9-11 Thoughts and Remembrances
My son went to New York at the end of August, 2001, to attend NYU as a film student at the Tisch School of the Arts. Being a native of Northern California, like both my husband and myself, and both…
No Easy Day: Book Review and Comments
No Easy Day, the compelling book by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen, just released last week, is hard to pick up, and hard to put down. It recounts the events, including the almost 10 years of training, intelligence gathering, and…
Locations for Romance
Today, I'm blogging over at Ravencraft's Romance Realm. Do you have a favorite place to write romance? Do certain places "call" to you, create stories? Love to hear it. Small excerpt from a story I haven't touched in a long…
Labor Day Blog Hop – Come join the fun!
Enter the Labor Day Blog Hop by pressing the link at the right. More information below. Here is an excerpt from Accidental SEAL: Chapter 1Christy Nelson worked to keep her breakfast down when Wayne Sommerville came lurking around her cubicle…
Being Grateful for the Long Path
I am filled with gratitude. Great friends. People around me willing to join the journey, lending me a hand, giving me encouragement. Family living as examples. I'm at a doorway. A changing of the guard. Almost feel like I'm walking…
Going and Coming: Life
A visit to the doctor reminds me of how fragile life is. I'm well. But I get to see a lot of not-well people. And right now experiencing some un-wellness in my immediate family. Along with new birth. I guess…
Walking on Water and Other Delights
II love the Sonoma County Fair. I used to go to gawk at the diverse (not in the political sense, please) population of the fairgoers--everything from bikers, young couples, old hippies, awkward teens and teens trying to look like street…
End of Summer
I admit to mourning the end of summer. But not for long. The fall in Sonoma County is absolutely beautiful. Time for a writing weekend at the Kenwood Inn and Spa. Expensive, but worth it, I have a gift certificate…
And the Winner of the Kindle Fire is……?
We had 109 comments left, and 13 reviews (which counted double). 14 people started following my blog. The odds of winning the Kindle Fire were pretty good. Several of you did everything I asked to win this. Special thanks to…
Unlucky With Weather. Lucky In Love
My critique partner's daughter got married last summer. I think this is one of the funniest YouTubes out there. It went viral, wound up on America's Funniest Home Videos, the Ellen Degeneris show, and one guy from Africa pirated it…