LaradasReadingLoft

Tijeras, New Mexico

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Last updated on Nov 23, 2024

Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life's Journey Through Poetry just came out! This is book #1 in a four-book poetry series. This book chronicles my poetry from 1986-1998—where grief meets grace: one woman's poetic journey from darkness to light!

Brimming with heartfelt anecdotes, nostalgic escapades, and timeless humor, Hair on Fire is a Christmas memoir like no other. It will warm your heart, make you laugh uproariously, and transport you back to the most magical time of the year. So grab a hot cocoa and snuggle under a cozy blanket while I beguile with my tales!

Climb up that spiral staircase to my shop, Larada's Reading Loft. Kick off your shoes and relax with one of my books.

Do you like memoirs? I have three. One is about my childhood in a rural southeastern Colorado town. The other is a grief memory about the loss of my parents. My recent release entertains you with poignant and humorous Christmas memories, celebrating Jesus's birth.

HOW ABOUT WRITING YOUR OWN MEMOIR? I have a Memoir Workshop booklet that you can walk yourself through writing your personal stories or your families.

Do you like historical fiction? I have one that was a story I heard all my life and fictionalized. It is an immigration story pertinent to today's world of focus.

How about nonfiction? Read the story of how my grandfather put our family ranch together during the depression when others were losing theirs.

How about an interesting biography? Read about the most famous square dance caller in the world who began in a chicken coop. He also experienced World War II as a seventeen-year-old!

Do you like unusual cookbooks? Look at my series of three cookbooks--I scanned in my mom's recipe cards, so you see her handwriting and stains from much use.

Here's my family legacy through memoirs, stories, poetry and cookbooks--come and visit!

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Larada Horner-Miller

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Etsy buyer on Mar 7, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

This book more than met my expectations. Excellent product, fast free shipping when buying over a certain dollar amount. Interactions with seller prior to purchase helped clarify any questions I had.

HARDBACK - Just Another Square Dance Caller: Authorized Biography of Marshall Flippo | square dance, Texas, Navy, Japan, Kirkwood

HARDBACK - Just Another Square Dance Caller: Authorized Biography of Marshall Flippo | square dance, Texas, Navy, Japan, Kirkwood
Etsy buyer on Mar 7, 2024

4 out of 5 stars

Wish this book was even longer! Excellent product, fast free shipping when buying over a certain dollar amount. Interactions with seller prior to purchase helped clarify any questions I had.

Nonfiction | Let Me Tell You A Story | Paperback, Non-fiction, Homesteading, Southeastern Colorado, Family, Ranching

Nonfiction | Let Me Tell You A Story | Paperback, Non-fiction, Homesteading, Southeastern Colorado, Family, Ranching
Susan on Jun 7, 2023

5 out of 5 stars

This book is fantastic! Larada Horner-Miller and Marshall Flippo obviously spent many hours doing interviews, plus she also interviewed his family members, friends, and other square dance callers and dancers! Even at age 91, Marshall Flippo had a fantastic memory. The book includes info on his military service during WW2, and his lifetime as a square dance caller traveling around the U.S. as well as in foreign countries. It took me only a few days to read all 576 pages. I highly recommend this book to everyone who ever even tried square dancing! It greatly exceeded my very high expectations! -- Susan Miller, Member of Fox Valley Mixers Square Dance Club, St. Charles, IL, and a square dancer beginning in 1962 at age 12

PAPERBACK | Just Another Square Dancer: Authorized Biography of Marshall Flippo | Biography, Navy, World War II, Square Dance, Texas

PAPERBACK | Just Another Square Dancer: Authorized Biography of Marshall Flippo | Biography, Navy, World War II, Square Dance, Texas

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Relax in Larada’s Reading Loft & kick back with a book

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Relax in Larada’s Reading Loft & kick back with a book

Sharing my family legacy through memoirs, historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction and cookbooks from the Southwest

I retired from teaching in 2013, after my mom died. I knew that I wanted to publish a collection of poetry and essays I had written thirty plus years ago, so that became my focus. I dedicated myself to self-publishing that book and in 2014 my dream came true.

At 61, that changed my life! I had another book I had written about the same time and had buried it in a drawer for thirty years. In 2015 I self-published that.

In 2014 I created Volume 1 of the cookbook series for Christmas presents for my family, scanning in my mom's recipe cards. My family loved that gift and suggested I sell it also. I followed with Volume 2 in 2015 and Volume 3 in 2016.

My latest project is a grief memoir detailing my journey after the loss of my dad in 1996 and my mom in 2013.

I love my writing career--it feeds my heart and soul! I hope you find refreshment in my thoughts and words.