This is the post in which I pay loving tribute to my Toyota Sienna minivan, a vehicle that was the bridge between my single, career girl...

I just love this, for so many reasons! WordPress.com News Here at WordPress.com, we‘re always looking for ways to improve the blogging...

I just started reading Mary Roach’s Packing for Mars today and came across this passage*: Here’s the other thing that’s changed since...

I just now realized that I left this post as a draft from my trip in December 2014 and never published it, so under the “better late than...

It’s time to do some spring cleaning around here, and by that I mean that it’s time to whittle down my stack of books that are waiting to...

I’m getting ready for another trip and as usual, I’m on the hunt for a few good books (preferably novels) set in my destination location....

Christmas lights on Cinderella’s Castle OK, I admit it. When my husband first suggested that we buy our family annual passes to Disney...

I’m a huge Downton Abbey fan. In addition to well-written characters, part of the appeal for me is the fascinating time period it’s set...

On our way back from horseback riding , we decided to stop off at a scenic lookout, and it sure lived up to its name. The next day, after...

For our last full day in Kauai, we scheduled a snorkeling trip that was supposed to take us to the Nā Pali coast. The ocean had a...

As I mentioned in my previous post , my last two days on Kauai were spent doing purely social activities. Since our group was so large,...

One of the (many) perks of my job is the opportunity to travel to some pretty amazing places. When our December meetup destination was...

This just happened! 50,154 words written in 26 days…yay! #NaNoWriMo #NaNoWriMo2014

We buy these difficult books because we feel that, while not very exciting, they are in some way good for us. It’s sort of...

I wrote up a little something on The Daily Post…I hope you’ll check it out. 🙂 The Daily Post Part of the mission that drives The Daily...

This might possibly be the best, most entertaining description of a writer’s muse ever. The time to try [something new] is when your muse...

I must be crazy, but I’m doing this. What is NaNoWriMo, you may be asking? It’s a commitment—perhaps even a dare—to write at least a...

Photo Credit: gfpeck via Compfight cc I came across an article in the October issue of Mental Floss (one of my fave magazines) about...

Here’s another shot I snapped during a photo walk with my daughter in our neighborhood. She and I both were intrigued at the way the...

After reading the article that inspired this post on what it takes to be a writer , I was reminded of something I read several years ago...