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Putting on “Home”
When you plan a Christmas release, or any other holiday release, you have to “get in the mood” well before said holiday. If you start writing during the holiday, well, it won’t release until next year. I sort of knew this, but I’d never tried it. So I started working on Up on the House Top in…
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10 Reasons It is Okay to be Old as Dirt
This is the first August in years that went by at the speed of light. Usually August is something I slog through, beat up by heat, humidity, and the knowledge that I’ll be a year older by the end. And I’ll be lucky if the a/c doesn’t crap out on my “big day.” I’m still…
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How I Came to Miss New Orleans
While the math is a bit sobering, I can’t make it add up any differently. It was—gulp—thirty years—and almost exactly two months ago—that we began our journey toward knowing what it means to miss New Orleans. The hubs and I drove there from Texas with one daughter, a one-month-old baby and a six-week-old, new hip…
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I Was Not in This Race…
…but one of my daughters was and the hubs was there taking pictures. I had to share because I think the banner is a hoot. (I know, using hoot makes me sound old. News flash, I am old.) Though I did not run, it must be confessed, if Sasquatch was chasing me, I would run.…
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What I’ve Learned From Where We’ve Lived
First off, I wanted to let my Scenic Route friends know that I’m guest blogging (yes, again, sometimes the universe sends abundance!) at Julie Kenner’s blog today. Could definitely use some peep love! 🙂 As I was browsing the hub’s photos and mulling what scenic route to take today and for some reason I started…
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Friday Vid fun – Guy on a Buffalo
I just spent two weeks at home in Wyoming, visiting with family and such, so am going a bit…rustic with this week’s video “find.” Normally I just post one video and let you explore the rest if you want, but Guy on a Buffalo tells a story–a twisted story–but a story nonetheless. WARNING! If you tend…