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Maybe that should be the new name for the blog.  :)I'm feeling better every day, though of course I still miss my Sadie-bean something fierce.  I'm so grateful for every moment we got to share, that beagle and I.  She was a joy to me the whole time she...

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Miscellaneous Chatter

I wrote yesterday, and was I ever into the story (Big Sky Country)--this is the part of a book I most love to write, the last third.  By then, things are really rolling, and there are lots of loose ends to tie up, and the work is usually fast and furious (in the...

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Welcome, Tuesday

The holiday weekend is over and, even though I enjoyed it, I'm glad it's time to get back to Real Life--which, for me, includes writing.  :)I finished listening to "The Language of Flowers", and enjoyed it, though for some reason I thought it was set in Victorian...

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I’m Just Sayin’…

6 pounds.  That's all I'll say about the D.I.E.T.  (Picture me doing the happy dance.)Or not.  :)It's Friday, the beginning of a long weekend.  I'm going to be working, except for a probable dash to Hobby Lobby--like I need more art supplies, see...

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Invasion of the Art Supplies

It's official.  My art supplies, half finished paintings and unused sketchbooks are taking over the house!  They've already conquered the basement, and now they're encroaching on the kitchen.  Yikes.  This can't be good fung shei.  🙂 If...

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Ready for a Good Rain

We've had a long sunny spell here in Spokane County, and judging by the overcast sky, we're about to get a much-needed sluicing with rain.Bernice has a new routine--she gets a walk with Jenni every morning, and she dearly loves the outing.  Thanks to all of you...

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Doing my best to get over them, though.  🙂  One thing about life--it definitely goes on, and that, of course, is a good thing.  There are, thank heaven, family and friends to love, critters to look after, home repairs to be made.  I'm back on the...

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My Weekend

Still recoveriIng from a lot of things around here, but there is comfort and solace in work, and in friends, and in the many loving messages expressing condolences. I did some art therapy over the weekend, right here at home.  Our main freeeway, the...

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Your Friday is My Tuesday

I've missed so much work lately that I have declared this day to be Tuesday, even though it is really Friday.  :)I received author copies of my new book, "A Lawman's Christmas", coming out in October, and I am very pleased.  Christmas is coming up fast--I'm...

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Back to Normal

Dare I say it?  Am I tempting fate?  🙂 Things seem to have settled down around here--okay, it's early--and I'm hoping it's a pattern.Wendy went home to California yesterday--she's in the middle of a new script--and although I miss her very much, I know we...

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One Foot in Front of the Other

That's been my motto this month.  Keep going, show up, do what has to be done.  What else can a person do, really?  I am so grateful to all my dear friends for the notes and emails and cards, all containing kind words of condolence.  Thank you,...

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Back Home

What can I say?  The last few weeks have been rugged to say the least--first, Sadie passed away and then, right on the heels of that, we lost a beloved friend under very tragic circumstances.  Wendy came up from California and the two of us attended the...

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