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...
My Crazy Schedule
I've always been an early riser. Now, for some unknown reason, I'm sleeping in! Maybe it's all that lake water out there, sparkling in the moonlight, gleaming in the sunshine. I'm gearing up now for a visit from my long-time friends, Cindy, Annie, and Althea. We first...
Lazy Lake Days
Another late blog! I blame the lake--it's just too beautiful and too soothing. Lovely to sleep with the windows open to a lovely night breeze. (Sadie snores so loudly that the mattress vibrates!) They're out here with me, in the studio office.Yesterday afternoon,...
I’m Late!
Well, truth to tell, I had such a great Mother's Day weekend, I was slow getting out here to the studio office to write this blog. My apologies. I slept late, exhausted from all the fun with my mom, Hazel, and then went over the manuscript of "The McKettrick Way" to...
20 Things I Love About My Mother
1. Her quick wit and sense of humor2. When I was little, and scared or sick at night, she always knew somehow, and came to help me.3. She taught me to love books.4. She makes the best date bars and chocolate chip cookies in the world--hands down.5. She made me go to...