When my kids were growing up we had a Siberian Husky named Jet. I would take Jet for daily walks and when I turned the corner of our block, I would unhook the leash and let her go. She would run to our house and about the yard. I enjoyed watching her run. It was […]
Read MoreAs I reflect back on 2014, it was rather uneventful, especially in comparison to 2013. For the first time in five years I didn’t have a family wedding to help with. In October of 2009 my son married, one daughter in September of 2010 and the other in July of 2011. My mother married in […]
Read MoreFor so many years I would ask God, “when?” and God would respond, “soon,” much as a mother tells a small child to wait for Christmas. God’s soon could mean anything. Remember, “A day is a thousand years for God, a thousand years but a day.” The mother’s soon means one thing to the child, […]
Read MoreCelebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe “A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” Rev. 12:1 Years ago, while living in Lansing, Michigan, I was involved at Cristo Rey Community Center, working with their summer migrant […]
Read MoreNaNoWriMo successfully completed – check. Thanksgiving over and done, family members all safely home – check. NaNoWriMo slump – wait, no slump yet. What’s up with that? Last year after finishing my book for NaNoWriMo, I had a two week slump. I missed the challenge, the excitement of putting everything else aside in order to […]
Read MoreMy pages for this week – word count 14,150! I work out at Planet Fitness two or three times a week. When I ride the stationary bike, I’m routinely treated to FOX News and the Food Network. I’ve become enamored with Cup Cake Wars on the Food Network. Each time I watch it, there is […]
Read MoreDo you NaNoWriMo? Starting Monday, Nov. 3, I will be seated at this table, participating in National Novel Writing Month. I’m looking forward to it. There’s nothing like putting other projects aside to focus on writing 50,000 words in one month. Long before I put pen to paper, I’ve been writing in my head. It […]
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The leaves of fall are almost entirely gone as autumn prepares the way for winter, a place I would rather not go, at least not yet! In the same way, sometimes writing takes you where you would rather not go. Joy The character Joy, in my newly released novel Dancing on a High Wire, fights […]
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Read MoreI read an article a while back about how each of us has a certain age that we were born to be. This is the time that we are most ourselves, happiest, the best years of our life. For some people those years were in high school. Perhaps they were a cheerleader or football hero […]
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