We live on an island–Orcas Island, in the San Juans, in farthest western Washington State–and there are lots of lovely woods here. I’ve written before about how much I love walking in the woods, how I walk nearly every day … Continue reading
Oy vey, people. They said “high wind warning” on the weather apps. They lied. It was windapocalypse. To backtrack – this was on thenight of January 12. Mom was staying overnight with me and the cats – and trust me, … Continue reading
Just me, some confused deer, and thoughts of hope I just got back from my second walk of the day, in the pouring rain. A mile and a half up and down our muddy, one-lane rural road. As I stepped … Continue reading
There’s been a New Year’s Day tradition in my family ever since I was a little girl. We’d gather around the TV on January 1 to watch the Vienna Philharmonic give the Neujahrskonzert, the New Year Concert, a joyous thing … Continue reading
Oh, my friends. Time for a recap of this year that has lasted a decade. I sincerely hope we are heading towards a dawn because the darkness has been wearying in teh extreme. I don’t know about all y’all but … Continue reading
At the time of writing this (you will be reading it some time after it is written – and if there are important updates they will be appended at the end before the thing goes live – but in the … Continue reading
It’s a challenge to shift into gratitude mode. I’ve been hearing about how people are coping with not being able to be with family at this time of year. Sharing favorite family dishes door to door. Zoom meals. Zoom meal … Continue reading
As some of you might know, I”m running a kickstarter right now for a book of Fractured Fairy Tales, to be published via BVC next year (it’s here if you want to support it). So let me speak of fairy … Continue reading
…or Mercury is in retrograde again and this time so is Mars or something and oy vey. This year. Let me put it this way. We lose power REGULARLY out here – we live in TREES and trees FALL OVER … Continue reading
So, I’ve been deep in the throes of plotting and planning and behind-the-scenes stuff, so let me bring you up to speed,here. New novel landed in July, “The Second Star”. I just got the royalties statement for the launch period … Continue reading
