Quoth Og Mandino

"It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

I saw a wild beehive today!

Today was a somewhat adventuresome day, at least as “adventuresome” as it gets for me and the dog. For today’s walk, I originally thought to take her to Mary S. Young, but then I realized we’re clean out of balls (they’ve all gotten lost or chewed to bits.) I remembered a gentleman I met [...]

Where has the glamour gone?

So I know that all I’ve been doing lately is posting about book stuff, and while I’m sure you all understand I feel like an apology is in order. I know what you all really tune in for are the tales in which I describe the unrelenting glamour of my life. At the moment, [...]

Silent Spring

OK, I admit it … my blog has been very quiet lately.

It’s not for lack of stuff to post about … my daughter left for Outdoor School this morning, I need to write a review of THE LAST WITCHFINDER by James Morrow (which was utterly fantastic;  Morrow is one of my new favorite [...]

Orange balls, life lessons

As you know if you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, these stupid expensive Chuck-it balls have gotten me into a lot of trouble. I lose them, get pissed off about losing them, but still I go out and buy more because the dog likes them a lot. However, today, as I [...]

A cascading fail of suck

You know how it is that sometimes, you make one bad decision, which leads you into a circumstance where you make a worse decision, and then you make an even worse decision and by the time you come to your senses you’re standing there thinking, “how on earth did I end up in the [...]