Beth L Barnett

I am a native mid-westerner but graduated of Mills College in Oakland CA, Am an x-ray technologist and have sold major x-ray equipment internationally. Now write novels and blog for fun. Member of Kansas City Writers Group and KC Ebooks. Love all kinds of movies, dining out, cooking in, reading, certain causes (environmental, animals and women), politics, bridge, friends, and family.

When is a Person a Person

Women have made huge progress in the last twenty years. We are CEO’s of Fortune Five Hundred Companies, we swim from Cuba to Florida (almost), we are Senators, Representatives, and Secretaries of State. We win Olympic gold medals and we… Continue reading

The Drought

The drought, especially here in the Midwest, is a daily topic of conversation, and now, concern. It has been unbearably hot, sometimes ranging into the triple figures. Looie the Schnauzer and I walk early in the morning or not at… Continue reading

JAZZ TOWN

 

It’s here, my breakout novel-Jazz Town-ready for you to order on your Kindle, and next week (Friday at the latest) on Amazon.com. Jazz Town tells the amazing, incredible, heartbreaking, true to life story of music, sex, and… Continue reading

Olympic Watch

 

We still have another week of Olympics to watch, but for me, the best has been the synchronized platform diving.

I used to do that.

Seeing it now, I wonder what possessed me to stand on a deck 32.8… Continue reading