Writers get their ideas from life: snippets of conversation, the behavior of people in a restaurant or airport, reading the news, just watching the scenery go by from a car. . . Quite often just a line or two I’ve read in a book or heard in a play or song will trigger an entire scene. So … Read more
In our family, we’ve always done a lot of adjusting holidays to our lives. Travel at holiday time is hair-raising and everyone has more than one family to visit. So we just pretty much declare the days from Thanksgiving to after New Year’s Day as Holiday Time. When a bunch of us can gather on … Read more
I’m back from Italy and learned so very, very much! Not just history, although I wallowed in that, but the differences in our cultures. Take food, for instance. . . Our guide warned us that most Italians prefer a small cup of espresso and something sweet for breakfast, not eggs and bacon. Although our hotels kindly provided … Read more
Remember how we used to plan romantic trips and jump on planes, boats, and trains with scarcely a second thought?
How did I lose July?
Thank you everyone who sent me cheery messages after last month’s complaint about humorlessness.
I don’t know if it’s age or the constant barrage of bad news or just exactly what is causing this malaise of humorlessness, but I’m having a hard time finding humor, even in books by my favorite authors. Even social media isn’t offering much in the way of funnies, although the cute kitty pics are … Read more
ENTRANCING THE EARL is out May 18th!
Saint Patrick could be a Patty, not a Paddy, so I’m claiming the day as my own. I’m half Irish, my name is Pat, I’m wearing the green. Well, maybe not shamrock green since it makes me look yellow. Have you ever had your “colors” done? I’m a “true autumn.” Have you noticed how exceedingly … Read more
We had a quiet Thanksgiving this year and expect an equally quite Christmas. We can’t fly across country to be with our siblings, but we are grateful that we can manage a meal with our daughter and her family since they’ve been staying home as we have. We’ve even managed to adopt a student living … Read more