Winners
This week's contest winners are John Olenick and Jayne Jageler--congratulations to both of you. A new round will begin on Monday, so everybody gets another chance. 🙂 I fully intended to blog yesterday, but, for whatever reason, it just didn't happen. I wrote--I'm...
Acupuncture and Brylee’s bracelet
Now, THERE's a combination for you. 🙂 Today, Wednesday, is acupuncture day, and I am sure looking forward to all that relaxation! People often cringe when I mention acupuncture--I guess they're imagining skin bristling with heavy-duty tapestry needles and maybe...
You have to be smarter than the squash…
Picture it. Summer. Spokane, 2013. Me, in my flower-bed style vegetable garden. I have decided to harvest a gourd, with a mind to dry it, paint it, etc. Since they're small, I take two. 🙂 (This is a family joke.) I bring them inside, whack away at them on the...
A Beautiful New Week
There's a lot about Mondays that I'm celebrating at the moment: it's a fresh start, and I'm all about starting over. 🙂 I am one of those annoying people who truly believe in the old saying, "try, try again." Just recently, I realized I was on a slippery slope,...
The winners are….
Congratulations to Michele J and Susan Lee, winners of this week's contest. Your books are already on their way--enjoy. I'm making this short--it's that kind of day. Have a fabulous weekend!
Missing Tuesday
Well, actually, I didn't miss Tuesday--I was here for it, like everybody else, but I didn't get to blog because I was having internet problems all day long. Don't get me started. 🙂 What's on the docket for today? Writing, of course. Maybe some cooking, if I feel...
A Good Weekend
Today I'm recommending a book I liked so much that I listened to it TWICE over the weekend and then bought a couple of printed copies for friends. It's called, "The Ghost Bride", and it's a first novel by Yangsze Choo. The setting is Malaysia, in the 1890s, and the...
My editor, my friend
Joan Marlow Golan, my longtime editor and one of my dearest friends, is retiring this week, moving on to a new and exciting phase of her life. Joan, you have been my mentor, my teacher, my guiding light when the waters of publishing turned dark and stormy, my...
Homemade Bubble Bath, etc.
My acupuncture session was excellent, as always. So relaxing! I haven't made soap in a while--no matter how beautiful the stuff is, one can only use/give away so much of it--and I have more than enough at the moment. I did try my hand at making my own bubble bath,...
Catch as catch can
It seems my friend, Mr. Gates, of Microsoft fame, is having trouble keeping MSN online today. 🙂 Therefore, I'm dashing off this blog between gaps in service. I have acupuncture this afternoon--definitely looking forward to that. It's wonderfully relaxing, and I...
“Skins” and other experiments
"Skins" are made by pouring fluid acrylic paint (I use Golden) onto wax paper or some other non-stick surface, in several colors, and "marbling" with a skewer or a toothpick. They take forever to dry, but the effect is very cool, and the finished product can be cut...
Better late than later still….
The reunion was a great success--we gathered at the Holiday Inn Express/Raptor Reef in Hayden, Idaho, and although I avoided the waterslides and bumper cars, it was wonderful to see the kids and braver members of the clan having so much fun. It's safe to say that a...