BOOK – Odessa Chronicles

This Category is the home for various excerpts from “The Odessa Chronicles” which, it is hoped, will help you decide whether this book should be in your library!

Tail Wags!

When I decided to document my first 18 months of living with Ray (resulting in “Who Said I was up for Adoption?”), it soon became obvious how Ray’s perspective on things would be very different from my own.

Ray was a very challenging dog**, and was an instant education for me in all things canine. Trying to understand almost 80lbs of rescued German Shepherd/Rottweiler with an attitude, produced sufficient material that each chapter in “Who Said I was up for Adoption?” was split into two parts … my perspective on the events, followed by how I envisaged Ray would see them. Continue reading →

Joshua meets Dewey!

Another excerpt from “The Odessa Chronicles”, which is now available world-wide from all the usual on-line book retailers, as well as direct from Friesen Press. (see book cover link over in right column).

Joshua purchased Moonbeam Farm for his retirement, so that he could live his life in peaceful rural surroundings, but he did not know that we was not alone at Moonbeam Farm until … Continue reading →

“The Balloon Adventure”

“The Balloon Adventure” is another story in “The Odessa Chronicles”, and relates what happens when Jaxon, Dewey and the man-servant take a ride in a hot-air balloon. Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, the three of them end up flying in the balloon, while the balloon owner/operator is still on the ground. Continue reading →

The Jackalope (Part1)

“The Odessa Chronicles” is a book of stories which generally cover the various adventures of four “interesting” characters, one of which is Jaxon … a Jackalope!

A Jackalope is generally defined in dictionaries as “A mythical animal depicted as a hare or rabbit with horns, said to exist in parts of North America.”  How did we create him? Below is part 1 of the story in the book “The Creation of Jaxon!
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An Odessa excerpt!

Below is a small part of a story from “The Odessa Chronicles” which is now available in eBook, paperback and hardcover formats … from the Friesen Press Bookstore, Amazon, and all the usual on-line book retailers. (Click book over in right side column for more information). Continue reading →

“The Odessa Chronicles”

The book “The Odessa Chronicles” is now available direct from the Friesen Press Bookstore and from Amazon. It will also be available from all the other usual on-line book retailers worldwide however, it may take a week or two before they all show it on their files. Continue reading →

New Followers!

It has been a while since I welcomed new Followers … so welcome! I have no idea how you found me, but find me you did. I have no idea why you found me, but you must have had a reason. Continue reading →

The Moonbeam Farm Gang!

“The Odessa Chronicles”, a book of stories for children of all ages, will be released very shortly and is based around some interesting characters who live together at Moonbeam Farm. Continue reading →

The Odessa Chronicles!

Carolyn Shelton (https://joyroses13.wordpress.com/) and I have collaborated on a book of “stories for children of all ages”. As it is expected to be published shortly, I was going to introduce it here in June however, the characters in the book somehow found out about it! Continue reading →