updates from yours truly, and a short story excerpt.
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Update — August 2025
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! August was a busy month. I submitted some more short stories, ran across a couple I’d forgotten about, sent out some freelance writing letters offering my s…
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7 months ago
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7 months ago
252 live! EVIL PLANTS!
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Fresh from the Casa! Immortal Vikings taking the term 'Hostile Takeover" literally!
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Kill All Immortals’ by Zack Kaplan, Fico Ossio, Thiago Rocha, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! I have been a longtime fan of comic books and graphic novels. I especially like when they take lore and stories told in traditional novel form and/or legend…
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7 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A review of a modern take on a classic Stephen King short story.
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Movie Review: ‘The Monkey’
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the more recent horror movies, and this one came with a high recommendation from my oldest son. It also helps that th…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/movie-review-the-monkey/
7 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A review of a book about women who can see memories and a mystery to be solved.
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Book Review: ‘The Returning’ by Beca Lewis
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! Imagine being able to see a person’s memories. What would you do? Would you use it to help people with trauma or take advantage of it for money and power? W…
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/08/07/book-review-the-returning-by-beca-lewis/
8 months ago
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Here's some fresh Nightmare Fuel for you all!
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Nightmare Fuel Ep. 251: Tomino’s Hell
Hello Addicts, Poetry is among the most powerful of the written arts. A well-written poem can have a significant effect on your emotional state within just a few short lines or words. But what if t…
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8 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Novel update, publication news, and an excerpt from my short story, 'Beneath Murky Waters'
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Update — July 2025
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! Another month has come and gone. I hope you’ve had a good summer so far. Here, it seems like the middle months have been just flying by with school ready to …
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8 months ago
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8 months ago
250 is live! All about
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Fresh from the Casa! For all you Crow fans, here’s a review for you!
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Graphic Novel Review: ‘The Crow: Dead Time’ by J. O’Barr, John Wagner, and Alexander Maleev
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! One of my all-time favorite movies is The Crow, with Brandon Lee. It ended up being a gateway drug into the entire Crow series, not just in movies, but also …
https://dpitsiladis.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/graphic-novel-review-the-crow-dead-time-by-j-obarr-john-wagner-and-alexander-maleev/
8 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A simple horror movie that will make you laugh.
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Movie Review: ‘Bad Ben’
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! To say that the found footage genre of horror movies has exploded since ‘The Blair Witch Project’ arrived in movie theaters would be a gross understatement. …
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If you love ghost ships, here is the Nightmare Fuel for you.
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Nightmare Fuel Ep. 249: The Mary Celeste
Hello Addicts, When someone thinks of ghost ships, movies and cartoons about haunted boats or space ships probably come to mind. While there are ships with horrific pasts and potential ghosts aboar…
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8 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! A murder mystery and slasher horror by the great Agatha Christie.
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Book Review: ‘And Then There Were None’ by Agatha Christie
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! I’m a little behind on my reading, so I thought I’d share another of my all-time favorite books for this month’s book review. It is a murder mystery by the g…
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8 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! Happy Independence Day!
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Happy Independence Day!
Hello everyone and welcome to the Casa! We at the Casa and Shawnda’s Artwork want to wish everyone in the U.S. a Happy Independence Day! Remember, the freedom we enjoy is for EVERYONE, not ju…
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9 months ago
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Fresh from the Casa! An update new art, and part 1 of a time travel story involving Jack the Tipper!
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Update — June 2025
Hello everybody and welcome to the Casa! The month of June is the start of summer here in the northern hemisphere, which also means more yard work time. So far, we’ve only had to deal with bad leve…
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9 months ago
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