Barn Dance! Almost Soon!
Do you have friends who love playing games? My relatives were big card players--Pinochle, Canasta, Cribbage. I grew up to...
Crossing a Line, One Year Later
When I was twenty-four and just a baby goldsmith, I decided I wanted to show my one-of-a-kind jewelry in a...
Quote-Hoarding as Therapy.
It was called The Book of Quotes, curated by two guys in my high school. They...
Shrews for Shakespeare
I was an above average student, as long as I could avoid any science class involving frogs. Then in junior...
We Had a Book Club Before Oprah.
We formed a book club before it was popular. You can tell by our dated name: Women who read too...
When I Met You.
Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. Let me start by saying it was never my fantasy to spend a...
Donkey Skills for the Recovering Introvert
They say you always remember your first. Back then you were worthless for anything but daydreaming. Tossing in damp sheets...
Relaxed & Forward: My Secret Wish
I'll say it again. The hardest part of this writing and publishing process for me is always the description of...
You Have a Book In You
They say everyone has a book in them. At least one. Of course that opens up speculation about where that...
Relaxed & Forward: Available Monday!
RELAXED & FORWARD: RELATIONSHIP ADVICE FROM YOUR HORSE. The first proof of the new book, Relaxed & Forward arrived......
Happy New Year: It's Still About the Tortoise and the Hare.
It seems to me that we sometimes approach this whole New Year resolution thing like school-yard bullies. We start by...
It's Not Exactly Like Seeing Dead People
My father came to my last book talk. For those of you squinting, tilting your heads, and doing the math......
Social Media , Consequences, and Strange Birds
Social media is a bit like a snake pit. There are some snakes that are beautiful and peaceful. Some of...
Upcoming Book Talks and Upcoming Books!
I was that kid; in junior high school, I routinely turned in twelve page book reports when two pages were...
Little Engines, Indie Bookstores, and Chug, Chug, Chug…
Confession: I've never read The Little Engine That Could. I'm pretty fluent in the classics, too, just not children's classics....
Politics, Typing, and the Right Tool for the Job.
My computer is up on blocks. Like an old rusted-out Chevy, it's balanced on top of two eyeglass cases that...
I Quack at Tweeting.
"THEY" tell authors we need a platform. That we can't get published without one. At the same time I think...
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