I am writing this blog in my new office, at my new desk. And now that the cat has moved out of my way, I can actually see the monitor! :)The room is painted in lovely shades of green, and the floor is a nice, subtly patterned vinyl. Easy to clean up, but not so...

I'm still slogging along, and for those of you out there cheering me on in my non-smoking campaign, thank you. I can feel the positive energy you're sending my way.Actually, I'm surprised at how easy it has been. No heavy duty withdrawal symptoms. No pigging out...

I'm trying not to let the weather set my mood today. 🙂 It's gray and gloomy and very wet as I look out my window over the draw. (I'm on my laptop, as my regular set up down in the new office is not up and running just yet.) Today I have a full week of non-smoking...

Alive and well in Spokane, Washington!It's as if Mercury has been in consant retrograde--traveling, writing, searching wildly for my ballot, having new photos taken. On and on. I'm waiting for things to settle down to a dull roar, but so far, it hasn't happened.As...

I attended my second art class last night, and enjoyed it immensely. (The teacher pinned up our efforts from the previous week and you know what? Mine wasn't all that bad. :)As I mentioned yesterday, "A McKettrick Christmas" will be in stores today. I'm going out to...

Tomorrow, my newest book, "A McKettrick Christmas", will be in stores. For those of you who've been asking for more stories about the early McKettrick women, here you go.Lizzie, Holt's daughter, is all grown up and on her way home to Indian Rock and the Triple M,...

Did you ever have one of THOSE days???Yesterday was one for me--Mercury Retrograde, in overdrive. Murphy's Law, run amok.You get the point. If it could go wrong, it DID go wrong.But, as always, there were good things, too. Friends who jumped in to help (thanks, Chris...

This must be Spokane!Honestly, I have been so ridiculously busy lately, I meet myself coming and going.I attended my first art class last night--at least the first one I've taken in recent years--and I really enjoyed it. I certainly have a long way to go--we drew corn...

Without your story?  (By story, I mean the things you've always told yourself, ABOUT yourself.  For instance, "I'm fat", "I'm smart", "I'm this, that, or the other thing...")This is a question I'm asking myself today.  It was prompted partly by my journal, and partly...

That's how my day started today. Before dawn, I was up and around, writing in my journals, dressed in yesterday's Wranglers and wearing barn boots. I'd put the horses in early yesterday, since it looked like rain, so I knew they'd be hungry. I started out there once,...

And were Sadie and Bernice ever happy! I know they thought I was dead, and had resigned themselves to being Jenni and Mary Ann's dogs. Jitty-kitty is happy, too--Cha Cha is still annoyed by my audacity for leaving in the first place. She'll eventually forgive me....

The only thing better than a good road trip is going home again.  I've been on the road since September 30, and while I've had a fabulous time out here, meeting readers and promoting "The Rustler", I'm definitely read to get back to the ranch.  Two little dogs will be...