Quoth Og Mandino

"Strive to become better than you are."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

Welcome, 2011!

Let me be one of the last to say, “Happy New Year!” to all my friends and readers. As I was saying to my husband on our New Year’s Day walk (which has become somewhat of a tradition in our family), I can make one prediction with 100% confidence … it will be a [...]

January 3rd, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Health, Personal, Podcasting | 4 comments

I have a new boyfriend

And he is a cat. Yes, it turns out that Felix, the boy-cat that I rescued from Clackamette Park, is the smarmiest little dude I’ve ever met. If he were a skunk, he’d be Pepe Le Pew. See, he’s decided that he simply ADORES me. This weekend, while I was doing page proofs, he [...]

March 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Felix the Stray, Podcasting, Publishing, Writing | 12 comments

Hellzapoppin'!

That’s what my life feels like at the moment. A bit of Hell, lots poppin’, and an exclamation point at the end. Let’s see, what’s going on:

1) “Felix” has taken over our house. Seriously, I’ve never seen a moggy make himself more at home more quickly than Felix (we settled on “Felix” because [...]

February 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Community, Family, Felix the Stray, Friends, Marketing, Pets, Podcasting, Short Stories, Writing | 4 comments