I’ll admit it: I’m chintzy with my book review stars. I save my 5-star recommendations for books that are perfect – the ones I stay up all night for, the ones I’d re-read immediately, the ones for which I’d grab … Continue reading
So the other day, I succumbed to the vending machines on campus and got a Snickers bar. Need brain food, right? And you know what? It spit out two Snickers bars. That’s right, TWO! My first thought was that the … Continue reading
May is redbud trees and flowering crabapples and weeping cherries. May is planting petunias and lobelia and bee balm. And tomatoes and cucumbers and green beans. May is hummingbird feeders and songbird seed and trying to outsmart the squirrel. May … Continue reading
(For some reason this didn’t post yesterday, so here it is on Monday instead.) I had a different blog post in the works, but it’s now on hold while I share a laugh with you. Settle back and enjoy a … Continue reading
“Someone reading a book is a sign of . . . ” A few weeks ago, my writing professor put this quote by Mary Ruefle up on the computer. And since the giant guy between me and the projector screen … Continue reading
I just changed into a red shirt, so now I can write this. My father had congestive heart failure. My grandmother had a quadruple bypass in the early days of such things. Other relatives have had heart attacks or live … Continue reading
Thanks to Amy Andrews, my new tutor/blogging guru over at Blogging with Amy, I’m finally getting around to adding an RSS feed. Blog readers need convenience, right? Yeah, I know. I’m not only slow, I’m almost a technological dinosaur. (And … Continue reading
I bought an electric blanket for my mother’s visit last week. The guest room is chilly, she’s 77 years old, and wise daughters do NOT separate their mothers from their electric blankets in the winter. And I’m a wise daughter, … Continue reading
As I write this on New Year’s Eve, I think of all my friends and writing buddies setting resolutions. Some are big, some are small, and many of them are just way too … many. Just consider: Measureable Goals (my … Continue reading
Wow, I have my first guest blogger today! Help me welcome author Cindy M. Hogan, who’s on a virtual book tour for her latest YA suspense novel, Created. With three YA novels under her belt now, plus a busy family and … Continue reading