Sunday Poetry: As It Is Remembered
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. Today is September 11th, and the poem, Heaven by Patrick Phillips, is in honor of all who live on only in memories. Phillips gives us a poignant image of the afterlife to ponder. What…
Read MoreButton Holed: An Interview With Author Kylie Logan
Welcome, Kylie. Before we go too much further I ought to point out you’ve been here before under an alias. Now you’ve taken on an entirely new identity? Exactly what are you running from and who’s after you? Are we going to get into trouble for harboring you on this blog and for giving away…
Read MoreCHUsday: Some Experiments are Not Worth Repeating.
When I arrived at our summer cottage in early August I found enough onions in residence to do some serious planning. Since I was on a mission to use the cookbooks (old and new) that I’d brought with me, none of which had ever been used at all, I immediately looked up onions for something…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: God’s Own Angels
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. Tomorrow is Labor Day, first celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882. It became a federal holiday two years later at the urging of President Grover Cleveland, in an attempt to find…
Read MoreWhat’s In a Title? Hooking the Reader Through Collaboration.
Okay, I’ll admit it. There are parts of the writing process I do not love. One of them is collaboration. No, I don’t write with a partner, and couldn’t if my life depended on it. But I am part of a team, the team that publishes my novels, and they have a say in lots…
Read MorePeaches-And-Cream Ice Cream: Have CHU Entered This Month’s Giveaway?
I’m amazed at how many silly kitchen gadgets there are. I had no idea. This weekend I had the time of my life ordering enough to give away one each month for our CHU winners, along with an autographed paperback of the winner’s choice–if available. This month’s winner gets the Joie Mashy Egg Masher, a hit…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Her Worried Summer Look
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. Mother, Summer, I by Philip Larkin, linked here to The Writer’s Almanac online, is a “different” look at summer’s end. I’ve posted it this morning after a magnificent set of thunderstorms rolled in across…
Read MoreSummer Vacations, Summer Splendors
I’m taking a week long break from original blogs as I dive deeper into my book and still try to catch some of the most beautiful hours of late summer. While looking back at some of my older blogs to share with you again, I came across this one written in April 2009. It struck…
Read MoreCHUsday: Old Blogs, Old Faithful Recipes
Summertime and the living is, well, BUSY!! I just taught two classes and need to focus on my next book, so this week, just like on your TV set, you’ll be getting re-runs. Today and Friday I’m featuring blogs from spring of 2009, when many of you weren’t reading here. In the spirit of CHUsday, here’s an old…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Slowing Down for Happiness
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday blogs here. I’ve been thinking a lot this summer about the meaning of home. We’ll be moving next year, and right now we’re not sure where. We have a summer cottage, which feels like home to…
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