Cat Nip
Ah, to be a cat! I swear I look at the felines that occupy our house and I envy them… a lot! A couple of days ago the girls decided to get into the cat nip and needless to say, there was a little bit of a party. Otter and Blue were wide-eyed with happiness at the generosity of my five year old as she filled a bowl and set it out “just for them.” And by the time I found our older cat (nineteen years old!!) Bonkers in the living room, he was covered head to toe with the...
Read MoreWhat a Girl Wants…
Writing, writing, writing…. Okay, taking a break to vent because there’s a law against driving out into the national forest and leaving your DH out there with a water bottle, a sleeping bag and a flashlight. There shouldn’t be, but I looked it up. There’s a law. Wow, that felt good. Okay, back to the book.
Read MoreDid he say “Goats”?
I know that DH said something about getting goats, I remember mentally checking that off on my “another of DH’s ideas it’s generally better not to respond to because they simply fade away into the ether.” He’s trained me over time not to get too excited about some of his wilder notions. I used to get all worked up. But then life would take it’s natural course and I learned that it was a waste of energy to debate him about the wisdom of building a...
Read MoreTattoos for Toddlers
I never thought I’d be a tattoo artist for toddlers, but I have learned (the hard way) that it’s better to prudently apply those temporary tattoos of penguins, dinosaurs, sparkly fairies, etc. than give my two year old too much time to consider digging out the markers and creating her own “original designs”…. I never imagined having my small daughters sporting their “ink” and showing off for friends…like little mini-bikers on their plastic push...
Read MoreSeriously, I’m blogging!
No, really, I’m actually blogging, I swear…. Okay, let’s try this again. Rather than just popping in and embarrassing myself on other people’s blogs (and thank you again everybody for the opportunity which I shamelessly plan on continuing to do whenever you ask) I thought I’d “own” it… After all, if you’re going to be a goof-ball, you may as well own it, right?? So welcome, to the few of you who might find this. And just to warn...
Read MoreDear Reader
Have you ever felt that no matter what, for better or worse, you’d landed in just the right circle of friends that you could weather anything? I confess, I was at a Romantic Times Convention behaving like a perfect lady (or I might have been at a restaurant laughing so hard my face hurt) and after looking around the table I got to thinking about how lifelong friendships are formed. Is it different for men and women? And then I thought about it. . . “Band of Brothers” was on...
Read MoreRenee Bernard
What in the world is a retired Navy chaplain’s daughter doing writing scorching hot historical romances? Renee Bernard is applying a great education from traveling all over the world to story telling and doing her best to keep her father proud. Truthfully, her father is her number one fan, even though he has sworn never to read a single word of her books (a vow he has kept to this day!) Nothing stops him from telling everyone he knows that his daughter is now a USA Today Bestselling author [Read More]