Spending my first fifty years in Colorado meant I wasn’t use to having delicious produce right in my own backyard.All that changed when we moved to the Pacific Northwest. Farmer’s markets are always in abundance of everything fresh, and I know it all comes from within...
As an author, nothing feels as exciting as releasing a new book. And I’ve been super excited this past couple of months as I put the finishing touches on my latest, Christmas Eve. Each of my books has a few things in common: A woman in midlife trying to figure out...
I’ve been really big on self care this year. Why? In one word: 2020. I’ve been involved in a shooting. Stayed in place with a pandemic. Been a caregiver from afar. Put my mother in assisted living. Supported a family member with cancer. Whew. I get tired even just...
Many years ago, I discovered the secret of a gratitude journal. I think I originally heard it while listening to a tape by Tony Robbins. (Yep, I used to run with a cassette player attached to my hip, and those crazy, flimsy headphones covering my ears. Remember that...
This Is A Moment In Time Just a special look in on characters you’ve grown to love… As a writer, I often think about my characters and wonder what they’d be doing long after the final page of my books. So I created A Moment In Time to peek in on each of my...