Here comes summer! Temperatures have jumped dramatically. My kids are currently taking finals. And the gardens are in full bloom. Yes, summer is officially here. As usual, our family calendar is stuffed with various out-of-town sports and leadership camps, as well as pleasure trips and family...
Being a woman can be hard. A lot is expected of us. Not only do we hold jobs, raise kids, and keep a household running, but we're expected to do it all with a smile (and to look fit and pretty, too!). It can be daunting at times, which is why it's so important to keep connected to our friends....
I confess, I like to control my environment. In fact, one of my favorite things about writing is that I can dictate every single aspect of my characters and their lives. If only my children and husband would give me that same power! Since my 50th birthday this past fall, however, I’ve begun to...
By most standards, 2016 has been a turbulent, surprising, somewhat devastating year. We've lost some amazing celebrities, the most notable being singers like George Michael, Prince, and David Bowie, actors like Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder, and Carrie Fisher, director Gary Marshall, former First Lady...
You've heard it all before, right? Complaints about retailers who put up Christmas decorations by Halloween, the commercialization of a religious holiday, and the stress and exhaustion (and emptied checkbook) caused by hunting down "the perfect" holiday gifts. I'm not sure how you handle it all,...
November didn't turn out anything like I'd planned. I thought we'd have our first female President--but I was wrong. I thought I'd conquer National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and get 50,000 new words written in my current work in progress--but I was wrong. I thought I'd start a diet and lose...
Game of Thrones fans may get excited when they hear "Winter is coming," but I'm bouncing on my toes because autumn is coming! There's so much to look forward to, how could I not? Sweater Weather: I'll admit, I've been craving a drop in temperature and the pop of golds and reds in the sea of green...
I'll admit, at times social media can be painful to me. I'm not a natural born extrovert. Until I'm introduced to someone, I'm very shy, which can often be mistaken as aloofness. I'm not particularly witty, either, although I sure do appreciate those who are. And if given the choice between...
