Here I am!  Here I am! Haven’t we all had that moment when we need desperately for someone to know that we have arrived?  That we’re on the scene and ready to shine? This is just such a week for me… I’ve been absent from writing for my blog since late September;...

Once again I find myself in front of the computer trying to compose some few paragraphs that interest my readers, and provide a window into the world of my writing, and all that’s included – thoughts, feelings, laughter, and sometimes tears. The concentration and...

Well, here we are again.  Sunday has arrived and I’m sitting here composing my thoughts for another week’s blog.  Sounds like just another ho hum week, right? But words can be deceptive.  True, I have reached another Sunday, and true I’m putting together this week’s...

It’s once again Sunday afternoon, and the time has arrived to string together a few lines of text that allow my readers to peer through the window of my author world.  This week I’m feeling rather melancholy, moving week has finally arrived.  I’ve spent the week...

This week’s topic truly reflects the title I used. Topsy, turvey life…that describes mine to a tee!  As I reflected on the changes the next few weeks are going to bring, and I looked through my books for a book bubble this week, I ran across the passage below. Even...

We all make our entrance into this world as a blank, clean slate of sorts. As a writer, I envision that entrance as a clean sheet of paper, just waiting to be turned into a story. For others, I’m sure the comparison is made to whatever they most identify with. Mine...

After 55 trips around the sun, I've discovered I have a special gift: I have the ability to open my mouth and insert my foot without giving it one single moment of conscious thought.  And I use this gift on a regular basis; almost daily. You would think for a person...

As I sat down today to put together this week’s blog post and book bubble, I ran across a section in “Memories of Tomorrow” where Jo and Maggie are engaged in a work conversation; as usual however, it’s never all strictly work because over some 30 years of being a...

Hello everyone!  As is the usual case, I set down to do my writing for the weekly blog and book bubble on Sunday afternoon and this week is no exception.  But for this week, however, I’m feeling more than just a little nostalgic about life and the road I’ve travelled;...

2013. Family Vaca. I was at an intersection with my career, and trying to decide if writing was really what I wanted to do. We planned a week in the Ozark Mountains; the whole enchilada – cabin, hiking, canoeing, ziplining, and exploring. And I fell in love with the...