Last week I shared some of the elements of interior design I had learned in my light research on the Internet. I must make a disclaimer before I branch off into this post: I in no way consider myself to be an expert on interior decorating after so short a review of the principles of…
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I am not very good at decorating. I can do okay with hanging a few pictures, matching bedspreads and wall paint, even picking out wallpaper on occasion, but when it came down to it, we hired decorators–formerly Main Street Interiors, now Black Dog Design House–and they were awesome. I’m afraid they’d be a little disappointed…
Who isn’t these days? But busy is the sign of a wonderful, full life, so I’m not going to complain. I am not actually the right person to be juggling all of these balls because multi-tasking makes me break out in hives, but I’d rather be scrambling to fit it all in than sitting…
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How does a busy working woman find time to write three novels? By letting a lot of things go so she can write. My family knows all about overflowing laundry baskets and dead plants (forgot to water). Since Christmas, I have been working to re-finish Maisie’s List and submit it to publisher, and I have…
I love Disney’s Moana. It gives me so much pleasure that I often turn it on while I am in the kitchen or working in the house. The animation is nothing short of awesome, the music is amazing, Moana is an outstanding hero, and Dwayne Johnson as Maui is absolutely showstopping. If you haven’t seen…
I come from a long line of grudge-holders. With a few remarkable exceptions, my family members have turned blaming others for their unhappiness into a fine art. Which is why something I heard today in the movie “The Light Between Oceans” means more to me than merely another line in another movie. Rachel Weisz’s character…
It looms menacingly over me, its shadow blocking out the light of satisfaction and contentment. No matter how much time and effort I feed it, it voraciously demands more, consuming my thoughts even when I am committed to other occupations. It teases. It threatens. It cajoles. It is my synopsis. I have finished Maisie’s…
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Rocks have always had a special place in my heart and I have always been fascinated by the various textures and shapes. Granted (no pun intended – granite – granted get it?) anyway…the ones I am mostly referring to are the ones painted by nature. Sometimes the beautiful…
Blogging is one of those things that I enjoy so much, I always leave it for last, like I always eat my broccoli first and save the potatoes for last. The result is that it often doesn’t get done. I’ll try to bump it up in the queue for 2018. What respite do I have…
My goodness, I am redundant. I can see that every Christmas I make posts with the same theme, using the same references. Too bad. I am passionate about the topic, the stories, and Christmas, and that is all I have to say about that. All right boys and girls, are we too long away…
Ok, so not the entire decade, but since its premier in August, 2014, Outlander has been my escape of choice. The books, the characters, the actors, the production–there is plenty there to obsess about. As I have eagerly scanned the internet daily for sneak peeks at the upcoming reunion episode, I came across this picture…
Sometimes the cacophony of life in my mind drowns out the voices of my characters, and I cannot write no matter how hard I try. This is a very stressful thing when you are trying to finish a book. I sit in front of a blank page and will the words to appear, but nothing…
