Fall is falling
I've said it before, but it bears repeating--I LOVE this time of year. The sun is still shining brightly most days, but it's cooler, and getting crisp of a morning. I'm inundated with garden vegetables--the tomatoes are ripening and I've cornered the market on...
My mystery weekend
Mum was the word on Friday--I was heading to L.A. to attend a surprise party for my dear friend, Cindy Leuty-Jones, so I couldn't mention my destination for fear of arousing suspicions. 🙂 I stayed at the lovely Westin Hotel at LAX, and on Saturday, Cindy and her...
The winners
Congratulations to Regina M and Pat Yates, this week's winners!
The Long Weekend
I slept a lot. 🙂 I listened to "Fragile", by Lisa Unger, practically at one sitting--if lying in bed with my iPod going can be accurately described as a "sitting." This is a very good suspense novel, obviously, and I do recommend it. For me, free time always...
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...