Uncategorized 19 Oct 2012 Wendy Van Camp at No Wasted Ink has been gracious enough to allow me to guest post 'Writing Space' this week about how I found my voice as a writer,…
travel… Runner-Up in Essay Contest For Second Year 15 Oct 2012 The news arrived mere moments ago. Yeah! Not the winner, but runner-up for the second year in a row in the travel portion of the essay contest for Storyhouse with…
home… Learning How to See 10 Oct 2012 I looked out the window in my bedroom this morning and immediately saw the beauty of the various shades of green facing me. Not only the soft sage of the curtains falling gracefully…
family… Updates 5 Oct 2012 Thank you all for the wonderful well wishes, tips and advice, and sympathy during my husband's recent ordeal with kidney stones. We think it has passed. When it first subsided…
spiritual… Turning Fifty 13 Sep 2012 By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life…
Uncategorized… Building a Better Blog 25 Aug 201225 Aug 2012 Hellooo out there! Do you remember me? It's been a nice break and I've experimented with wisdom from webinars, editors, agents and other successful writers. Rachelle Gardner is a literary…
Uncategorized New Directions 25 Jun 2012 After a heavy shower of rain recently, I found myself on the shoulder of the road sinking deeper into the soft earth as I continued to push the gas pedal…
Entertainment… The Longest Day 20 Jun 201221 Jun 2012 Today is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and I found a little information about the earliest recognition of this event. Our ancestors were very observant about the sky and their…
Entertainment… Reader Recommended Books 10 Jun 2012 You, dear readers, have spoken. The list for favorite reads has been compiled and collected here for a quick print out to take to your bookstore, library, e-book download, or internet…
Entertainment… Atalaya Castle and Arts and Crafts Festival 23 May 201223 May 2012 Enter here, my friends, right through the door of the imaginations of a pair of artists and art historians, Archer and Anna Huntington. Located inside of Huntington Beach State Park,…