home… Giant June Moon 17 Jun 201117 Jun 2011 I've been awakened the past couple of mornings around three a.m. - not by alarms, telephone calls, or dogs barking - but by an enormous spotlight shining through the half-round…
self-help… Extrovert or Highly Social Introvert 6 Jun 20116 Jun 2011 I have always thought of myself as an extrovert - it even said so on the score of the Jung and Briggs Myers personality tests that I took back in…
Entertainment… Carolina Romance Writers and Anna DeStefano @ Hickory Tavern in NC 5 Jun 20117 Jun 2011 Anna DeStefanoLast month, as some of you know, I attended a writing retreat in Asheville, North Carolina, sponsored by The Wild Rose Press. Two representatives from the Carolina Romance Writers,…
Entertainment… Sunny and Seventy 29 May 201129 May 2011 Ask me what my favorite kind of day is and I will always reply 'sunny and seventy'. And today in Bland, Virginia, that is just what I have. Humidity is…
Entertainment… Oprah’s Farewell 26 May 201126 May 2011 It isn't possible to let the end of the Oprah show get past me without a few thoughts about it. She has been such a force in so many lives…
Entertainment… Guilty Pleasures 17 May 201117 May 2011 What is your guilty pleasure? Is it a soap opera, bubble gum music, a gossip magazine? Or perhaps it's cheap jewelry, false eyelashes, or take out food. Whatever it is,…
Entertainment… How Do You Find a Writing Community? 12 May 2011 When I left Essoyes, France last October, the last instruction given to me by the teacher - Janet Hulstrand - was to find a community of writers to surround myself…
home… Spring Cleaning – Inside and Out 21 Apr 201121 Apr 2011 The storms over the weekend caused my focus to shift indoors. It is time to flip mattresses, and move furniture to allow every nook and cranny to be dust free.…
family… Do Places Speak To You? 11 Apr 201111 Apr 2011 There have been a few times in my life when I found myself in places that resonated so deeply within me that I seemed to be formed from the earth…
family… How Do We Learn To Trust Again? 9 Apr 20119 Apr 2011 Many of us claim to be skeptical, trusting little. Yet I find this isn't true at all. I think the majority of us trust constantly, even if we know better…