My Daughter
I have the best daughter! She and beau-Jeremy sent beautiful pinkish-peach roses and luxurious bath gear for Mother's Day, and we talked for well over an hour on the telephone yesterday, catching up. She's a writer, too, so we always talk shop and sometimes...
Mother’s Day
A salute to all the mothers out there--especially mine. :)Thank you for always being there when I came home from school, and for listening patiently to all the chatter as I recounted my day.Thank you for the Nancy Drew books, for "Jane Eyre" and "Girl of the...
Busy, busy, busy!
And I love it that way. As usual, I wrote my Morning Pages as soon as the dogs had been out, come in again, and given their strange but healthful breakfast. What a mixture! Green tea, canned pumpkin, string beans, kibble, and lean ground turkey. Yum-O, as Rachel Ray...
Sunflower Bouquets
As I write this, I am looking out over the beautiful draw behind my house. Wild sunflowers are blooming, all over the place, in perfect clumps that look like bouquets. I don't remember them from last summer, which just goes to show you how easy it is to take natural...
Spring Weather
I am much more reconciled to the weather than I used to be! 🙂 OK, I love sunshine, but we're having rain in Spokane, both today and tomorrow. Rain to make my dahlias and tomatoes and zinnias grow! My upside-down tomato growing thing-a-majig is on it's way--YES!When I...
Farmer Linda
I am really getting into this planting thing! I've marked the 15th of May on my calendar as the day it's safe to transfer bulbs into the good ole Washington State dirt. (I was raised on vegetables grown in this rich soil--my dad, as I've mentioned, was an avid...
ATCs
I received lovely ATCs from Sharon Lee Johnson, Sally Corbett, and Nina Petry. Thanks, cowgirls! Your cards are on the way....
Good Morning, Book Fans
We are having the most beautiful weather imaginable here in Spokane! I am LOVING it. The big blizzard of 08 seems like ancient history. Some of my zinnia seeds have already sprouted, and one of my dahlia bulbs has shoots on it already, too.The party for Aunt Billie...
Chicken Soup and Spring Fever
There's a lot of truth in the claims that homemade chicken soup is theraputic. I made a pot yesterday, and feel lots better.The weather here is glorious, and it gave me quite a case of Spring Fever. I bought zinnia seeds yesterday--my dad used to grow them in fabulous...
Slam Dunk!
As of this week, "Tyler" is #12 on the NYT bestseller list! YES!Thank you, one and all, for making it happen.I've been working on "Tate", and hope to be reporting similar exciting news next year, when the new trilogy hits the book stores. You won't have to wait that...
Good News
I don't have Swine Flu. I'm just a little crazy. :)The Creed boys continue to sell like sexy cowboys ought to. If we hit the New York Times list today, that will make 12 straight weeks in the top 15! Yee-haw. I'll be sure to post the news here as soon as I receive it,...
My Hypochondria
OK, I admit it. I am a card-carrying hypochondriac. It's the down-side of having a really powerful imagination. With all this talk about a possible pandemic, I notice every ache and pain. I ask questions like, "Is it just me, or is this room too warm?" I imagine...