Baking in the Fall Flavors: with a bonus pumpkin bread recipe
Confession time: I’m not a baker. I don’t do cookies, cakes or pies as a general rule–not because I don’t know how–but because we don’t eat them. In fact, my mom is an amazing cook who taught me well,...
View ArticleI’m Not A Total Idiot: I Promise
I’m not a total idiot. At least not all the time. Case in Point 1: I am a fairly decent mom and dogmom. After all, I have graduated two children and haven’t eaten my last two yet. (That was a joke, by...
View ArticleIn A Handful Of Dust Book Giveaway and our technoligical plight
In the wake of Apple’s new watch unveiling, I got sucked into a world wide web of articles on technology. Eventually, my browsing led me to a story about autonomous driving and how easy it would be to...
View ArticleWhen Life Gives You Lemons, It’s Okay To Cry
Moving Dear Daughter into college last week was difficult at best. Watching parents hug their kids goodbye and climb into their vehicles with tears in their eyes was too common to count. It was the...
View ArticleSurvival of the Fittest: what’s your writing adaptability
This morning Dear Hubby packed for yet another work trip. After several years of packing and unpacking and forgetting and remembering certain items, you’d think he’d have it down pat. But alas, he says...
View ArticleViral Ice Buckets
So, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since this whole #IceBucketChallenge got started and it makes me proud. Proud that so many people in such a seemingly calloused world stand up and make a...
View ArticleDoes Writing From Home Affect Your Worth?
The other day, a fellow writer lamented that she’d been brushed aside at a social gathering simply because she was an author, not an employee. Not surprisingly, this sentiment is echoed by many Write...
View ArticleDear Readers and Writers, Got Stories? Want Free Books?
Announcing three Literary Events and what they mean to you. October 31: Call for Submissions. Short story submissions for the Winter’s Regret anthology must be received by this date. For all you...
View ArticleMixed Massages: when what we say isn’t always heard
The view on the way down from Hanging Lake Last week while visiting beautiful Colorado, I partook in a mixed-message massage that went something like this: Masseuse: What are you looking for today? Me:...
View ArticleDiversity, Prejudice and Acceptance: how do you roll?
In my youngest and most formative years, I grew up a minority. I also lived in a string of apartments, a trailer house and a tiny home that was broken into despite the three German Shepherds guarding...
View ArticleLife Is Pain, Highness!
There’s no better way to start the day than a quote from The Princess Bride. And no better way to live your life. Typing after nearly decapitating my finger hasn’t been easy. A week later and still,...
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