Rainy Days and Mondays
Do not necessarily get me down. 🙂 This one is mellow, cozy, a stay-inside with the story people kind of day. Despite an early morning bout of flu or something, I'm fine--just a little flimsy, is all. My daughter Wendy is on her way for a long-anticipated visit....
Friday–AGAIN?
How time flies when you're having fun. :)I've been in recovery mode since arriving home on Wednesday afternoon--I love to travel, but it usually depletes my energy big-time. Always, always I swear I will write as soon as my plane touches down and I've greeted the...
There’s No Place Like…
HOME. But New York is pretty good, too.Arrived in Spokane yesterday afternoon to find glorious weather, all the pets thriving, and my plants flourishing. Just the way I like it!I think the thing I love most about travel is the sense of discovery--always coming across...
Hitting the Trail for Home
I have had a fine time in the Big Apple, and so has Sally, but in a couple of hours I will be heading for the airport to go back to Spokane, and I'm definitely ready. I'm missing my critters, my own bed, and my own bathtub. I'm hankering to get back to "Tate", since...
Another Busy Day
First thing this morning, I met up with my agent and long-time friend, Irene Goodman, for breakfast and a visit and a bit of career planning. 🙂 Later, I had lunch with Leslee Borger, another colleague and good friend, and Alana and Bridget joined us. If you're...
At Last I Blog!
Who knew it would be so hard to get online in a hotel, when I've done it a thousand times before??? At last, I managed.BEA (Book Expo America) has been exciting, glamorous, fun--and hard work.I arrived on Thursday evening, and my wonderful editor, Joan Marlow Golan,...
New York, New York!
It's a heck of a town. (The Bronx is up and the Bowery's down.)OK, got the old song out my system!I leave tomorrow morning, early, so I don't know if I'll get a chance to blog again before I leave, but I will do my darnedest to blog while I'm there.Today? Writing and...
Becoming Myself
Greetings from the book factory! I'm telling you, the first book in next year's Texas McKettricks trilogy is flowing like crazy--I can barely keep up. It's literally as though the story is being downloaded into my brain, and all I have to do is be there to watch it...
It’s REALLY Friday? ALREADY???
What a week this has been. There are things I would change about it--like coming down with a one-day flu bug and losing a whole day because Sadie was listless and needed to visit her regular vet--but hey, it is what it is.I just learned that Sally is coming to New...
Happy Birthday Sally Jean!
Today is my "baby" sister Sal's birthday--because I love her (and because she's nine years younger than I am) I won't tell you her age. :)Sally is a beautiful woman, inside and out, and a great travelin' buddy. We visited London and Paris last year, and Prague this...
It’s So Good to Be Back
You never really appreciate something--in my case, internet service--until you lose it! Things are perking right along on my part of this glorious planet--I've got two varieties of tomatoes and a zuchinni growing in my Tomato Tree, and the pines down in the draw are...
Internet Restored!
I haven't been able to get online since the weekend. Today, my friend Chris fixed the problem.I was down with the flu all day (not the Swine variety) and feel better.I'll have a blog up tomorrow morning.Thanks for your patience.