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  • Book Review: Little Lena and the Big Table

    Thank you Katie for the wonderful review! And yes, I had many meals at the kid’s table and my brother Mikey made them memorable…for all the wrong reasons. 🙂   via Book Review: Little Lena and the Big Table Read more

  • In The Zone

    Writing can be a long, rough, exasperating, never-ending, demanding, heartbreaking slog. Anyone who claims that they were an “overnight” success, ahem, I’d take that with a grain of Himalayan pink salt. Writing is lonely. The only people speaking to you are the voices in your head. And if you don’t listen to them, man, do Read more

  • The Best Laid Plans…

    As I sit here, coughing, hacking, and sneezing, with my nose a continual fountain of snot and mucus, I had started off January with such high hopes. I always do…until reality bites me in the butt. 2018 ended with a bang. In late November, my husband had major surgery. It was quite unexpected, and the Read more

  • Taking Stock

    Well, not that kind of stock, but it looks inviting,  doesn’t it? We’re in the last collective gasp of 2018, and while the house is semi-quiet, and outside it’s cold and dreary, it seemed like an opportune time to put my feet up next to the lit tree while I’m semi-lit from a couple of Read more

  • Happy Thanksgiving

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  • First Page Giveaway

    BLUE LIGHT IN AISLE FOUR!! To celebrate the grand opening of my website, I’ve decided to do a first page giveaway. That’s right, FREE! No stamps required. But there’s a catch. (Yes, there always is, and why should I be any different). The first 25 lucky souls who spread the word about my website wins Read more