My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
I had the pleasure of spending a weekend in Arrow Rock, Missouri, earlier this month
My son came to visit recently, and while he was here, an old family debate
January has been Creativity Month, but I haven’t been very creative. With all the family issues
I have discovered one drawback to having my office in the basement of our new
December 21 is Short Girl Appreciation Day. I am a short girl—5’1” in my stocking
Like many writers, I have a love/hate relationship with social media. Marketing gurus tell writers
In May 2017, I attended the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. conference in Oklahoma City. I’ve
I attended a picnic last week. It was a gorgeous day, spent with good food
The last time I wrote about my current work-in-progress was in mid-March. At that point,
In these days of the coronavirus, every cough and every ache or pain makes us
As I looked through the photographs my father digitized, I came across this picture of
As my children were growing up, I told them frequently, “You have to make choices
I’ve written other posts this year about jewelry I received from my maternal grandmother—earrings she
I wrote last month about organizing my photographs so I could have them digitized. Late
I had another novel in mind for my last haunting book review this month, but
For the past week or two, the magnolia tree in our front yard has been
As I look back on my childrearing years, one of the things I’m glad I
My husband and I closed on the sale of our house in Kansas City recently.