Missing Tuesday

Well, actually, I didn’t miss Tuesday–I was here for it, like everybody else, but I didn’t get to blog because I was having internet problems all day long. Don’t get me started.  🙂 What’s on the docket for today?  Writing, of course. ...

A Good Weekend

Today I’m recommending a book I liked so much that I listened to it TWICE over the weekend and then bought a couple of printed copies for friends.  It’s called, “The Ghost Bride”, and it’s a first novel by Yangsze Choo.  The setting is...

My editor, my friend

Joan Marlow Golan, my longtime editor and one of my dearest friends, is retiring this week, moving on to a new and exciting phase of her life.   Joan, you have been my mentor, my teacher, my guiding light when the waters of publishing turned dark and stormy, my...

Homemade Bubble Bath, etc.

My acupuncture session was excellent, as always.  So relaxing! I haven’t made soap in a while–no matter how beautiful the stuff is, one can only use/give away so much of it–and I have more than enough at the moment. I did try my hand at making my own...

Catch as catch can

It seems my friend, Mr. Gates, of Microsoft fame, is having trouble keeping MSN online today.  🙂  Therefore, I’m dashing off this blog between gaps in service. I have acupuncture this afternoon–definitely looking forward to that.  It’s wonderfully...

“Skins” and other experiments

“Skins” are made by pouring fluid acrylic paint (I use Golden) onto wax paper or some other non-stick surface, in several colors, and “marbling” with a skewer or a toothpick.  They take forever to dry, but the effect is very cool, and the...

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