Here’s a question for all those who write. Can you redecorate and remodel the first floor of your house while writing exciting scenes for your upcoming novel? In other words, can you write under stress? I’m alternating taking breaks from both writing and redecorating to […]
WHO WOULD THINK OF THAT?
Where do I get my ideas? My first love is to write historical novels, especially becaude so many events from the past are astoundingly hard to believe, but are authentic. “Strange, but true” is my motto for finding that nugget to inspire a story. It’s […]
Hug Your Cat
Did you know that June 4 is “Hug Your Cat Day?” I have two cats, both ten years old, Calvin and Hobbes. They are not litter mates, but they are best friends. Calvin, a mostly white Calico female, takes care of everyone while Hobbes, an […]
HURRAY FOR OPENING DAY!
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 […]
DARING GREATLY
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 […]
LETTING GO
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 […]
OUTWITTED BY A CAT
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 […]
Family Stories
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, […]
FAMILY MEMORIES
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 […]
WHY Do You Write? TAKING IT ON THE CHIN
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 […]