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It is February which means I have survived the worst month in Colorado, which is always January. The days are short, ending claustrophobically even before I’ve started dinner, and it is often bitterly cold. The worst is the boring weather–indifferent, icy sunshine pouring from a frozen blue sky, day after day after day. I ache [...]
74 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 1:16 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, catalog, Christie Ridgway, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, conservatory, gardening, gardens, goddess blogs, greenhouse, historical romance, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Lori Handeland, love stories, love story, Madeline Hunter, Rachel Gibson, romance, romance fiction, Sabrina Jeffries, seeds, spring, Suzanne Enoch, writing.
The writing life leads to a lot of strange interests. You write a book about a medieval weaver and have to learn everything about natural dyes and various forms of cloth, and so you carry around that knowledge ready to answer trivia at any second. (Who knows what “woad” is?* Ten points. Even better, who [...]
80 Comments. Posted by Barbara on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 2:00 am.
Filed under Barbara O'Neal, Barbara O'Neal, Barbara Samuel, bestselling romance writer, blog for women, Claudia Dain, Claudia Welch, dyeing, gardens, goddess blogs, Julia London, Karen Hawkins, Madeline Hunter, medieval, Rachel Gibson, romance writer, Sabrina Jeffries, soil, susan mallery, Suzanne Enoch, the goddess blogs, verimiculture.
