Summertime, and the living isn’t easy at all!
I think I vaguely remember when summer was a time we longed for–a great trip somewhere, lazy days, time in the water, barbecues, playtime with friends . . . obviously, this doesn’t last for anyone that...
View ArticleBelles and Boats
I’m in New Orleans as I write this–I’m up here to settle last minute details for the Third and a Half Annual Writers for New Orleans. First up–why we do we love what we love? And, certainly, we love...
View ArticleReports of My Being Alive and Well are Grossly Exaggerated!
Ah, that’s a lie. I’m alive, and other than a slight cold or an annoying allergy, thankfully in decent hearth. But I’m going to be truthful here, admit more than I usually do, and, I believe, I’m one...
View ArticleThe Big East . . . at last and kinda!
Okay, set to come here—New Orleans–this morning, and naturally, nothing goes smoothly. Chynna is suddenly in agony with her ear. It’s six in the morning. Okay, the last time I went to emergency room,...
View ArticleThe continuing saga of Chynna!
Not sure where I left off . . . Okay, New Orleans is wonderful, people are wonderful, and everything is going okay. Because of her ear infection, Chynna can’t fly, she and Caitlin take a bus to reach...
View ArticleKate Duffy
Kate was like a force of nature, so unbelievably strong, managing to find the irony and humor in any situation. The vitality of her life makes it hard to accept her death. She passed away on Sunday....
View ArticleGhost Hosts
Touring with a ghost book is fun. Okay, let’s face it, touring with any book can be torture. I loathe autographings. I love people, I just hate autographings. Sometimes a store knows you’re coming and...
View ArticleHappy Halloween
Ghosts, goblins, and ghoulies will out be soon. Not to mention vampires and rock stars, princes, princesses, Jedi warriors and more. Halloween. It’s a fun holiday! It’s a religious holiday! It’s just...
View ArticleFriday the 13th!
Ah, Friday the 13th! Be afraid, be very afraid. But why? Well, the number has to do with several events in myth and ancient history. Most familiar to Americans and Christians worldwide would be the...
View ArticleIt’s Always What You Make It!
I’m excited, and a little bit scared, about Thanksgiving. I’ve had dreams of the turkey suddenly jumping up. It runs up and down the table, at first entertaining us all with a Broadway song and dance...
View ArticleOnward to the CIA!
Thanks to a good friend and most excellent storyteller, Gayle Lynds, I took off with a group for a writers tour of the CIA at Langley, Virginia. I don’t know what I expected. A small, gloomy building...
View ArticleA Trip to New Orleans
I was invited by a friend, Daena, to come up for psychic research investigations done through the new International Society for Paranormal Research Annex in the French Quarter that are part of a new...
View ArticleBelated Thanksgiving Wishes…
Ah, Thanksgiving. Well, I’ve just arrived. I’m in Orlando, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin, which is family tradition. Okay, so we’re disfunctional, and we argue through part of it. I mean, we’d have...
View ArticleHolidays
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas Eve, Christmas, and beyond. As this time of year sails by, it’s a time to think of the year past–and to be grateful. And to that end, I’m thinking–evacuation! I am not being...
View ArticleJust Keep on Kicking . . .
It’s my day to blog, and I was thinking . . . . But then I did an interview for one of my writer’s groups, and hm . . . . Anyway, thought I’d throw this out as my words of wisdom today! When I’m doing...
View ArticleWeddings and Mardi Gras Beads
It’s always interesting to contemplate what makes a beautiful wedding, and, of course, that’s different in the the eye of each beholder. I just attended one of the most beautiful weddings ever, in my...
View ArticleSt. Patty's Day
Growing up Irish/American can be a challenge. Mom came straight from Dublin–right off the potato boat, as we loved to tease her. But she grew up to marry a Scot from Stirling, a strange match at the...
View ArticleIn a Roundabout Way
In a roundabout way, this is about writing! Yesterday, I babysat for my great-nephew. He’s nineteen months old–his name is Graham, and my nephew named him not in honor of me, but his mother, my sister,...
View ArticleLife is What Happens When You're Busy Making Plans
A belated Happy Easter and Joyous Passover season to all. Mine wound up being on the strange side, the strange side that makes you realize what’s worth fretting about. We go to Disney for Easter. Not...
View ArticleWhy it isn’t done at the end of the day!
Now, I’ve seen this and heard this before, but it seems to be coming true for me more often than not. I first heard it through a paragraph written by a woman who didn’t understand why her flowers...
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