Jacqui Just Chatters

Jacqui tells some feel-good tales of generosity, connection, and fun. All of which take place in her beloved state of Michigan. Hear about how the band KISS inspired a football team to victory, a bestselling author helps save a local library, and a senior gets a gift from the past leaving him with fond memories. So much to love in this bonus episode.

Do you have a wonderful heartwarming story from your town? Please share over at Jacqui Lents Author FB page, just follow the link – Jacqui Lents - Author | Facebook

#clamlakebeercompany #KISS #CadillacMichiganFootball #NoraRoberts #SaveLibrary #MackinacBridge

Alas the podcast could not play any KISS music, ownership rights and all that. But I do encourage you to go to YouTube and check out some of their best hits like “Rock and Roll All Nite”.

Links to the stories you heard -
KISS Cadillac Monument & Walking TourThe History - KISS Cadillac Monument & Walking Tour
Residents raise almost $100,000 for Michigan library defunded over LGBTQ books (nbcnews.com)
Romance Novelist Donates $50,000 to Embattled Michigan Library - I Love Libraries

'It brings back great memories': 93-year-old man who worked on Mackinac Bridge gifted with original grating - NewsBreak

Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo. Gracias to Six Brown Brothers for their song - That Moaning Saxophone Rag found on Pixabay, that made up my opening music. Also, merci to Nesrality for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music.

Explicit Warning! There is some adult language used in this episode. Not suitable for young children.

Our hostess Jacqui Lents chats with Jess Critchlow, who helps people and business develop skills to help navigate this every changing world. She has just launched her own podcast Chasing Breadcrumbs. Jess shares how she was inspired to do that and her entertaining stories of moving to London, going on a Buddhist retreat, and giving birth in her bathroom. Jacqui and Jess also talk about life swapping theories and stories.

Check out Jess’s own podcast – Chasing Breadcrumbs Chasing Breadcrumbs • A podcast on Anchor

Or find her at Jessica Critchlow (jesscritchlow.com)

Do you have thoughts or comments about the episode? Please share over on my Jacqui Lents Author Facebook page. Just follow this link - Jacqui Lents - Author | Facebook

#JessCritchlow #Birthstories #LivingAbroad #Lifeismessy #lifecoach #buddhistretreat

Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo. Gracias to Six Brown Brothers for their song - That Moaning Saxophone Rag found on Pixabay, that made up my opening music. Also, merci to Nesrality for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music.

An attempted bank robbery, an informant and his FBI contact trying to catch the bad guys. Do I have your attention yet? This story belongs in a movie or a book. Well, it is in a book, The Con and The FBI Agent by Dave Nadolski. I got to chat with Dave, a retired FBI agent who partook in a major take down of one seriously nasty criminal, all with the help of his informant.

Dave shares some behind the scenes look at life as an FBI agent. Then how his relationship with informant Tony Romano developed, beginning with a theft at the John Quincy Adams library. It is an exciting and compelling tale.

You can purchase Dave’s book using this link: https://www.amazon.com/FBI-Agent-Unlikely-Alliance/dp/1538159597/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3GEXYFZERF0YH&keywords=The+con+and+the+fbi+agent&qid=1695840678&sprefix=the+con+and+the+fbi+agent%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1

Contact or find out more about Jacqui at www.JacquiLents.com

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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music. Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.

Music used for this episode includes -

Soft chill downtempo- Coma-Media

the best jazz club in new orleans – PaoloArgento

awaken-Onoychenkomusic

Risk – StudioKolomna

In this Halloween special of Jacqui Just Chatters, host Jacqui Lents shares three spine-chilling tales perfect for the spooky season. The episode starts with the eerie story of Savannah, a college teacher who encounters supernatural events and a ghostly cat named Sadie in her new apartment. Next, Canadian author Judith Johansson narrates a poetic tale of two spirits reuniting in the afterlife. Lastly, chef and author Cory Laniewski tells a suspenseful story of two boys navigating the dangers of an abandoned house, leading to a thrilling climax. Listeners are encouraged to share the podcast and leave positive reviews.
Links:

Samantha Garvey

https://faithhopeandfiction.com/content/the-old-man-the-dog-and-the-cornbread/

Cory Laniewski

facebook author page- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095324629457&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Instagram page-

https://www.instagram.com/corylaniewski_author?igsh=a3pkZHI2aWNiYnV4

book links for "Before the Shadows"-

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/before-the-shadows-cory-laniewski/1146164655?ean=9798991216401

https://www.amazon.com/Before-Shadows-Cory-Laniewski/dp/B0DDDK3YT7

Do you have a story idea or thoughts about the episode? Connect with Jacqui at the following.

www.JacquiLents.com

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IG: @JacquiLents

YouTube: @JacquiLents

Music used for this episode includes –

Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound

Always – Nesrality

mysterious-cinematic-background MusicLFiles

enigmatic-piano-with-a-mystical-atmosphere Universfield

battlefield-elegy Neura-Flow

celtic-tranquillity Boadrius

midnight-in-the-pine-forest Geoff Harvey

dark-ambient TheoJT

reincarnation Rovador

dark-and-scary-wind JuliusH

Jacqui has collected stories from five different women all on the topic of moving. Tales include messages about loss, other's hope for the future. You might laugh, cry, or both. Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoyed it, please leave a review (5 stars is always welcome), or leave a comment at Jacqui’s FB page: Facebook

Caroline Crocker “The Worst and the Best”
Caroline is trained as a scientist: microbiology and immunology. Then she worked in medical research, college teaching, leading a nonprofit, and being a CEO, before finally doing what she loves most. Enjoying her eight grandchildren, gardening, and writing books.
Brave Face: The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child, https://iammeta.org
Unforgivable: Through a Child’s Eyes, will be published Nov 1, 2024, https://unforgivable.website
Caroline’s blog is at https://ramblingruminations.com

Pagyn Harding “Moving to Minnesota”
Still living in Minnesota, Ms. Harding is a published poet who has recently co-authored two poetry books that are available on Amazon:
Thirty Poems with Kelly Tompkins and Pagyn Harding, 2021
Poems Birthed from Page 29 by Pagyn Alexander and Janet DeMars, 2022

Theresa Maue “Making (It) Home”
Terri Maue is a retired English professor. She requests you not hold that against her! She’s been in love with the mystery genre since she was a child, reading Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes. After she retired, she decided to pursue a life-long dream to write a mystery novel. The result is Knife Edge: A Zee & Rico Mystery, published in August 2023 by Camel Press. You can visit her website at www.terrimaue.com and write to her at [email protected]. FB at Terri Maue Author

Marita Markeson “Starting out Great Adventure”
Marita Markeson is a neonatal nurse. She writes as part of the Hawley library writers club in Minnesota. When she’s not saving babies or writing a story, she spends time with her husband, Randall, and son. She also paints, and currently has an exhibit displayed at 20 Below in Fargo.

Carole Duff “This is Home”
Carole Duff is a veteran teacher, flutist, naturalist, and writer of creative nonfiction. She posts weekly to her long-standing blog Notes from Vanaprastha . Wisdom Builds Her House releases in early 2024. Carole lives in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, writer K.A. Kenny. You can contact Carole through her website and blog: caroleduff.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/carole.duff.94
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/carole.duff2010/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/CaroleDuff

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Music used for this episode includes Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s - Ratatouille's Kitchen/ Nesrality - Always/ Musictown - cinematic-piano-pretty-emotions / dreamy / TrackTribe - Last Train North / Romarecord1973 - warm-sunset / Nico Staf - Sunny Travel. Thanks to Emily Clarke for my logo.