One Moment At a Time
I've never lost a father before, so this is a new trail to ride. There's no map or guidebook. I am always grateful for my faith, but even more so now. I'm grateful, too, for all your kind words and prayers.In the interest of doing what my dad would want me to do, I'm...
The Last Birthday Card
My dad and I shared a birthday. This year, we were planning a family party to celebrate, along with my nephew, Jerome. As many of you already know, Dad had a serious heart attack early in the morning of June 9.While we kept vigil in his hospital room, my stepmother,...
My Dad
In the wee small hours of June 9, the day before our shared birthday, my dad had a massive heart attack. He's holding on, but the prognosis isn't very good. I spent all of the 9th and most of the 10th at his bedside, then returned to Spokane, exhausted and fighting...
News From the Side of the Tub
Still writing the blog in my bathroom. That has got to be unusual!"The Man from Stone Creek" is off to a great start out there in the marketplace. Hitting all kinds of lists. I think I'd really be dancing if I didn't have the cold from hell. Heading for the lake later...
Always a First Time
I've never written my blog sitting on the edge of my bathtub, but there's always a first time. (I just got back from BEA yesterday, so I stayed at the main house instead of going back to the lake, and since my room is being redone, the computer has been moved to the...
Bandwagons
Maybe it's because I'm a Gemini, but I'm way too good at jumping on passing bandwagons! I just leap right on, ride a ways, and then have to slog back to center and start over.What the heck am I talking about?Distractions. I get an idea--for example, yesterday, I...
Here Comes the Sun–and Althea!
My friend Althea is arriving today on a plane from New Mexico. I treasure all my friends, but there is truly no one like Althea! She's a powerful healer, a diplomat, an inveterate traveler. I never know quite where she'll be next--Sri Lanka? India? You just never know...
Lake Doings
All danger of having my hair declared a national forest, or even a park, is past. I had the haircut and the color job, and all is well in LindaWorld. I didn't reach my writing quota, but I did write a very good scene. Since I left the hero, Wyatt Yarbro, about to ride...
There’s Something About the Lake….
That makes me introspective. Since I tend to live in my head too much anyway, this is not necessarily good news. Today, as I was writing in my journal, next to the fireplace, I got to thinking about attitudes. How they're behind even the smallest action.For instance,...
Cozy Day With Rain
Today I'm writing on my laptop, in my "Uncle Harry" chair, by the fireplace, with the dogs curled at my feet. Life doesn't get much better than that, folks.The chair is so named--it is a Morris style recliner, very comfortable--because it reminds me of the chair my...
Allrighty, then!
The Geek Squad saved me, and now I can use the Word function on this computer. Imagine my chagrin this morning when I realized that Microsoft has changed the whole format! It's always something, isn't it?The weather this morning is beautiful beyond...
God Bless the Geek Squad
They'll be coming to the rescue today. Although this computer (lake house office) obviously goes online, it won't access my Word program for some reason. (Which means I've written the first two chapters of "The Rustler" on my laptop, at the dining table.) Isn't it...