This lovely, lovely weather is so heartening for me.  I just love it.  (I'm working on learning to love snow, too, as the TV people say this is a la Nina year.)  🙂  Today, though, I'm in the moment--recent losses have reminded me how precious NOW...

Today is a spectacularly beautiful fall day--every pine needle for miles shimmers with golden light, and the sky is sugar-bowl blue.  There are a few leafy trees on the property and they are ablaze with the fire of autumn colors like crimson and gold.  No...

Mary Ann's little dog, Fergie, died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon, and we are all feeling pretty sad.  She was a sweet little buff-colored mutt, and adored Mary Ann, who adored her right back.  They were always together, sidekicks.  Every morning...

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Is starting out with overcast skies, and that delicious autumn snap is in the air.  Downstairs, my craft room/studio is undergoing an amazing transformation, due to the Dynamic Duo, Debbie and Nicole.  🙂  Incredible!Nicole grew up with my daughter,...

Debbie arrived yesterday morning, and already she's going through my craft room like a whirling dervish.  🙂 Her daughter, Nicole, arrives tonight, and then there will be two hurricanes downstairs.Me?  I'm working on the new book.  The first chapter is...

This past weekend, for the first time in longer than I care to remember, I wore blue jeans!  YES.  A cowgirl is always most comfortable in demin.  :)Debbie K--also known as Hurricane Deb--has struck land.  She's been my friend for many, many years,...

My long time friend and the most organized person I have ever known will be arriving soon, along with her equally industrious daughter, Nicole, to--wait for it--put my craft room/art studio in something remotely resembling order!  YES.  It's going to...

I feel a little like that turtle in the famous race with the rabbit--just plodding along steadily, while the rabbit runs circles around me.  🙂  7 weeks on BistroMD and I am down a shade under 20 pounds (insert a resounding yeehaw here) which is good when...

OK, I have published over 100 books--I only know this because Romance Writers of America sent me their Centennial Award, a beautiful plaque--so publishing shouldn't be anything really new to me, should it?  YES.  Because this time it's my art--my artist...

The sun is shining brilliantly today--and I'm soaking it in.  Yes, there are fringes of clouds, and the weatherman warns that the glow won't last, but I'm making the most of it while it's here.  :)I'm doing the outline for "Big Sky Mountain", Hutch and...

I did not paint the birds in either of these encaustic collages.  They're transfers.