This Thanksgiving I felt especially blessed, because my mother is still with us, despite the ravages of white matter dementia, which has so afflicted her body and mind. Imagine not being able to use your hands, not being able to speak, not being able to walk, your muscles so stiff that even when you lie…
The thing is… I dedicate my Monday mornings to writing. My husband takes the first shift with his dad, checking at about 7 a.m. that all is well, and I don’t go next door to do the daily clean-up/check-up on my father-in-law until 11:30 a.m. That gives me more than three hours to write. That’s…
Last week my husband Neil and I took a vacation. Altogether now – “AHHHHHHH.” Yes, that’s the sound of relaxation, and I didn’t know how badly I needed to relax until I lay down on the king sized bed in our rented ‘home-away-from-home’ (Apologies for the cliche.) and slept away the first afternoon of our…
When I sold my first novel Mother Earth Father Sky, my life suddenly turned into something very akin to a fairy tale as the novel hit bestseller lists around the world. My big splurge was to buy a grandfather clock. My husband and I went shopping, and I found the clock of my dreams. The…
Last weekend we took a whirlwind trip down state to see our kids and grandkids. For years, our daughter lived in Europe, and we were fortunate to make a couple of wonderful trips to see her there. During the time she lived in Europe, she had wonderful experiences and made friends that became family for…
Um, no, the title is NOT a typo, and the picture? Let me explain. In December 2007 my husband Neil, a high school principal, had begun his first day of Christmas break. He was silently celebrating that he had only one chore left to accomplish, and then the next two weeks were his to do…
Sometime in the middle of summer, I promised to put my Bread and Butter Pickle recipe on my blog and Facebook. Here I am about 2 months later finally getting around to it. I’ve used this recipe for years and years. It’s one given to me by one of the elderly ladies who lived in…
In August our son and his wife gave us concert tickets for our birthdays/anniversary gift, and this special treat allowed us to take a 3-day weekend full of fun activities that included: * Watching our oldest granddaughter play in 2 soccer matches, a visit with our son and daughter-in-law and granddaughters, with a lunch together…
This past week, we celebrated my father-in-law’s 94th birthday. My husband and I are his primary “care-givers,” not that he needs a lot of care. Mostly just pampering. He’s to that place in his life when he loves to tell stories, especially about his younger years, and we try to be good listeners, even if…
This week gave Neil and I two unusual reasons for celebration. 1. I finally finished the rough draft of my novel WARP. It needs a lot of rewriting, but the rough draft is the tough draft, and I’m always delighted when I finish it. 2. My husband and his brother Denny finished working on their…
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