May 2026 Special Announcement

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May 2026 Special Announcement

Changes are coming with my new book in progress.

Welcome to this revised blog page,
which has replaced my usual Monthly MUSINGS posts.

This change is because I need uninterrupted time to finish the book I’ve been dreaming about writing and publishing since 2005, the year I lost Harry. Beginning now, except for posts on this page, I'm taking a three-month hiatus from writing new content for my website.

Let me tell you a bit about my forthcoming book.

Call of the Heart

~ A Rescue Dog's Dream ~

GINGER was the remarkable dog Barbara and her husband, Harry, rescued in the woods of Missouri in the seventies after she’d been abandoned by her owner. This book is a sequel to Barbara’s first memoir, The Drummer Drives, Everybody Else Rides, and it is both a memoir and her first work of fiction based on a true story. Covering 13 years in the lives of the Brabecs, it tells the dog’s true and dramatic life story in first person in alternating chapters from two points of view: Barbara's and Ginger's, and her chapter, “Trying to Survive,” opens the book.

This story revolves around Ginger’s life story and how we trained her to communicate with us. But the book has other storylines as well. The 13-year time period covered in this book happens to include the years Harry and I traveled abroad, how he lost the ability to support us as a musician, and began to explore other income avenues. It also tells the story of how I became a professional writer and author and eventually the family breadwinner. It’s about a marriage turned upside down before a new balance was found, and it's also about how Ginger was often the glue that held Harry and me together when times were rough.

One unusual fact documented in this book is that in 1976, to wind down five years of the magazine Harry and I published in the early seventies, I closed out with three issues of an award-winning series titled Craftspirit 76—A Special Salute to the American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration. How coincidental, I thought, that my new book will be published 50 years later during America's 250th birthday celebration.

Thanks for staying with me as I complete the book that means so much to me. I’ll be back in June with an update, along with a behind-the-scenes look at the two book strategists who are helping me bring new visibility to my earlier memoirs and introducing this new book to a wider audience of readers.

P.S. Visit the HOME page for Timely Quotes and a link
to 15 categories of life-related topics discussed on this website.

Archived Brabec Bulletins
Publication of the Brabec Bulletin ceased in
June 2025, after 25 years of publication.
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Brabec Bulletin Tidbits on Life are archived here.

Musings and new Blog Posts About Life
published in 2026
Earlier Musings About Life posts and
other faith-building articles are archived here.

April 2026: What It Means to Be “Born Again.” In walking with Christ for more than three decades, I’ve learned that some Christians don’t understand what it means to be born again. If you’ve wondered about this, you’re not alone.

March 2026: Thoughts on the Reality of Loss and Death. There’s something about turning 40 that wakes us up and makes us look at life through different eyes. Few people want to think about the eventual end of their lives, but sooner or later, we all must accept that we won’t live forever.

February 2026: My Encounter with the Living God. God has a plan for your life that will astonish you once you give Him the reins and trust Him to work all things together for your good.

January 2026: My $2,000 Guardian Angel Miracle. Every day, God sends His angels to guard His people on earth. I’ve journaled many instances when I believed I had angelic help. Here’s the story of one of them.

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