Hello from California
I finally managed to find this blog on my new computer! As I write this, I am sitting in my daughter's bedroom, which I have usurped like visiting royalty, with occasional visits from two grand-cats and a grand-dog. Life is good.Today is Wendy's birthday, so we're...
Signs
I like signs--have them all over the house. Not 'stop' signs, the other kind. For instance, there's a little board over the back door that reads, "Happy Trails to You." Two more arrived recently, and they seem to express the sentiments of a snow-bound woman. 🙂 One...
Birthdays
Today is my mother's birthday--I won't tell how old she is, as she's still pretty strong. 🙂 My brother, Jerry, is celebrating today, too. He's a couple of years younger than I am, so I'm not telling his age, either. Yes, their birthdays are on the same day--and...
Cycles
It's still dark out as I write this--I see lights glimmering on the other side of the valley, but the snow-laden trees are still invisible. In daylight, the landscape is calendar-beautiful.Maybe it's the weather--lots of snow on the ground and more predicted for...
Weather or Not…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.But send a plow. :)The stuff is STILL coming down. As it stands, it would be easier getting out of here on horseback than in a car!Fortunately, I don't have to commute. I'll just stay right here and write today's portion of...
Still Snowed In
But the landscape is breathtakingly beautiful. A literal winter wonderland--but too deep to walk in. The horses seem to love it--Coco dashed out of her stall this morning with her tail and her spirits high. April, who is a neatnik, was upset last night because...
Still Crafting
Why didn't you stop me? :)I'm excited. The new book, "Logan's Return", part of next year's three-in-a-row release, is going very well. I set a goal to rack up 5000 words per day, and I've been doing that. I just get sucked right into the story, with the characters,...
P.S.
Something funny. A few days ago, I wrote about making a list of the qualities I was looking for in a man, and tucking it away in an underwear drawer. My cousin Doris read it and thought I'd said I put the list in my underwear. Her reaction? "Man, that girl is...
Stop Me Before I Craft Again!
Painter Bob Ross used to talk about 'happy accidents' in art, and I've just had one. During my good friend Vicki Webster's recent visit, we stopped at Michael's, which, as you know, is one of my favorite places. As I've mentioned, I've been experimenting a lot with...
Decisions
OK, I've got a great life. I'm the first one to say so. But I have challenges, too. Nobody escapes that--I think it's the whole point of the exercise, in fact. It's one thing to be on the other side, where everything is peachy, look into this troubled world, and say,...
Lists
There's a good article in this month's issue of Oprah magazine. The author tells of writing a list of 100 qualities she'd like in a husband. With a difficult divorce behind her, and having been widowed after her second marriage, her prospects didn't look too hot. On...
I Have a Dream
That everyone, everywhere, will live in just and lasting peace. That people really will beat their swords into plowshares. That the sick will be healed, the suffering will be comforted, the hungry will be fed, the lost will be found.OK, it's a big dream. It seems...