Remember the 15-Bean soup? It was delicious, the perfect thing for a rainy day.Today, we have more rain. The trees, flowers and grass love, love, LOVE it--so I will love it, too. Having made that decision, I feel much better than I did before. No 'rainy-day blues' for...

The sun is shining as I write this, but since we've had a wide variety of weather this spring, I am observing a rainy-day tradition in my family--I'm making homemade soup. I soaked the beans overnight, because that's how my mom does it, and rinsed them off this...

Guess what--it's raining. (Sigh.) Hence the title of today's post.I definitely don't have the bad-weather blues, though. I did a 2 hour chat on Facebook last night, and it was so great--the next best thing to all of us rubbing elbows at a party. All together, there...

Yesterday afternoon, I got some VERY good news--"Garrett" is #2 on the New York Times list, with an asterix beside it. That means, ladies and gentlemen, that it is actually tied for the #1 slot!I was more tired than I thought, after attending BEA last week, and even...

I've got them, for sure. (And I didn't even watch the news this morning.)Time to think about all the things I'm grateful for...Time to remember that rain makes the earth thrive.Time to smile and throw myself back into the story I'm writing.And P.S.: In case you're...

I'm all rested up, after a quiet weekend, and ready to hit the ground running in Stone Creek, Arizona. Things I did:I made ATCs for current trades. I listened to "The McKettricks of Texas: Tate" on my iPod. (Yes, I really did. And I enjoyed it, a lot.)I made a brief...

As many of you must have guessed, there were some connection issues at the hotel this year, and I couldn't get online to blog. My schedule was so packed that I was never in the room long enough to bring in the IT people and solve the problem.I was wined and dined, and...

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I have two lush peony blossoms in the kitchen as of this very moment. They smell heavenly. I am still having camera problems, but hang in there. I'm bound to figure it out pretty soon. :)Are you getting tired of hearing me rave about the joy of writing "A Creed in...

With Steven Creed and the whole modern-day Stone Creek bunch, that is. 🙂 I'm just having the best time writing this book. I know I keep saying that, but it's true. I can't seem to contain my delight in this whole magical process.Still listening to the Churchill...

Yikes.I started right in working on "A Creed in Stone Creek" and I got so involved I forgot all about my blog. It was just now, when I went downstairs for a fresh cup of coffee, that I remembered. So here I am.We're having a rainy day, and it's lovely, actually. Very...

I wrote a chapter of the new book, "A Creed in Stone Creek". YES! This is going so well that I'm beginning to wonder if little elves weave the story while I sleep or something. (Shades of the aliens who used to mess up our hair in Barcelona while we were slumbering,...