I’ve completed my edits on The Binding and have dove into a completely different type of creativity–Canva. LOL. Came out like a hand-knit scarf, a friend told me. But a new upload of my photo put those threads in place. I got the bug to match my nature photographs with nature quotes I’ve always liked […]
We’ve had a wild honeybee hive living in our cabin’s fireplace for over ten years. No, they don’t get inside, even before we installed a woodburing stove with a sealed stovepipe to meet the local clean air requirements. They come and go. Last year they swarmed. After the flood, I planted wildflowers, as much for […]
Last year, after my first Luminated Threads novel came out, I was describing the setting of Derbyshire, England to my eighty-eight-year-old aunt. She knew immediately where I had placed my story: “The Midlands! David Winter as a collection set there.” My aunt collected David Winter cottages through the 1980s and 90s. I’d always thought they […]
Did I mention my poppies are in the shade? A week after I’ve arrived in Colorado, most still look like this. It’s taking them forever to bloom–but here is the first. I love it! Meanwhile, my neighbor’s yard–in the sun–is bursting with poppies! First there was one. Then three… Now she has twenty-some! My lesson […]
Yesterday I arrived in Colorado for a month. Most folks respond with a “Wow” when I say I’ll be doing this because they assume this is how I’ll spend my days: Problem is, we own a family place, so my reality is this: Weeding (yes, I put down weed barrier!), cutting brush for fire mitigation […]
Perhaps writers ought to announce their pending disappearances when they are about to do it, but frankly, we get our heads so deep into the story problems that we rarely come up for air. Until guilt takes over. Guilt has arrived. I did go to RavenCon2016! I had a good time. Because I’m a newbie, […]
I’ve read the typical author is an introvert. It’s true of me. Introverts don’t like to be on stage, but these days everyone needs a photo, an icon or something to represent themselves. My dear husband will not friend anyone without a profile picture. Doesn’t matter what, you just gotta care enough to have something […]
It’s been a week since the NoVa TEEN Book Festival in Arlington, VA, but if I say ‘squirrels in my attic’ do I get a pass for being late with a post? More on that–the squirrels–in another post. If I can work up to it. (sigh) If you are close to the MD / DC […]
For years, well, decades, I’ve enjoyed genealogy, and so has my aunt, my dad’s father. She’s been the keeper of most of their parents’ photographs and has researched–the old-fashioned way, by visiting cemeteries and county clerk offices–a lot of the Wanrow family history. In preparing for an upcoming visit with her, I reviewed sets of […]
Loved the beginning of Downton Abbey season six. A few minor threads started and resolved and even more began! And the party–splendid! My husband was told he looked like like Mr. Mason…but who was I? I’m claiming I’m Violet in her younger, Victorian years. LOL. I love Maggie Smith’s Dowager character! We had a show […]