Archives for November, 2012
I love L..A. I go back to visit every year or two and it feels like home every time. I’m just back from a 5 day trip that included: ~dinner out at a fine French restaurant in Pacific Palisades ~a raucous football party between arch rivals USC and UCLA ~a book club party revolving around [...]
I take a big risk on the fourth Thursday of every November. I turn on the oven, slide in the turkey, and leave the house. We go to the movies. This year, as usual, I crossed my fingers and headed out to see Daniel Craig in the latest Bond film. I’m usually pretty carefree about [...]
We hope your holiday weekend is delightful so far and you have had a plentiful dose of food, family and fun! Let’s have a little holiday fun: 1. Favorite thing you ate at Thanksgiving dinner? 2. Did you don your stretchy pants before or after the meal? 3. What kind of pie or dessert was [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!!!
Every year around this time I like to think about the little things I am thankful for. NOT the big things like family, love, health, employment. I’m very thankful for those, yes. But there are so many little things that make life a joy, which get overlooked in the shuffle. For instance, I am very [...]
You may remember that back in March my DH adopted a puppy. Well, Mr. Darcy has, I hope, now reached his full height. The middle sized dog we compromised on is looking pretty big to me. I think that once adolescence is over and he fills out, the “middle sized” label won’t fit. Already he [...]
All across the US, thoughts are turning toward one special day where roasting pans groan from holding large turkeys, giant bowls of stuffing are being prepped and pies are being baked. Airports are crammed with travelers and living rooms are prepped for more football than you can shake a stick at. You can hear the [...]
I attended an event a couple of weeks ago. 35 women writers and a crowd of readers got together for an afternoon of talking about books. There was a book sale and also a series of workshops. We had a lot of fun and some good discussions. When I received the agenda a week before [...]
We hope everyone is having a lovely weekend so far! Goddesses are infinitely curious – it’s part of being a writer. So we are going to have some fun today with the ever popular “Getting to Know You” theme! Ready? What would you do if you had a million dollars? Do you play video games? [...]
Every year, the holidays stress me out, but not for the reasons you probably think. I’m not traveling anywhere, I don’t have that many gifts to buy. What stresses me out is the food. I am a champ at eating, but I suck at making it. First stressor is Thanksgiving. We like a formal dinner [...]
First, let me say I truly feel as if I have climbed to Mount Olympus. Thanks to the Goddesses for letting me share their air. Over the past two years, I wrote my first trilogy. It’s set on the Scottish Borders during the turbulent early Tudor era and revolves around the Brunson clan, a family [...]
