I caved this morning and turned on the a.m. news. I guess the addiction runs deep. 🙂 For some reason I don't quite understand, the spaces between paragraphs are not ending up in the blog. My computer guy will be here later in the week and I'll see what he can do...

Yikes. Where does the time go? Very nice visit with my beautiful niece, Kelly, yesterday. She in town just briefly, to take some classes toward her Master's. Smart, self-possessed and independent-minded, that's our Kelly. I hadn't seen her in several years, and...

Today we have cloudy skies and the promise of wind, wind and more wind. I was up early this morning for a radio interview, and I've been watching the big trees sway back and forth to their own kind of music. My niece, Kelly Lael, is coming to town, and I'll get to see...

For some reason, this infernal machine doesn't want to indent for separate paragraphs. Hence today's solid block of a post. 🙂

That's the way it's working out around here, anyway. It would seem that I've broken the morning-news habit, at least as far as TV goes. I do enjoy listening to certain radio stations over my beloved iPad--maybe because it reminds me of my childhood. Our family had TV,...

Come again some never day. Just kidding. Of course I know how much we need the rain, but I'm sure looking forward to growing, thriving things, and sunshine. Bring on the summer magic. It's a split pea soup kind of day. Maybe I'll throw together a batch of that. And...

I pulled a muscle in my lower back on Saturday morning, either setting down or picking up the dogs' water dish, I can't remember which. Not bad enough to go to the ER, thank heaven, but it sure did cramp my style. Since I don't have much to say today that doesn't...

I promise not to complain about the rapid passage of time--I know most people are thrilled when Friday rolls around, but I always think, Already??????My most recent book, "A Creed in Stone Creek", has sure been enjoying a wonderful run. My heartfelt thanks to all of...

I love it. Just the snores of the beagle snoozing on her bed here in the kitchen--not even the birds are awake yet, it seems. I could get used to this. :)I do have a little guilt where this no-news diet is concerned: I don't want to hide my head in the sand, pretend...

I think I'm onto something here, gang. I loved yesterday's news-free policy so much that I decided to try it again today. Okay, you can't avoid it entirely. I did see, when I logged on to this laptop, that Elizabeth Taylor had died. She was a beautiful woman, and...

Sitting here at my kitchen table, all I hear is the chirping of birds, along with the entirely normal sound of Sadie-beagle snoring on her dog bed nearby. Most days, there would be voices--from the TV. I usually switch on the morning news as soon as the first cup of...

I didn't spend the whole weekend at home--I went to KHQ-TV early Saturday morning to appear on a local program. As always, it was fun. All that getting ready (not to mention getting up early) for a minute and a half of air-time 🙂 Because I have a horror of being late...