Sally Jean, my dear sister, a very happy birthday to you.  I love you--you are a treausre and a gift, and our time together is precious to me.  Thanks for being you. Frankly, I just expected to write a happy birthday post for my Sis--I wasn't expecting (were any of...

You know those big, shiny buckles cowboys covet so--the ones the winners receive every December at the National Finals Rodeo--and at many other rodeos as well?  Well, they're made by my friends at Montana Silversmiths. Through my friend (and cousin-in-law?), Steve...

That's my prayer today.  (It's also the track that is playing at the moment, from a CD called "Beautiful Worship".  Yesterday, I rocked to Aretha Franklin belting out gospel songs.)  I will definitely order the new Alan Jackson CD, pronto--thanks for the suggestion!...

Me and music--what a love story.  Ours is a complicated relationship, fraught with drama and pathos.  You see, music touches me in some very deep places and sometimes I don't want to be touched in those places, because they're just too tender, too vulnerable,...

I had an absolutely fantastic time on Mother's Day--Brother Jerry picked me up here at the house, and we drove north to fetch our Mom.  My daughter, Wendy, and her fiance, Jeremy, met us at the Onion, one of our favorite restaurants.  Mom and I were both pampered--and...

I had no internet service for most of the day--hence, no blog.    I did get some writing done, though--a new character appeared, and she will definitely liven things up for Landry and Ria.  🙂 Sister Sally sent me the most gorgeous Mother's Day gift--one of her...

(Niece Sam,  I love you.)   Another gloriously sunny day, and I'm soaking it in.  The view through my office window is beautiful, though not a horse in sight at the moment.  They must be on the other end of the pasture, munching on spring grass.  Bernice was here a...

I love Tuesdays.  They're so ordinary.  🙂  Or, at least, this one is.  No appointments, no conference calls, no errands to run--I can simply WRITE. Tuesdays are also the day iTunes posts new recorded books to download--I usually get so many that I have to call my...

Brenda Erickson and Kimberlee Gard, you are our winners. Congratulations!

It went fine, and the results are in.  Or, more correctly, the lab reports are in and available on the website, but, not being a doctor or a tech, I can't read them.  So I'm waiting for a translation from my doctor.  🙂  I'm scheduled for the usual mammogram--talk...

That seems to be the only option, since Murphy's Law is running the show these days, at least here on the Triple L.  🙂  Nothing big, thank heaven, just things like having to stop everything, go downstairs and hunt up batteries for my wireless keyboard just when I'm...

Zounds!  I was doing so well yesterday, working away in my new office, and suddenly the computer gulped down my revisions!  For a while there, it looked as though I'd actually lost EVERYTHING, though some of it was saved on other computers.  First impulse: have a...