At LAST!!!!
I'm back! I've had the hardest time a) getting online and b) getting to this blog!! In Vegas, my last stop, I finally schlepped the computer to the Apple Store in Fashion Show Mall and had a 'genius' appointment--with a genius named Randy. 🙂 He showed me how to...
On My Way
I'm off on my Rustler Tour today--first stop, Portland, Oregon.Since I'm running around doing last minute stuff, I will keep this short.The sun is just peeking over the eastern hills as I write this, and Bernice, the Yorkie, who always seems to know when I'm going...
It’s a Wrap
Today, and it seems like a wholesale miracle, I will finish "The Bridegroom". I'm of two minds about this, as I explained yesterday. Naturally, I get very deeply involved in my books, and my characters are Real People to me. So while I have a tremendous sense of...
Good-byes and Hellos
I will soon be finished with "The Bridegroom", and I must confess, that makes me a little blue. I just hate saying good-bye to characters I've grown to love and admire; after all, Lydia and Gideon and I have been through thick and thin together.Sure, there will be the...
Shrinking Mary Lincoln and Other Experiments of a Mad Scientist
:)I shrunk Mary Todd Lincoln this morning--on shrink plastic, of course. I'm working on a Lincoln series of ATCs, for my personal collection. Next comes the Lincoln dog--one of many but the only one I know about--and he had the imaginative name of Fido. (All the vogue...
Walking in My World
One of the benefits of my new walking regime--yesterday, I did TWO stints of three laps around the pasture--is the ideas it prompts. I don't take my iPod along, just a water bottle and an open mind. I want to be present, in my body, during these walks, and not off...
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Yes, I'm still losing weight--very slowly. Perhaps a pound every few weeks. I'm actually happy with my current weight, but need to firm up (hence the laps around the pasture) and since I plan to quit smoking soon, I want a little "wiggle room" in case of added pounds....
Quite a Weekend
In fact, I'm still catching up with myself! (That's why this blog is late getting posted.)I mostly wrote this weekend, completing chapters 11 and 12 of "The Bridegroom", and I had a great time doing it, too. Sometimes, I wrote in the morning--sometimes in the...
The Friday Slows
I seem to have a case of go-slow this morning, which is why I'm so late getting to this blog. Took my time with the journaling today, and did three laps around the pasture, to get the old circulation going. And now I'm ready to write Chapter 10 of "The Bridegroom".I...
In Times Like These….
It is a good thing to be an avid student of American history. The term "Miracle at Philadelphia" is not an exaggeration. Rarely, in the entire recorded history of the world, has there ever been such a gathering of intellect and vision--Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin...
Morning Pages
Many of you, especially the aspiring writers, are probably familiar with Julia Cameron's wonderful book, "The Artist's Way". If you're not, and you are engaged in ANY kind of creative endeavor--and when you think about it, EVERY life well lived calls for...
The Canadian Wrangler is Back!
I expected to be a little relieved not to have to go out to the barn first thing this morning to greet the horses, fill their pans with their sweet-feed supplement, and make sure the shy members of the band--April and Traveler--got something to eat. Instead, I'm...