Oct 26, 2023 | Happenings, My Life
I discovered a magic toy. It’s a device that produces a little red laser dot. Maya goes bananas when I press the button and will frantically pursue the elusive dot all over the living room with woofs and whimpers. She digs at the carpet if I leave it in one place too...
Oct 19, 2023 | Happenings, My Life
As many of you know, I have a little dog named Maya and she is now 4-1/2 years old. We have a routine in that after my short afternoon nap, we go for our walk in the neighborhood. If I tarry too long (sleeping) she changes positions on the bed with great effort...
Oct 12, 2023 | Happenings, My Life, New Releases, On Writing
What a change in my genre! I write historical fiction, that takes hours of research, right? Now I’ve gotten engrossed in this new field and particularly my little character, Mama Mouse. I found a wonderful illustrator and we work back and forth until the characters...
Oct 12, 2023 | Happenings, My Life
I don’t like spiders! That is a given, but there is a little brown spider that fascinates me. She spins an intricate web between my rubber tree and the edge of the roof every evening. I watch her work away, going round and round. Then she sits in the middle of the...
Sep 30, 2023 | Happenings, My Life
We have a very nice neighborhood. Young families walk with strollers, several senior citizens take a morning or afternoon stroll, and at different times of the day, the dog walkers are out! It’s so nice to greet people, let the dogs sniff each other, engage in small...
Sep 24, 2023 | Happenings, My Life, On Writing, Technique
My genre was never picture books for children! I wrote historical fiction and other Christian fiction. With my grandchildren grown and at present no hope of great-grandchildren, it didn’t seem to beckon me. However, when my Christmas poem about a little mouse raised...
