What is Opening Day like for you? Before the pandemic, did you get out your favorite team’s jersey, wash it, and get it ready to wear to the first game? Did you look for your stadium chair stuffed under the pile of rags in the […]
I have a paperweight on my desk that reads “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” I don’t know who said that, but I do know who said this. Theodore Roosevelt. “…who, at the worst, if he fails, at […]
I’ve had to let go of some things lately. Not the things I’ve given up during the pandemic; those I know I’ll get back…someday. But there are three things I had to let go, and I’ll never get them back. The first is when my […]
My cat, Hobbes, is too smart for his own good! He proved it once again last week by outwitting two people with Master’s degrees. In the cupboard under the sink in my office, I keep art supplies that I used to do projects with my […]
The holidays get me thinking about family. I wish I could spend even a few minutes with my long-gone relatives, but I’ll have to do with this photo and stories I’ve heard over the years. This is the last photograph ever taken of my great-grandmother, […]
The holidays always get me thinking about family. Here are some of my memories, and I hope you will share some of yours. I love having everyone to my house to celebrate the holidays, and I think I got in that habit because of the […]
Everyone who creates, whether it be writing or other art forms such as painting, dancing, singing, etc. has stood at that huge wall of “What do you think?” And waited for strangers, who had no part in your creation, to give an opinion. And this […]
Regardless of what genre or style you write in, I’m certain your readers see a theme or pattern emerge. It’s how they identify what you write. In everything I write, one theme sneaks its way in. It’s something expected, or maybe it’s unexpected, depending on […]
I am learning to play American Mah Jongg. It’s a game with tiles that can be loosely compared to the card game Gin Rummy. Real Mah Jongg is not at all like the matching-of-tiles computer game! The game can be complicated. My advice is to […]
My historical romance novel, STEADFAST WILL I BE, launched today on Amazon, BarnesandNoble, Kobo, Google, and ibooks. It has been a long time in the works, and I am so excited to see what comes next! Order your own copy, ebook or paperback, and I […]