Jill Marie Landis is Awesome
I met the award-winning, bestselling author of historical and contemporary romance and mystery novels, Jill Marie Landis, almost ten years ago, just the once. I doubt she remembers me, but she did me a kindness I have never forgotten. She spoke to the Los Angeles...
Summer Adventures Past
For several years in a row, our summer vacation involved camping up at Mammoth Lakes. Ten days of living in a pop-up trailer with the boys in a tent. Ten days of cooking outside, watching for bears, wading in the creek, reading, hiking, playing poker and sitting...
Shelter Island Harbor – Another Retreat
This time, we left on Friday afternoon. After way too much traffic, we finally pulled in, got the key to the boat, and headed straight to Filippi's. Here's a photo of the cool wine glasses... After pizza and salad and wine, we headed to the boat and collapsed. No,...
Tomato Jam and Applesauce
So, this past week I did not go to RWA National Conference. Nope. I didn't stay up too late, drink too much, have great meals with wonderful friends, hug people I don't see often enough. I didn't pitch novels or jump up and down with glee with friends that had...
Summertime! Garden Fresh Tomato Recipes
The Summertime Garden I love all things gardening, but what do you do when your garden rewards your patience with abundance? It’s time to get into the kitchen. The main reason to have a kitchen garden, to my mind, is for the tomatoes. There is nothing more fragrant...
A Story of Dad: Western Writer’s Conference
In late June, Dad went off to the Western Writers of America Conference in Las Vegas with pneumonia, 9 books to pitch, and chock-full of determination. When I left him the Sunday prior to his trip, he looked tired and thin, and I worried. So it was with some...
Two Casual Summer Wines
In these days of high unemployment and wild uncertainty, it’s nice to relax with a bottle of wine that doesn’t break your pocketbook. I’m here to sort out the memorable from the truly awful, and each bottle is under $10 unless noted otherwise. Butterfly Kiss...
Writer Wednesday – Lynne Marshall, Dee J. Adams and Roz Lee
Writer Wednesday Are you looking for some summer reading? You are SO in luck! It turns out that some of my favorite people are now my favorite authors! Here are three ladies I am proud to call friend, and they all have new books out. Lynne Marshall, a long-time...
A Story of Dad
We did our tour of the yard, as we always do. It's the first thing he says to me usually, after our hello hugs. "Let's take a garden tour!" And we do. I picked lemons, because that lemon tree has the finest lemons on it anywhere. Meyer lemons, of course. The tree...
Rose´ Wines for the Summer Solstice
In these days of high unemployment and wild uncertainty, it’s nice to relax with a bottle of wine that doesn’t break your pocketbook. I’m here to sort out the memorable from the truly awful, and each bottle is under $10. What to drink to celebrate the longest day...