For this past Canadian long weekend, Victoria Day weekend, my parents gladly look our 2.5 year old daughter off our hands for five days. FIVE DAYS! That’s like an eternity and a blip of a second in Parent World. My husband and I thought, “We...
Continue ReadingWhere Are You Springtime? And Other Stuff.
It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote a short story for you guys, and a while since I’ve posted anything but, so I thought I’d give you a quick little update on things to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about you!!...
Continue ReadingSimple and Delicious Spicy Chili in the Crock Pot
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So, I thought I’d do something different today. My mother gave me the original recipe (her repertoire may be small but it’s delicious), and I tweaked it a bit based on our tastes. We love hot and spicy chili in this household, but also love...
Continue ReadingHow Not to Get Work Done…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but short stories, and even those are few and far between at the moment. For this, I apologize. The Christmas holiday was quite busy, and this month is just an extension of that busyness, what with birthdays,...
Continue ReadingAll I Want For Christmas… Kobo, Kindle, or Nook?
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… is an eReader!!! I’m interested in the upcoming Kindle Touch 3G (coming out soon), because the price is right for the features. I’m leery to go Kobo because if their issues in uploading Smashwords novels into their system (to this day, Stolen Prey is...
Continue ReadingGoodbye, Old Oak
Well, the arborists came by today to chop the old oak tree down. Okay, chop is not accurate—saw it and pull it down is more accurate. I tried to count a few of the outer rings, and boy there are a lot of them. If...
Continue ReadingWhat Music Makes Me Want to Write?
So you’ve probably been wondering what music inspires me to want to write, right? Yup, uh uh, smile and nod. Well, today’s your lucky day! So, I went and made a playlist, which you will find in the sidebar near the bottom of this page....
Continue ReadingBetter the Devil You Know…
They say “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t”… and that is a literal interpretation of my dream last night. I dreamed of a sociopathic Devil (but really, I would imagine the Devil would be sociopathic / psychopathic by default) that was...
Continue ReadingMany Stories to Tell but Forever Without A Voice
I am sad to say that my old oak tree, the one that sits next to my driveway, has been slated to come down this week. I have not lived here long, but that oak tree has represented our property, at least for me, in...
Continue ReadingOnce a Creator, Always a Creator
I can’t help but be obsessed with any sort of art form. Aside from writing, I sketch graphite portraits, I play guitar, and I love taking pictures. But you can’t just go out and buy a digital SLR camera anytime you want. They’re expensive! I’ve...
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