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The New Year’s Eve ritual

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

I wanted to give all of us plenty of notice, so here it is:
Years ago my buddy Pete told me about his Korean mother-in-law’s tradition for New Year’s Eve. The theory is you want to go into the new year the way you want the rest of the year to go. If you [...]

Let’s have a little holiday discussion

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Feel like reaching out.
I just got my copy edits back a few days ago, and they’re due right after the first of the year, and I’m actually really happy to be spending my holidays this way.
I don’t know when or exactly why, but the whole Thanksgiving to Christmas marathon stopped being fun for me a [...]

The sun is shining, birds are singing . . .

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

And peace will reign in the land.
Ahhhh . . .

Your daily dose of “I shouldn’t laugh, but–”

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

I got this from Meg Cabot’s blog. I’ve now watched it multiple times, and laugh every time even though I know I should be more compassionate.
But you try:

Into the wild

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Heading out for a few nights of backpacking with the husband and the Bear (not a grizzly, as discussed in yesterday’s comments). We’re going to our favorite high mountain lake, where we scattered our previous Lab’s ashes a few years ago. We get very sentimental visiting his resting place. My husband has [...]

Vampires, bears, etc.

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

I’ve been sitting in our rented house in my favorite mountain town all afternoon, curled up on the couch blazing my way through the last book in the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn.
WOW.
LOVED IT. Why? Because it was so weird and wild and exciting and completely unexpected. I have no idea how Stephenie [...]

“When in doubt, go higher”

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

That’s the motto of an outdoors magazine called Mountain Gazette, and I actually think those words often.
Like right now. Mental and physical state? Burnt, people, just plain burned out. Not another creative thought in my brain. Plus here in my hometown it’s still about eight degrees hotter than hell, so tomorrow [...]

I never appreciated Paris

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I’ve noticed in recent times that my husband might possibly have a thing for Paris Hilton. I know–let’s not go there.
But now I think I’ve been highly undervaluing the young woman. Take a look at her response to John McCain for using her picture (along with Britney Spears’s) in a recent ad claiming [...]

If this doesn’t make you tear up–

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

–then you have hearts of stone, people. Thank you, Sue, for the link!

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Yep, saw my past lives

Monday, June 30th, 2008

It’s too long to go into now–and besides, I may want to save it for my next book–but I wanted you to know that last weekend I was hypnotized by Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters and other incredible (actually, credible) books about his experiences as a psychiatrist helping patients through past-life [...]