A Little Perspective in 2024

Happy New Year! Glad to be back from my short break. Hope everyone is staying healthy during this “cold” season fraught with viruses galore. If you’re like me, you hear someone sneeze or cough and you run for cover. The weather here in Georgia has been unreal. Like the rest of the eastern USA, we’veContinue reading “A Little Perspective in 2024”

A Little Perspective

Happy New Year! Glad to be back from my short break. Hope everyone is staying healthy during this “cold” season fraught with viruses galore. If you’re like me, you hear someone sneeze or cough and you run for cover. The weather here in Georgia has been unreal. Like the rest of the eastern USA, we’veContinue reading “A Little Perspective”

C is for…

Meet Buzz, named him after the Georgia Tech Mascot. He’s my Russian Blue, but he was born in Atlanta so he’s a very southern feline. He’s my constant.  Do you have one of those? A constant (not necessarily a cat)? I’ve had pets throughout my crazy life. They have always been a part of me. Sara, theContinue reading “C is for…”

Strength in Numbers

“I’m not afraid of storms for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” —- Louisa May Alcott June has been an exciting month. Lots of blessing flowing all around. My daughter accepted a new position teaching high school English in the area, and she and her husband are settling only fifteen minutes away from me.Continue reading “Strength in Numbers”

May Days

Whew! I’m back from the crazy for awhile. Deadlines have taken up my life for the past month and now I can breathe. All right, who turned on summer in the South already? 90 degrees. I think somehow, I missed spring and it’s only May. Oh well. It’s really okay because so much can beContinue reading “May Days”

Fear of Commitment

Last night, I began working on a pitch for my first book, “Weather Permitting.” I signed up (paid money and everything) to be able to submit to agents and publishers at the Atlanta Writers Conference in May. The screams you hear in the background are from me fearing for my life. Another first for me.Continue reading “Fear of Commitment”

Short Story Struggling

Happy Tuesday! Happy World Book Day!!  How cool.  Didn’t know there was such a thing! Now, I wonder if there is a Southern Book Day. That would also be cool. I’m just a little prone to southern things. One can’t help it when you’re brought up in Alabama, Georgia and parts of Florida. So, havingContinue reading “Short Story Struggling”