Above: Mowgli.  He's a year old and a real pistol! Below: Toulee (pronounced Too-lee), five years old and as sweet a dog as I've ever met.  They arrived last night, in the care of my good friend Gail Mackie of Spokanimal, and received a...

First, our winners: Denise Smith and Alice Harnisch.  Jenni will be in contact soon, asking for your snail mail info, and then you'll each receive an autographed book.  The new contest begins today: just comment, and you're in.  Jenni will draw two winners at random...

This time, it's "Tonight and Always", one of my vampire stories.  You have until midnight tonight to download the e-book at no charge.  🙂 Just click on the link below.   I'll be signing at the valley Barnes and Noble store this Sunday from 11am to 2pm, along...

Some of you will remember that I was dreading stepping on the scale at Weight Watchers, after a cruise and my daughter's birthday party, which included pizza, cake and ice cream. 🙂 Guess what happened! I actually LOST two tenths of a pound. 🙂 And that, my friends,...

As of today, the contest to win an autographed book is back up and running.  All you need to do to enter is comment, and you're in.  Two winners will be drawn at random, notified, and announced on this blog a week from today. I spent a very quiet weekend, reading,...

Below you'll find a link for a free download of my vampire book, "Time Without End".  It's available only on the Kindle site, and the offer ends at midnight tonight.  While the vampire books were quite a departure for me, they created quite a stir when they were...

  Here's Wendy with one of the dolphins I wrote about yesterday--I'll be posting other pictures as we go along.  As I write this, Button, my 20 year cat, is on my lap, doing his best to keep me from using the keyboard.  🙂  He's a lovey old guy for sure, and he...

Well, you know what they say about good intentions! I planned to blog on my recent Mystery Trip; even brought my laptop along for the purpose. Now, technology has never been my strong suit, but hey. I'm the eternal optimist. 🙂 On this particular sojourn, however,...

IMG_1294.MOV Above, please find a link that should take you to an adorable video taken by my daughter, Wendy, during our recent visit to Las Vegas.  (I say "should" because I am notorious for goofing things like this up!) This week's winners are Sandy Horseman and Lee...

  Hello, all you Wonder Women out there!  (And Wonder Men.)  I'm posting this TED talk by Amy Cuddy because I found it fascinating, and I hope you will, too. This week's winners are: Linda Richards and Marjorie Martin.  Wonder Women, for sure.  🙂 The new contest...

No, it isn't the winter solstice, when the days presumably start getting longer.  🙂   For me, the first sign of spring is the flurry of seed catalogs that start showing up in my mailbox, it seems to me, around December 26.  I haven't even achieved novice status as a...

As much as I love and enjoy the holidays, I'm always glad to get back to my regular life.  🙂  I really missed all of you; I get lonely when I don't blog.  I'd think of about 10,000 things I wanted to tell you, but the timing always seemed wrong.  Real life is forever...