D is for DUTY
Welcome to day 4 of the A-Z Blog Challenge. D is for Duty. Visited one of the offices of the Wounded Warrior Project in Fayetteville. The words on the bottom of their card read: Duty, Honor, Courage, Commitment, Integrity, Country,…
C is for Courage
Welcome to Day 3 of the A-Z Blog Challenge. One of the greatest things about being a writer is that I get to make up stories, like those in my SEAL Brotherhood series, about heroes. Today we toured the John…
B is for Blue Angels
I've always been fascinated with the Blue Angels. Their death-defying feats have thrilled crowds for decades, flying sometimes within 2' of each other. My friend, Tina Folsom and I had just returned from a Monterey RWA meeting, and as we…
A Month of Stories
Welcome to the 2013 A-Z Blog Challenge. This will be the third year I have done this. I decided to do 26 Days of Stories, one for every letter of the alphabet. My husband and I are traveling this Easter…
A-Z Challenge: 30 Days of Stories
Tomorrow will start the infamous A-Z Blog Challenge. This will be my third year in a row. Every day in April will be a new post on the theme I've selected. In past years, I've learned so much, and met…
Z is for Zone
Welcome back to the last day of the A-Z Blog Challenge. This April has been the Letters of Gratitude. Some of you have stopped by every day. I owe you a badge! Others are new friends we have picked up…
Y is for You’ll Know When You Get There
Welcome back to almost the end of the A-Z Blog Challenge. My theme has been the Letters of Gratitude. Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, I'm in San Diego, taking a class for my Real Estate business. It is 3…
X is for Xanthoma
The definition of xanthoma, the meaning of the word Xanthoma: n. - A skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol Why Xanthoma, you ask?…
W is for Wedding Disasters
Wedding disasters interest me. Don't ask me why. In my romance novelist world of the happily ever after, I guess I just have this sick sense of humor for things that go horribly wrong. In this case, my post will…
V is for Violas
I love violas. They are cheerful, easy to grow, and make me look like I know what I'm doing as a gardener. They are perfect for filling in a potted grouping - they just grow where there's space and fill…