String o' Pearls

  Today would  have been my late mother’s 90th birthday, so she is very much on my mind. I just love this photo of yours truly with my older...

Over the summer, I wrote and published a short novel--and when I say short, I mean very, very short. More of a glorified short story, reall...

This is the second post in a row with a title that starts out "To the Heights," but it's not like I'm going to make that p...

It's been weeks since I sat down at my laptop to write. As usual, I've been wondering whether I'm "done." I'm beco...

In my last post, titled "Paradise," I regaled you with tales about our idyllic week-long lake vacation with our children and gran...

I started this post on July 29…and here it is, a whole month later, and I'm finally finishing it. Okay, full disclosure: all I'd wri...

Recently, an old high school friend of mine (who is a sweetheart) texted me to find out if I was OK, because she hadn’t seen a post here at ...