<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pat Dunlap Evans (Author)]]></title><description><![CDATA[patdunlapevans]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:06:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.patdunlapevans.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My Blog Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for stopping by my blog, where I post musings, rants, raves, tips, news, and even some recipes. Be sure to sign up to be a site...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/manage-your-blog-from-your-live-site</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c585b333815fb001c1a2e1b</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:33:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_2c7e3f007ed0468e91798eb4d5a73a9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_833,h_833,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[50-50 Is a Good Number]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maestro Tamara Dworetz On Valentine's Day, the Las Vegas Philharmonic hosted an amazing female classical guitarist, Sharon Isbin , and an exhilarating female guest conductor, Tamara Dworetz . Both had full command of their roles, as well as the audience. It was delightful to see women in key positions. This is not an anti-male post .  I greatly admire many male musicians and conductors. Pianist Andre Watts's version of Rachmanioff's Piano Concerto No. 2 made me, my son, and an entire Meyerson...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/50-50-is-a-good-number</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69920c8ecf429c4fcb496b35</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_54724d929a7b465aa3a705e28a89081a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_969,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to the 1980s with Hill Street Blues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bill and I are so disturbed by the world of today, we're escaping to the early 1980s with Hill Street Blues , an ensemble cop TV series that ran on NBC from 1981 to 1987. It now streams (for a price) on Amazon Prime, Apple, and Fandango. If you're not old enough to recall this series, it won a slew of awards back in its day. The writer/producer was Steven Bochco of later L.A. Law  fame. Hill Street Blues  was so acclaimed, even the show’s theme music became a hit. This was before commercial...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/back-to-the-1980s-with-hill-street-blues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697fcf4e52cfe1bbd416bc0e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_3a6d21f9eae14bb69e186182faf3da91~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sisu! I'm Finnish, not Swedish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ancestry keeps changing my ancestral origins. All along, I've been mostly Scottish, English, and Irish, but there were wee dabs of French and Swedish mixed in. I found those two dabs exciting. But now, they've moved my Swedish dabs. Turns out they're actually Danish and Finnish. And my French part dropped a percentage point. I can't keep up with myself. Sisu!]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/sisu-i-m-finnish-not-swedish</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69128302d588c50c0e61b561</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:29:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_3fcc9f862fc0480db91d827b7ca8534f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erma Bombeck Would Be Proud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Erma Bombeck, author and humor columnist I’m old. That means I recall days when reading the morning newspaper was a ritual. That was how people were informed in the 1950s and 1960s, not misinformed, as too many are today by agenda-skewed social media or cable news. As a teen, my favorite newspaper sections were the cartoons and humor columns. That's a clue why I never became an investigative journalist. I did take a swing at writing a humor column for a small newspaper, but making enough...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/erma-bombeck-would-be-proud</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fab017be1c9042a11690ea</guid><category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_779468d97d46438ab357065888df9ac4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocky Mountaineer — It’s the Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just outside my grandmother’s lake cottage in western Michigan, there was a railroad track. As little kids visiting from Texas, my sister and I used to love hearing the locomotive coming twice a day. The roar of its engines, the haunting call of its horn, and the clickety-clack of the rail cars were magic to a child. And I fell in love with trains. After Bill and I married almost 20 years ago, we discovered a mutual desire to travel by train and eventually booked a 24-hour journey between...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/rocky-mountaineer-it-s-the-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b74cfb9a8ff6f522109cc3</guid><category><![CDATA[Rants or Raves]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_fa43daa4ad3e441e8c68b9b98c53cbda~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive Praise in PW's Book Life Contest]]></title><description><![CDATA[August 26, 2025 — Ice and Fire : A Suspenseful Thriller Set in Hawai’i  received positive praise in the Publishers Weekly  "Book Life...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/positive-praise-in-pw-s-book-life-contest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68af5f90b557bd8340407cc5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:45:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_6e710a2735ee4c7b97ba75f6ea558510~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Prefer Audiobooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just to let everyone know — and I'm very proud of myself — all four novels are now available on Audible . Each story, and sometimes each...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/if-you-prefer-audiobooks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687ebddb3d56cfe14de92c8b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:19:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_2ede6831802a4e4ba43c966411ccea8e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Few Grains of Sand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, Las Vegas had a dust storm on July 1-2, 2025. No, it did not affect us. We live in Sun City Summerlin , about 20 minutes northwest...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/a-few-grains-of-sand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6866d98ed7f2edd2bba9bb92</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:14:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_43a0c8bcae824de3bc97f74f565eaa2d~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_590,h_585,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can't Get No Satisfaction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A review of "Sharp Objects" on MAX After suffering through seven sultry, alcoholic, drug-induced episodes of " Sharp Objects" on Max , we...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/can-t-get-no-satisfaction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684366ee3b8c630e155c22e5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:26:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_1b73df3b7c5d46da9524a88821208c1e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_980,h_653,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Letter to IRS Will Never Be Read]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today's endless stream of horrifying news about the second Trump administration, the New York Times reports that 22,000 IRS employees ...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/my-letter-to-irs-will-never-be-read</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ffe7005da170a6b4df0ffe</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:45:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sequel to Out and In is Live!]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've read Out and In: A Mystery-Thriller , you know the ending leaves you begging for a sequel, but I dragged my feet completing it....]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/the-sequel-to-out-and-in-is-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67fd44e9c9ecd4484144bd41</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:45:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_6e710a2735ee4c7b97ba75f6ea558510~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrating the Vegas Winter Solstice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter in Las Vegas brings snow to the surrounding mountains, but milder temps in the valley. I really like living in Las Vegas, except...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/celebrating-the-vegas-winter-solstice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6765d5df03b565151145651b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:22:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_034a84f1d7a94ffdbb4c7cf35716153f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was it "Thank You" or "Get the Heck Away?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first wrote this blog post, I thought I only had a female nesting, but now I see that it's a male and female pair of Anna's...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/was-it-thank-you-or-get-the-heck-away</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672ea5cd4160a1b32d7cfbde</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:09:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_dcd256f802394354b711c250360ca1bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canceled: The Las Vegas Review-Journal]]></title><description><![CDATA[I could not believe that a daily newspaper in a city the size of Las Vegas (3 million) would endorse Donald Trump for president. But the...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/cancelling-the-las-vegas-review-journal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671015c2f6f6c3c0d544f5d3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:01:18 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dedicated to a Song I Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the Hubster and I sat down to breakfast at the Black Bear Diner this morning, the stereo speakers began streaming the song, “Dedicated...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/dedicated-to-a-song-i-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66da39114619eabdfeca893b</guid><category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:04:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_2287ace29ec448cfaf99d2e79e97fe44~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing Directions]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm doing a total rewrite on my mystery ICE AND FIRE, the sequel to OUT AND IN. The rewrite was due to a law enforcement change in...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/changing-directions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6695afc59cb145386a687dff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_ae94e1b5eded472fb01ac2d01c1c5de1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Right Attacks Taylor Swift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newsweek magazine recently published an op-ed written by some sort of psycho-social PhD, titled "Taylor Swift is Not a Good Role Model."...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/the-right-attacks-taylor-swift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668aede33ddf7ae938fd2205</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:33:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_2615ccfddce44e6988a66a9f3f07e964~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lies Don't Seem to Matter to Today's "Performance-Based" Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Below, I'm posting (with the author's permission) an article written by Heather Cox Richardson in response to media attacks on President...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/lies-don-t-seem-to-matter-to-today-s-performance-based-media</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6685aab55f3a556a1a486c8a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 20:09:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_f7cbf695ee1a464490b2cef3af53dc8b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_440,h_375,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICE AND FIRE ON HOLD AGAIN!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This next week, I'd planned to send a PDF of ICE AND FIRE to beta readers and interested pals. ICE AND FIRE is a sequel to my...]]></description><link>https://www.patdunlapevans.com/post/ice-and-fire-on-hold-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666f5ec460fe36dab8bc695a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:56:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eeda7c_836dd8ec749a49c9a432cdc02dac5d9f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_277,h_297,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pat Dunlap Evans</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>