This sunny, warm weather is something to celebrate.  Absolutely gorgeous.  I can practically feel my winter-logged brain cells lighting up for action, hear them shouting, "Yeehaw!"When will the peonies pop?  That's the big question around the...

Sometimes I just can't resist playing with words, even when the results don't make sense.  :)I wrote a chapter yesterday, so the book is up and running.  CHAPTER ONE is always a challenge, getting everybody on-stage, etc. I'm reading Jennifer Lauck's...

Monday is normally one of my favorite days.  Today, I don't feel quite ready for it---:).  I had so much fun goofing off over the weekend that I'm a little tuckered out.  I went to Costco on Saturday morning, early.  (Yes, yes, I know--Costco on...

Yes, I checked off 'paint mermaid tails'.  🙂  Nothing quite so whimsical on today's list.I get a lot of satisfaction from crossing something off the list and, naturally, I get more done, but there's an even better reason for writing down the tasks I want to...

(Okay, so I'm in a whimsical mood.  🙂  I gave myself the name "Lindarella", when so many cool things began to happen in my career--and although this house is big, it's definitely not a castle.)  Call it artistic license.Thanks for the prayers and the...

The sun is shining!  Brilliantly, joyously, lighting up the blue-green landscape.  YES!Sadie-beagle is having a sonogram today--think good thoughts, please.  Her most recent blood test concerned her vet a little, so we're checking things out.I spent...

My favorite (and only) brother drove up from Kittitas yesterday, and he and I took our mom out for a lovely brunch at Prospector's, up on the north end of town.  She was all spiffed up for the day, and a grand time was had by all.  After a delicious meal, we...

Happy Mom's day to Hazel Bleecker Lael, my mama.  See you Sunday morning!There are many reasons why I love my mother, and here are just a few of them:She was always there for me.She passed on her love of books and her facility with the written word.She took me to...

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I know, I know.  I was going to blog from Colorado Springs, using my trusty iPad.  Obviously, it just didn't happen.  I was too busy having a great time!The Pike's Peak Writers Conference is one of the best I've ever attended--well organized, well...

Rain was predicted.  Instead, the sun is shining--brilliantly.  Oh, darn.  :)Gearing up to head out for Colorado Springs tomorrow--if you're coming to the Pike's Peak Writers Con (Kimberlee, this means you), be sure to come up and say howdy.  As...

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