Quoth Og Mandino

"You are here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

Lips, Part Deux

So last night when I got home, I was so fired up with enthusiasm over the idea of making my own secret special lip balm which would obviate the need to carry around vagina anti-itch cream in my purse (a difficulty detailed in my blog post about my personal lip woes) that I actually put [...]

The State of My Lips

See these gorgeous lips? These are not my lips.

I know I usually complain about my butt, but over the past several months (really, now that I think about it, this has been going on for a whole year) I have been struggling with chronic and severe chapped lips. And not just your [...]

Today is my birthday but the gifts are all yours

Depending on what data you choose to believe, the average lifespan for an American woman is around 86 years. And as I am posting this within the first few minutes of my 43rd birthday, I stand before you balanced right on the fulcrum of my very existence.

Or, in other words, it’s all downhill [...]

Harstine Island Writing Retreat 2012

So I’m back from my weekend writing retreat up on Harstine Island (on Puget Sound) where I enjoyed a wonderful, productive time in the company of several talented women writers.

I completed the first draft of a new short story (which is exciting, given that my short story output has been less than nil [...]

My new credit union: Unitus!

So I’ve been on a tear to move my money out of Chase (whom I loathe and despite) and into a Credit Union. At first I thought I’d go with Northwest Credit Union because there’s a branch so close to where I live, but then I thought more about it … and I realized [...]