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.

Weeds and Wildlife

Published June 3, 2011 | By Beth L Barnett

If you live in Kansas, there are about four days in the spring and four days in the fall when you can comfortably get outside and garden. (Comfortably is the operative word.) Like the rest of the country, we’ve… Continue reading →

Pinky Says: THE SPOILS OF WAR–THE AMBER ROOM

Published May 27, 2011 | By Beth L Barnett

One of the real thrills of travel to Russia is to go to the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo to see the Amber Room. Amber is the anciently dried resin from prehistoric trees and is most easily obtained… Continue reading →

STERN

Published May 20, 2011 | By Beth L Barnett

Excerpt from a Novel I’m Working on

The time: Early 1900’s: The place: Kansas City Mo. Stern is the main character (POV)

My first memories hark back to the days when I tagged along after John Charles as he… Continue reading →

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Hummingbirds

Published May 13, 2011 | By Beth L Barnett

From where we stood, the town lay in a picturesque valley protected by a range of distant snow-capped mountains. Off to the west, a bank of dark clouds rolled our way headed straight for Trinidad. Dudley, my miniature dachshund, and… Continue reading →

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Medical Errors

Published May 6, 2011 | By Beth L Barnett

I was there the day the neurologist accidentally killed his patient. It was during my hospital training as an x-ray technologist. The patient had been admitted complaining of migraine headaches. As part of her workup, the doctor… Continue reading →

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