Life in General
From Hither to Yon
Just popping on to say I’m in the middle of two weeks of back to back of trips. I just returned from one (Asheville, NC and Roanoke, VA) where I hobbled through my agenda having injured my knee just before leaving. Luckily a friend had crutches to loan me, and we had a knee brace…
Read MoreHoly Helping Hand, Batman!
I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about the ways we help each other. One Mountain Away, coming in August, explores that question among many others, and it will come up again and again as the series progresses. Do we give money? Do we bring casseroles? Do we hold hands and provide a listening…
Read MoreThe Pleasure and Treasure of Old Books
We’re moving. I’ve mentioned that before, but today it’s just shorthand. If you’ve moved, you understand. Part of moving is decluttering. I’ve mentioned that, as well. Going through memorabilia has a certain charm. Yesterday I sorted through a bag of old cutlery, separating the silverplate pieces from the stainless. The silverplate was my mother’s, not…
Read MoreFinding Treasure in the Strangest Places
My husband and I are about to start a new adventure. We are moving, although our destination is undecided, and it’s time to put our house on the market. If you’ve ever moved, you know the next thing that happens. Not choosing a realtor, not painting the woodwork. Decluttering. Michael’s plan to declutter is simple. Dump…
Read MoreWords and the Way We Use Them
Sometimes we stumble into history. My husband and I did exactly that last week when we chose to visit Mt. Dora, Florida. Little did we know that Newt Gingrich was planning a visit, too. The Florida Republican primaries were in full swing, and so was the Gingrich entourage. As we ate breakfast on the porch…
Read MoreAmazing Grace
Florida. What’s not to love about my home state in January? Last Monday I stepped off a plane in Orlando and saw palm trees and sunshine, not to mention a host of children sporting mouse ears. It was home-like if not exactly home. Disney was still quietly buying up orange groves when I spent two…
Read MoreWork in Progress
This isn’t a blog about the newest book-in-progress, although there will be plenty of those coming up. No, this is a blog about the lack of a blog today. Or if this isn’t a blog, at least it’s an announcement. Tune in tomorrow instead, when I will have (mostly) recovered from my travels through Florida looking…
Read MoreEverybody Loves a Hero
Novelists watch life unfold and shake our heads. There’s a test to tell just how absurd it all is. We ask ourselves, what our would editors say if we went to them with a particularly odd story. For example: “Have I got an idea for you. Let me do a modern day Titanic novel, okay? Only this…
Read MoreGone Visiting. . .
Today I’m visiting my brand new grandson, and so glad to be! Although going north in January? I just pulled my boots out of storage. For fun, why not do a little traveling, too, to the websites of three special women. You won’t need your boots, just a little time. These writers have all given me “quotes”…
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…
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