OK, so the doctor's report was very favorable--my lungs are clear.  He gave me antibiotics and told me to keep doing all the stuff I was already doing.  🙂  (Rest, drink lots of water, etc.)  I feel better already, and while my recovery may be mostly psychological,...

I didn't mean to leave off the account of my visit with Debbie, my computer ate part of that blog, consuming several paragraphs in one gulp.  Errrrgggg!  I hate it when that happens.  Anyway, I was simply too overwhelmed to write it all over again; promise I will as...

Starting off on the happier note, this week's winners are Amy Dudley and Sharon S.  Congratulations, ladies.  Your signed books will be on their way pronto.  As usual, a new contest begins today.  All you need to do is comment and, presto, you're entered!  Two winners...

First, I will announce last week's winners--as I intended to do yesterday.  🙂  Tammy Carter and Laura Ann Harris, your books will be on their way pronto.  Enjoy!  As always, a new contest is underway at this very moment.  All you have to do is comment, and you're...

First, the new winners are: Niki Davis and Therese.  Congratulations, both of you!  Your signed books will be headed your way soon.  (What's that you say?  YOU didn't win?  Well, the old adage certainly applies here: try, try again.  🙂  There is a brand new round...

There's a wonderful sign on a board near my favorite supermarket, which reads: Thanksgiving is not a day, it's a lifestyle. Amen!  Even in these trying times, we all have a lot to be grateful for, methinks.  Starting with each other.  I am SO very thankful for each...

Wow.  Here's my advice about that cold going around right now--don't get it!  It's a lulu.  I'm upright and fully dressed, so I see that as progress.  🙂  I spent my weekend recovering, listening to books (this time it was "The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing" by Mira...

Nobody panic.  I'm suffering (as dramatically as possible) from a garden variety head and chest cold--not the dreaded E-virus.  (Thank heaven.)  Reports of my imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated. In order to prevent my own personal pandemic (Spokandemic?),...

First, the winners.  Gwyn Beams and Janet Clark, come on down!  🙂  If you aren't Gwyn or Janet, do not despair--all you need to do is comment and you'll be entered in the new contest, which begins now.  (Yes, at this very moment.)  Make a comment and, presto, you're...

Last week's winners are: Millie and Alison.  Congratulations!  And all though you wouldn't know it by the missing blogs, there is a new contest underway right now.  Just comment, and you're in. Weight Watchers: Errggg!!!  Still stuck.  (And more determined than...

In other words, this blog will probably amount to a hodge-podge of Random Linda Thoughts and Observations.  🙂 Weight Watchers.  Sigh.  The battle continues.  I'm still stalled out, and more determined than ever to break through this plateau, no matter how long it...

Don't panic!  I'm not playing with matches or anything like that, though I have been known to smoke up the kitchen and permanently bond bread wrappers to the sides of innocent toasters.   🙂  I came across a magazine called "Pyrography"--commonly known as...