5 Social Media Lessons Learned
Okay, so last week I whined about being Alone in the Publishing Wilderness. As a writer, I didn't want to have to do everything (marketing, blogging, facebook/twitter/etcetera) all the time (I still don't). And I got a lot of response from others feeling...
Zin Wars – Lake County and Paso Robles
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, 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. Two...
Alone in the Publishing Wilderness
All the advice for writers on the Interwebs has been making my head spin the past year or so, and lately that advice is really getting on my nerves. Advice such as the following: Blog 3 times a week or more. The more you blog, the more people will come to...
Down Under Shiraz, plus a California Chardonnay
Happy Friday!!! In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, 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...
Two Cupcake Wines
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, 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. Because its my birthday, because I...
Concannon, Flock, and Getting Primal
Happy weekend, everyone! In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, 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...
Three Wildly Different Reds…
These are not my normal wine-tasting wines. The first is from a wine tasting at my office - no, I'm not kidding. That's one of the perks of working with a small, intelligent batch of scientifically-inclined gentlemen. Every now and then, on a Friday, the boss will...
Luxuries, Big and Small
This past weekend, the Hubby and I spent a few hours at Laguna Beach. We visited Vladimir Kush's art gallery - he does lovely surrealistic glicee´s that all cost way too much for my wallet, but are lovely to look at (one of the little luxuries), so do please go...
Rieslings for the Summer
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, 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. My friend and fellow writer, Kathy...
In the Garden
Today was the perfect gardening day. We headed out about 3pm, a bag of 65 bulbs in hand and trowels at the ready. Within 3 minutes, we realized we had a bigger problem - weeds. Weeds, and the I-can't-believe-I-planted-it-because-it-takes-over-the-whole-yard morning...