Best Western Hotels has decided to outsource almost 500 jobs to India. Personally, I think that sucks, and unless they change their policy, I'll stay elsewhere. Go to their website and let them know what you think.

THANK YOU. Meanwhile, I'm getting gray hairs from Clare's current adventures!

This week I will be flying to LA to film a segment of a new reality show, airing next spring, called "Mr. Romance". Life is full of surprises! It's raining again. I'm trying to look at it as the end of a drought. I like sunshine better. So sue me. (That last line came...

Hectic, hectic, hectic! I love every minute of it. Pay no attention to Clare. She's a scrooge.

It's back. Cool and sunny in Arizona. It doesn't get any better!

It must be getting close to Christmas. The Clapper ads are back on TV.

While I wasn't looking, some cosmic trickster teleported me back to Seattle. It's raining like crazy. I have a cozy fire going, and I'm trying to look at the weather as a blessing. The desert is so thirsty.

As Thanksgiving approaches, I think of all I have to be grateful for--health, personal freedom, loved ones--furry and human--my wonderful Arizona home. Too many things to list! And I'm grateful for YOU, my readers. You have blessed me in so many ways. Thank you for...

I've been in Reno, serving on the national board of my professional organization, Romance Writers of America. It was a lively experience, and very educational. Great bunch of gals.

I am profoundly grateful to all veterans, past, present and future. THANK YOU.

I spent a weekend at a self-improvement seminar. Came away with some good stuff, including a Clare-ism: A lot of those people are full of sheep-dip.

We're all in this together. Let's forget our differences now, and move forward.