
Setting Up Another New Laptop
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
A couple of months ago, I noticed that the laptop I bought in 2021 was
I’ve mentioned before that I spent two of my birthdays at Cannon Beach, Oregon—my 12th
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
On a spur-of-the-moment Fourth of July visit, my son appointed himself my assignments editor for
We are in the final days now before my husband and I move to our
One change in the last six months of pandemic sheltering is that annoying errands have
I was perhaps programmed from early childhood to work for Hallmark Cards, which I did
In 1864, after three bloody years of frequent battles and stalemates, the Civil War slowly
An article in The Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2014, by Michael M. Phillips,
Like many writers, I have a love/hate relationship with social media. Marketing gurus tell writers
On New Year’s Day, I posted that my resolution for 2025 was to vote “present”
Today’s post is a simple thank you to readers and followers of this blog and
I received Plume, a book of poems by Kathleen Flenniken, from my daughter, who bought
’Tis the season for putting up Christmas trees. My husband and I have not yet
One of the things writers have to do is market their books. This blog is
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about her family’s experience setting up
If you want to have an impact on people, you need to tell them a
My sister is now eligible for AARP membership and is an accomplished professional, but I
It’s the middle of tax preparation season, a time of year I hate. I am
Today’s “haunting book” post features two historical novels, Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, and
When I first began writing, I read lots of books on writing—many on the techniques