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Pride, Joy and Sadness

posted on 06/13/2011

It’s been a banner few days at our house. If you’ve read the last couple of blog entries, you know that I somehow managed to wrangle what was a story in my head six months ago into an actual, published e-book yesterday. (The paperback and non-Kindle versions are coming soon.) It might sell 10 copies […]

Animal Kingdom

posted on 06/09/2011

We have this cat, Two, who is 13+ years old. She came from a shelter in Portland, Oregon in 1999, when she pawed at me through the bars of her cage and convinced me to look past all the adorable kittens in the next room and take a chance on a seasoned adult with a […]

Hello again, hello…

posted on 06/02/2011

I’ve noticed that the long gaps in my blogs (such as the one preceding this entry) seem to take place when I either have too little or too much going on in my life. Too little, and I don’t feel I have anything of substance to share. Too much, and I have no time to […]

Super Mommy and the Amazing Choo-Choo Car

posted on 03/28/2011

Until yesterday, I’d been away from the keyboard in almost every way for the last week. I barely managed to keep up with critical e-mails, much less to find time to blog or work on my novel. (Isn’t it funny that I feel like a pretentious ass saying ‘work on my novel,’ even though that’s […]

New Rules for a New Era

posted on 03/15/2011

Alright, people. I realize the modern conveniences of cell phones, e-mail, Caller ID, Facebook, etc. have created some social and professional situations that aren’t covered by the traditional etiquette rules of Emily Post. Somehow I don’t think the ladies who long ago made maps of appropriate forks and wrote the governing regulations on thank-you notes […]

Gestation Explanation

posted on 02/28/2011

I’ve been chastised by a few people lately for my sporadic, infrequent blog posts; and I have to say I’m flattered to know that at least two or three people miss me when I’m not around. So, thanks for that! Now, the reasons for the cyber-doldrums… First, as many of you have learned in the […]

Love and Finding Home

posted on 02/14/2011

Today was a fantastic day. If you live in or near Atlanta, you know that the weather was absolutely perfect today – sunny and low-60’s. And since Sunday is our family day (the only day neither of us works), we got to enjoy the wonderful weather together. First on our agenda, we went to a […]

Weird Have Been My Dreams of Late

posted on 02/10/2011

I was driving somewhere with my family, I don’t remember where. We were near the intersection of Piedmont and Bells Ferry in Kennesaw. The blue lights in the mirror were a surprise; I checked my speed and verified that I was going 37 in a 35 zone. I wondered if I’d missed a school zone […]

Sometimes you have to stop and smell…whatever died in the wall

posted on 02/09/2011

The last couple of weeks around our house have been all about ears and noses. The problem with Monkey’s sleeping I wrote about a couple of weeks ago turned out to be not teething, but a double ear infection. It took me almost six days of his crazy behavior (plus a fever) to figure out […]

"Mom, I Can’t Sleep"

posted on 01/24/2011

Originally this blog was going to be about how our little monkey didn’t sleep Friday night, and what fun it was trying stay awake and present Saturday morning when we had a crowd at our house for brunch. MLM is getting in a back molar, we think, and he was awake and crying from midnight […]