Leaving a Day Early!
I'm off to Washington D.C. tomorrow morning, bright and early, so this will be my last blog before next Tuesday morning.I am very excited to be making this trip. As I said yesterday, it's one of the perks of being a writer. A break in the long chain of mostly ordinary...
Swamped
To those friends sending forwards--I'm deleting them. I'm up to my eyeballs in the new book, and getting ready to fly off to Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning, to attend Book Expo America. BEA is one of the perks of my job--lots of fun, wining and dining, and...
Choice-Points
For being 'one of those days', yesterday turned out pretty okay.My daughter sent me a lovely bouquet of yellow roses in anticipation of Mother's Day, and we had a long schmooze on the telephone. She's about to graduate from UCLA's extension program in screenwriting,...
One of Those Days
Surely you've had them.The sky is a bit overcast, and your energy is running a little low.You know nothing spectacular is going to happen, but you've still got responsibilities to fulfill.This is one of those days for me.I've decided to let that be okay.No great...
Wild Horses
My brain is like a herd of wild horses sometimes, rushing off in every direction. Like many creative people, I am impulsive--likely to barrel ahead first, and think about it later.Resolved: I will stop, when I start feeling that wild-horse urge, and ask for the power...
Cups and Hearts
I read the most uplifting thing the other day, in Beth Moore's "Praying God's Word". She compared the human heart to a cup--one all of us are trying to get filled.We hold it up to jobs. To alcoholic husbands. To people who are as needy as we are.Cups get broken, and...
It’s Working!
Six and a half pounds gone, the first week on Weight Watchers! This is such a simple way to eat. No forbidden foods. Just a certain number of food points per day. I can DO this!The blog was patchy over the past week, and I apologize. It's just been wild around here,...
Back to Basics
When I stepped on the scale Saturday morning, at Weight Watchers, I was appalled to see that I had gained back half of the weight I lost a couple of years ago. The trauma quickly passed, however, because I know I can DO Weight Watchers. I'm back on the magnificent...
Visitors Expected!
It's a beautiful spring day; reason enough to celebrate, right there! But there's more!Debbie Macomber and her good husband Wayne will be visiting today, for the first time since I moved. Debbie and I have been close friends for more years than either of us care to...
Lovely E-mails
Several wonderful women have written to thank me for offering non-traditional scholarships, and to that I say, You're welcome, and Please Apply! The 2006 scholarship program will be launched soon, and all the information will be posted on the website. I cannot express...
Computer Frustration
I have a love-hate relationship with this machine. It can do so many marvelous things. It can also drive me crazy.More tomorrow.
Spring Has Definitely Sprung!
I am dazzled by the beauty of a Washington spring--I had forgotten, during my long sojourn in the desert, how very lovely this clearly defined season can be.I have peonies to plant, and my cousin/housekeeper, Mary Ann, has already put in several lilac bushes. One of...