Blizzard Season

I grew up in a small town, and Dairy Queen was really the only food establishment…

The Best Kind of To-do List

Last time I talked about reading, which I confessed I didn’t devote as much time to…

Concert for One

I was traveling for work this past week, and one of the event speakers did this…

Carlsbad Flower Fields and a Survey

This is one of those times that I quiet the inner voices of frustration and panic…

Make the Bread

Remember that book, Make the Bread, Buy the Butter? Yeah, I never read it either. Supposedly…

Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree

There’s a children’s song that likens apricot blossoms to popping popcorn, and I have to say,…

A Return to Author Events

I’ve done many an author event in my day, various festivals or community nights where markets…

For Joan

I’m of course still reeling from yesterday’s news of Betty White–it’s safe to say it put…

How It’s Going

It’s been a while! But I wanted to report on how the launch of Yuppie is…

A Cuppie of Yuppie

  And then there were 5!! That’s right my dear, small band of readers. My fifth…

Here for the Snacks

My partner in Disney crime and I just completed a triumphant return to adult Disney-ing after…

Welcome to my Laboratory

What you’re looking at is chicken. Vegan chicken, that is. It’s a recipe I recently got…

Virtues of the Novel

It’s no secret that I’m a non-fiction girl. Memoir, specifically. I get annoyed by good, fascinating…

This is My Jam

I recently acquired some fruit trees. The lemons and oranges are pretty straightforward, and the only…

Thinking Woman

I love this little sculpture, that it’s of a female and that she appears to be…

The Wall

I recently went through the experience of painting my first wall. Or, more accurately, I watched…

The Return of Business Travel

My company apparently tracks our top travelers, a rolling report looking at the past year and…

Behind Door #1

I’ve been in the market for a few bigger-than-normal-ticket items, and experiencing a variety of salespeople…

On Not Working

I recently took a week off of work to stay home and do nothing. Well, I…

Enjoying the View

Considering I’ve lived just a few blocks from the ocean for the past several years, it…

On Perspective

This picture was taken in Palm Springs in the middle of a windstorm that came out…

Modern Love

Love is such a mess. Seriously. In some ways I’ve struggled over the years with this…

Character Development…Meaning my Own

Because my cat likes to remind me that she doesn’t get nearly enough face time on…

The Things You Keep

You’re looking at the activity that perhaps took the largest percentage of my childhood: tying lanyards.…

December is for Cookies

It’s simply a fact that National Cookie Day hits us each December, giving a perfect opportunity…