This was done with a woodburner and acrylic paints. Gave it to my mom for Christmas.

This is the angel I mentioned...

I'm glad you can't see my kitchen right now. It looks as though a bomb went off. :)Yesterday, my mom and I went out for lunch at one of our favorite places in Spokane, the Onion. We also love Tomato Street, but, hey, we had to make a choice. So it was the...

The winter fog has rolled in, filling the draw behind my house and the valley beyond that. It's beautiful. There may be snow on Christmas Eve--but not for me, unless it snows in Santa Monica. 🙂 I leave for a long-anticipated visit with my daughter and Someday...

Would you believe--I set up a SEWING MACHINE? It's true. I can prove it, if necessary. It took me a lot of instruction-book study just to figure out how to wind the bobbin (I haven't used a sewing machine, for the most part, since Home Ec class, back in 1966!) Mary...

We got a couple of inches of snow during the night--it is lovely. Yes, I am actually enjoying it. I can even say I appreciate it. (I appreciate, for instance, that it is not a blizzard. Last year, we had five FEET of snow in the month of December alone.) Alas, the...

Check out the trio of Prince Charmings, western style. (I actually intended to put this at the bottom of the blog, but there you go. It's a miracle I managed to post it at all.) Would you believe in 60 years of life, the above play on my name (Lindarella) has never...

But only temporarily!I have some kind of bug, but I'll blog over the weekend, I promise. I still have a lot to tell you about Linda's Las Vegas Adventure.

Home from Las Vegas late last night--I swear, I slept like a dead woman.Over the next few days, I'll tell you all about my wonderful experience down in Glitter Gulch--there is a LOT to say! Before I go any further, though, I have folks to thank. The wonderworkers at...

I think I'm actually finished with the new book. :)"Tate" and "Garrett", the first two stories in the Texas McKettricks trilogy, are strong books, and I'm so proud of them. I won't pretend writing them was easy--for some reason, they were harder than most of their...

I really, really think I'm going to finish "Garrett" today! I did some polishing yesterday, making changes my editor asked for, etc. I'm so excited!After "Garrett", I'll be taking a short (but glamorous) break to head down to Las Vegas, for some National Finals Rodeo...

It's lovely out today--frost shimmering on everything, but the sun is shining. The pines in the draw stand tall and green and sparkly. Today, I'm celebrating what is instead of resisting what isn't. :)I've been writing--I'm putting the finishing touches on "Garrett",...